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Was Going for 2 One of the Gutsiest Calls in League History?

Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:08 am
Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
8386 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:08 am
As a Louisiana sports fan this ranks up there with CSP onside kicking to open the half in Super Bowl 44. I couldn’t believe Kelly did that. Just glad it worked!
Posted by Leto II
Arrakis
Member since Dec 2018
22813 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:09 am to
Yeah it took some balls
Posted by General4Heisman
Nashville
Member since Oct 2022
2524 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:09 am to
Not really. I would have gone for it as well. That's how you win ballgames that otherwise you were supposed to lose.
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
15567 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:09 am to
It's up there.

Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
40880 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:10 am to
He knew he wasn’t supposed to be in position to win that game so took the gamble for shits
Posted by armtackledawg
Member since Aug 2017
14360 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:11 am to
Finally, finally a coach said we have a chance to control this outcome and did something about it. Bravo to BK
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:12 am to
I am in favor of winning a game as soon as possible.
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
30918 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:13 am to
He had a play and he knew it’d work. Ballsy? Yes but Kelly knew it was over.
Posted by Rufus T Firefly
Member since Aug 2022
483 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:14 am to
it was the right call but don't make it out to be something it's not - BK was playing with house money
Posted by holdem Tiger
Member since Oct 2007
1238 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:14 am to
Not really. My first instinct was to kick, but our chances were poor in a second OT. Bama going second would have been an enormous advantage.

It was a pretty easy call actually
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:14 am to
Les and Orgeron would’ve played a lot more conservative.
Posted by Godawgs4
Member since Aug 2016
5318 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:15 am to
Not the gutsiest call ever but absolutely the right call even if it failed.
After Bama scored, I figured LSU would go for two if they scored. It was just the right decision but not gutsiest at all.
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
Member since Feb 2008
7523 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:16 am to
League history? Probably not. Get it or not it was the most practical choice. In fact I think it’s an automatic for any team in OT who gets the ball second
Posted by STATEofMIND
Member since Oct 2012
5464 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:16 am to
I called it. They had all the momentum and why go back and forth to wait on them to make a mistake. Even if they didn’t get it, it would still have been the right call.

Brian Grindin Kelly knew to play for the win and knew his players wanted it. They had Bama D on their toes with the mobile QB.

Hell of an execution of the play by the team and their youth. LSU might have just taken the reigns for the West for this season and some years to come.
Posted by HooDooWitch
TD Bronze member
Member since Sep 2009
11217 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:17 am to
He had momentum and the team was hitting on all cylinders, so why not. If he went to OT, he would have given the greatest coach in college football a chance to reorganize his team. Great call!
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15683 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:23 am to
quote:

Gutsiest Calls in League History?


NO
Posted by midnight orange
Member since Oct 2020
524 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:29 am to
It’s the smart call. The percentage is the same of making a two point conversion as winning overtime. The two problems with this that most coaches are risk averse and would rather lose in overtime than face fan scrutiny for not “extending the game”. This leads to the second problem in which most fans are too stupid to understand percentages.
This post was edited on 11/6/22 at 11:34 am
Posted by WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
44071 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:31 am to
Kelly told Saban, "Hey Nick, frick the analytics, I'll show you when to go for two."
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51705 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:32 am to
Pretty goddamn ballsy
Posted by madddoggydawg
Metairie
Member since Jun 2013
6683 posts
Posted on 11/6/22 at 11:37 am to
All these internet posters do it every day on Madden they weren’t phased
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