what I've been seeing in CFB
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I seen this at least 3x's Saturday. A team down 17 or more with about 3 minutes left and all there time outs not using them and just letting the other team run the clock. Has anyone never seen a 17 point come back with 3 minutes left. Sends a white flag message to your team. I understand it's highly unlikely that your coming back but in does happen and your sending a we quit message to your team that may stay with them through other games. Just for the record I was happy to see it on one of my games knowing I wasn't getting back doored.
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Pre-Jordan era, you'd hardly see an NBA team being allowed to dribble out the clock. "Victory Formation" aka taking a knee, hasn't always been a part of both pro and college fb.
Bottomline OT? Coaches are thinking longevity for their pocket and secondly their team.
I agree, you see it all the time. On the other hand, if they ARE trying to come back, you see them not rushing to the line, wasting time looking at the sidelines for the play, changing the play while seconds run off, not running out of bounds, not throwing the ball away but instead trying to scramble, and on and on. Not to mention the stupid using up timeouts early because they're confused-- take the delay penalty-- the timeouts are more important. And, don't get me started on nobody calling 2 plays when they are 3rd and 2 so they can go quickly if they don't make it.
BTD, I think u r asking a little too much from some of these "Rhodes Scholars". If necessary, play #2 is an odds-on choice to commit a false start.
Yeah, I forgot to bitch about false starts and taking sacks. But, I thought it was "Road Scholars"---- as in "if you don't make it in football, you'll have to hit the road, dumbass."