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re: Game 7 Discussion Thread: Florida @ South Carolina (Saturday October 14, 2023) @3:30pm EST
Posted on 10/17/23 at 3:10 pm to UFMatt
Posted on 10/17/23 at 3:10 pm to UFMatt
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Mertz should roll out like he did, but instead of taking the loss, he should throw the ball as long and as far out of bounds as possible. As long as he is outside the pocket and the ball crosses the line of scrimmage it is not intentional grounding. This play would take at least 6-8 seconds off the clock and not cost us 10 lost rushing yards every time. That is 2 games this year that we should have run the clock out and ended up giving the other team a chance. Of course, this is only if the other team has timeouts. If no, just take a knee.
That would waste 6-8 seconds but it also stops the clock so the other team can save their timeouts. I thought that's what Mertz was about to do on the 4th down play and I was worried he wouldn't run all the time off
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:03 pm to Louisiana Gator
The issue was that they only took 1 second off the clock when they kneeled on first down. They should have done on 1st down what they did on 2nd/3rd. If they did that they could have just kneeled on 4th and ballgame is over. Hopefully Napier learns from that.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:47 pm to Louisiana Gator
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That would waste 6-8 seconds but it also stops the clock so the other team can save their timeouts
That's what I was thinking too.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 7:17 am to Louisiana Gator
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That would waste 6-8 seconds but it also stops the clock so the other team can save their timeouts.
If the other team has time outs they would use them anyway to stop the clock. The long pass just uses more time than taking a knee after a couple seconds.
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