If 3:1 isn't good enough, you can make that first number whatever you like and I'll still spend your 1 tomorrow.

Also, if a down by 14 coach ever went for 2 on the first touchdown and end up losing he'd be getting burned in effigy on Monday. Punt on 4th and 2 from the 48 and nobody even bothers to complain.

It's not about EV.

Thats obvious in the "go for 2 when down 14" situation. But what about the "go for 1 when down 9" situation? That one seems like it wouldn't be "ZOMG FIRE HIM IMMEDIATELY" when it doesn't work. It really just seems like the coaches just never even considered it.

I can post in this thread every week Chan Gailey still has a job.

Down by two, about a minute left. Outer edge of field goal range. GT has three timeouts left, but Chan Gailey decides to call one right after the third down play so that when they miss the FG they don't have a chance to get the ball back.

[censored] GAILEY. YSSCKYIAGF.

I'm bumping this not because Les Miles did something stupid, but because he made the correct choice to go for it on 4th and 1 at the Florida's 4, instead of taking the easy 3 points like most gutless coaches would've done.

Z32,
You could also post about Urban Meyer letting 30 seconds run off before calling a TO.

I don't think they were considering overtime as a factor in 1970.

Seconded. He's as good a coach as there is in college right now, but his time management at the end was borderline criminal. Letting the clock run when LSU had the ball (and then calling a TO after 20 seconds or so)...THEN letting 15 seconds run off when they had the ball after the first play. That was atrocious. I know they have a lot of stuff going on...but geez, you cost your team 30 (or more) seconds, easily. That's a much better chance of winning.

Yes, but I hate UF so I hope they don't learn from that mistake.

Twenty seconds left in the half. Tech runs the ball on third down from about their own forty for no yards. Gailey CALLS TIMEOUT. And then punts.

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down by 1 against cal at home at end of 3rd quarter. 4th and 1 on cal's 37. call a timeout, then come out and try to draw cal offsides, take delay of game penalty. then punt it into the endzone for a [censored] touchback. asfdpihjsfdajiodfsajifdsaijidfsaij fu karl.

Ron Zook not sticking with one quarterback.

The LSU coach almost running out of time at the end of the game when Flynn threw the miracle pass to beat Auburn 15 minutes ago.

You seriously don't know his name?

Les Miles? He also kicked a PAT when up by 5 instead of OBV going for 2 in case Auburn had some miracle kick return - this was pretty dumb.

Norv Turner against the Chiefs this season. 1st and goal from the 5, throws four straight times instead of giving it to the best RB in the league who broke the rushing TD record the previous season. Not to mention that Rivers already had 3 picks that game. Chargers lost and dropped to 1-3.