Can anyone explain why we didn't go for 2 on our TD?

Submitted by Mr. Elbel on
I'm absolutely dumbfounded by the call to settle for a PAT. I get that we had plenty of time and expected to score again, but we also knew the big rain was coming and driving the field would be difficult later. I don't know where the wind was on the last play, but I feel like we were close to Nordin's range and would have had a better shot at tying than the Hail Mary. Even outside of the last play, the playcalling changes when you only need a field goal late. Nordin is a weapon and we purposefully took him out of the game. No guarantee we get a 2 point conversion, but I just can't think of a reason to not go for it. It seemed so obvious to me in the moment but was really taken aback at the call for the PAT there. Anyone have an explanation?
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Goggles Paisano

October 8th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^

I mentioned going for two right after we scored, but there was a lot of time left.   I was fine with the decision to kick.  Another thing to consider is that if we were down only 3, it may have changed the way MSU defended us.  It wasn't a given we would have been down there at the end of the game with a chance to kick a FG.  

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uferfan

October 8th, 2017 at 11:11 AM ^

Probably cost us 3 points.

Sean Mckeon fumbling most likely cost us three points (at least).

Those things don't happen and Deathstorm 2017 takes care of everything else.

In reality, those are just two of the 59,000,000 opportunities that were thrown away last night.

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