Going for 2

[SANJAY]

Some posts yesterday in the game thread that we should have gone for 2 when we got to 41-34 to make it a 2 possession game. I did not agree with that as being up 8 forces the other team to make at least 2 good plays as opposed to one.

Seattle had just exactly that situation against New England and failed the two point conversion. I get the strategy but wide open to second guessing.

[Ionbull]

I hate leaving points on the field. Especially if kicking the XP puts you up by two scores.

[charsibb]

This chart was developed by **** Vermeil at UCLA. Not sure how well this will show up, but when you're up 7, you go for 1.

For modern college, because of the way OT is now, I disagree with the "down 1, go for 2" advice. Not everybody agrees with everything here.

http://www.theredzone.org/Features/TwoPointConversionChart.aspx

LEAD BY TRAIL BY 1 point Go for 2 1 point Go for 2 2 points Go for 1 2 points Go for 2 3 points Go for 1 3 points Go for 1 4 points Go for 2 4 points Decision 5 points Go for 2 5 points Go for 2 6 points Go for 1 6 points Go for 1 7 points Go for 1 7 points Go for 1 8 points Go for 1 8 points Go for 1 9 points Go for 1 9 points Go for 2 10 points Go for 1 10 points Go for 1 11 points Go for 1 11 points Go for 2 12 points Go for 2 12 points Go for 2 13 points Go for 1 13 points Go for 1 14 points Go for 1 14 points Go for 1 15 points Go for 2 15 points Go for 1 16 points Go for 1 16 points Go for 2 17 points Go for 1 17 points Go for 1 18 points Go for 1 18 points Go for 1 19 points Go for 2 19 points Go for 2 20 points Go for 1 20 points Go for 1

 

 

[Triple B]

Until Emilio gets back, I think we should pull a Mike Tomlin and go for 2 after every td ...

[Ionbull]

2 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Until Emilio gets back, I think we should pull a Mike Tomlin and go for 2 after every td ...

Behr was great on XP he just missed that FG.

[Triple B]

8 minutes ago, Ionbull said:

Behr was great on XP he just missed that FG.

While I may have exaggerated a wee bit about emulating Tomlin, don't tell me you didn't hold your breath every time we lined up for a XP ...

[Ionbull]

21 hours ago, Triple B said:

While I may have exaggerated a wee bit about emulating Tomlin, don't tell me you didn't hold your breath every time we lined up for a XP ...

Not necessarily, however I was really sweating it coming down to a FG.

[DJBulls]

On 11/13/2016 at 11:28 PM, SANJAY said:

Some posts yesterday in the game thread that we should have gone for 2 when we got to 41-34 to make it a 2 possession game. I did not agree with that as being up 8 forces the other team to make at least 2 good plays as opposed to one.

Seattle had just exactly that situation against New England and failed the two point conversion. I get the strategy but wide open to second guessing.

Yeah without a doubt you kick...we can't stop their offense and kept leverage by kicking the extra point

[Bull Dozer]

You kick the extra point and hope they do something foolish like forgetting they could run the ball when inside the 5 with a time out.....

[Triple B]

16 minutes ago, Bull Dozer said:

You kick the extra point and hope they do something foolish like forgetting they could run the ball when inside the 5 with a time out.....

Wonder if coach ever addressed that .... Only thing I can figure is that he maybe thought we assumed he would run one of those times ... but don't remember if all 3 of the passes were play action, though.