Trojans busted

[scaeagles]

Carroll screwed up? Are you referring to the 4th and 2 with 2 minutes or so left?

I think it was the correct call. They had been able to run up the middle on Texas all day....crap...not Bush, the other guy....anyway, they get the 4th and 2, they win the game. Texas had been moving the ball well, and the best strategy was to keep the ball out of Texas' hands.

The big mistake was whomever called the timeout on the 2 pt conversion play. Then Leinart not throwing the ball away after 2-3 seconds after nothing developed on their last play. He looked downfield for 7 seconds. Gak.

I didn't think Carroll did anything too badly.

[cstephens]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Carroll screwed up? Are you referring to the 4th and 2 with 2 minutes or so left?

I think it was the correct call. They had been able to run up the middle on Texas all day....crap...not Bush, the other guy....anyway, they get the 4th and 2, they win the game.

There has been some debate on the merits of the play, with people on both sides, but I personally still think it was a dumb thing to do. There's no guarantee that it was going to work, whereas making Texas try to march down the field after a kick would have been a better idea. Of course, I understand the decision better if they completely had no confidence in their defense, which was borne out later by Texas' two touchdowns in a matter of minutes. Sure, if you get this done, you win the game. Didn't get it done though.

The other thing I heard Carroll getting reamed about was not having Bush even in for the play (I think it was the same play - it might have been a different one), thereby telegraphing what they were going to do, so Texas was perfectly set up to defend against it. I didn't watch the game myself, but from everything I've heard, it made no sense not to even have Bush in the game as a threat or decoy.