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Gus was very conservative in the 3rd quarter. I really expected him to go back to his TD plays the play action with the fly and the post, and the screen to Mason. Instead he went ultra conservative and tried to sit on the lead. That wildcat play call was a completely wasted drive.

This. I also think, Ellis turned back into captain conservative, and quit blitzing late in the game. Jameis had time and killed them.

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Posted by GatorNation4Lyfe

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Posted on 1/7/14 at 12:39 pm to GatorNation4Lyfe

And if you were to take a poll prior to Auburn scoring the last TD, I bet you a significant amount of people would have told you last night that Auburn left too much time on the clock by scoring too quick. I was on multiple forums, including this one and there were a bunch of folks all commenting that Auburn scored too quick. So if all of us were thinking that, Brent Musberger was thinking that, heck I heard several of the coaches on the ESPN2 channel comment the same thing THEN WHY THE HELL DO YOU SCORE SO QUICKLY?

Coaches need to better understand clock management (especially, Auburn and Kansas City Chiefs) and teach their players situational football. I saw Maurice Jones Drew take a knee at the 1 to setup a win for the Jags a few years ago. I saw Belichek instruct his RB (was it Blount?) to do the same but his momentum took him in the end zone but they still escaped with a victory.

You can go back in history and see a ton of last minute heroics (the drive, the catch, the immaculate reception, etc.)

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