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Topic: Fake Field Goal?
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AshTuckyUKfan
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posted 10-03-2009 03:11 PM
Wanting to get some opinions on Saban's choice to fake a field goal with less than 4 minutes and an 18 point lead.
Personally I didn't much care for it when he did it, but I thought maybe he was doing like they said and just wanting to eat up the clock, then they throw a bomb into the endzone instead of running the clock out.
thoughts?
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m hamilton
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posted 10-03-2009 03:24 PM
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Trey Ball
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posted 10-03-2009 05:35 PM
They did it because UK was calling their timeouts. Obviously UK wasn't giving up by calling the timeouts so Bama chose to attack.
I see nothing wrong with the fake punt or the throw into the endzone due to UK calling the timeouts.
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prophet
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posted 10-03-2009 05:41 PM
Spot on, TB. It's big time football with big time consequences (Read: polls). That attitude by Saban is why he is where he is, earns what he earns, and his team has the players and records it does.
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Brandon
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posted 10-04-2009 09:26 AM
I agree as well. That was a smart call on Saban's part. I thought UK should have stopped the runner, but that is a different story. I didn't like the result of the play, but after the play was over, I looked at my son and said, "That was a good play to call. Even if UK would have stopped it, it still would have been a good call."
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boomdaddy
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posted 10-04-2009 10:39 AM
Personally, I would have saved that for a close game. But, I don't get paid big money to coach football.
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