I like the aggressiveness on 4th and short. Chance to burn more clock and kill the game.
However, for those that watch/follow more than me, do they direct snap to Larison fairly often? I probably would have preferred throwing the ball with the guy who is 23-29 on the game.
I’m never going to understand not kicking a field goal to try to go up 14 points there. To the grave. Someone please have some kind of explanation I’ve overlooked.
It's a win probability thing. You're probably increasing your chances of winning slightly more by going for it than you are by kicking the FG. There's more risk obviously if you don't get it (TD and 2 pt + FG and you're in OT or 2 TDs and you're behind). But there's more reward if you do (keep the drive alive, burn more clock, potentially get a TD to go up 18).
For sure on the trick play. Definitely don't like that sort of thing on 4th down. I was strictly defending the choice to go for it rather than the play call.
Alright, not the worst thing there. Idaho still needs a TD and a 2-point to tie. At the very least, we need to get a couple first downs and hopefully make them burn some timeouts.
However, I'd much rather just not let them get the ball back.