Why throw the ball with a first and goal from the 2 yard line?

My only thought is when the field is shortened everyone stacks the box. Had we actually not just let the DE through unblocked and MAC isn’t getting hit as soon as he rolls it may have been successful. Najee and Waddle were absolutely going off. Thank God Waddle is back next year.

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Because crazy shite happens on the Plains. It's science.

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more like black magic

Sark coached to win Saturday.

I got no problem with it.

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Sark coached to win Saturday.

I got no problem with it.

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That's not coaching to win. It wasn't coaching to win when Nuss did the same stupid shite when the game was on the line in 2012 against A&M either.

We've had problems on obvious short yardage rushing situations the past couple of years. And honestly we've run that type of play a lot in that situation in the past. Heck the Upchurch TD in the Iron Bowl our 1st title season was a similar play.

Nussmoron threw 3 straight times from the 2 (I think it was the 2), when we had been running pretty well the whole day.

That pass play on 1st and goal from the 2 I’ve got no problem with and had the D Lineman not have been allowed to come through the line unblocked and almost take the snap, we’re not even having this conversation.

It wasn’t a bad call. Block the defender and we score 6 there instead of giving up 6.

it was a perfect play call. Just poor/unfortunate execution.
Recall that this was about the fourth consecuctive play from inside the 10 yard line (AU had 2 PI penalties) Teh couple of other run attempts were jammed at the LOS.
This play, if nothing else, was set up on 1st down to open up the defense.
The biggest mistake made in the play was Kaho (normally a LB) was lined up at FB and totally ignored the block on the charging DE for AU. Had he even just rubbed him, Mac gets around him and cake walks into the endzone. Or he could have thrown it to Najee who had his man beat (thus how the luck of his getting that INT) by two or three steps. Worst case was an incomplete pass. But when Kaho ignored the block, Mac should have just eaten the ball. But to his defense, even in that split second he could see Najee was wide open.

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Kaho leading the way

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Kaho was the one who missed the block that doomed the play.

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. If we can’t get 2 yards in 3 plays doing that, then our arse is beat anyway.

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The two runs prior to that netted 0 yards. A one yard run from the 9 to the 8 and a one yard loss from the 3 back to the 4.
Again, if nothing else, this play was designed to loosen up and spread out the defense, so we could run, using the same formation and personnel, up the middle.

We ran a play that gave Auburn opportunities to make something happen and boy, did they. The worst they could have done on a run up the middle was a loss of 1 or no gain, barring an uncharacteristic fumble. Kaho didn’t make that block probably because he didn’t know he was supposed to. I’m sure they don’t spend a ton of time going over every possible scenario for him in a heavy package when he’s playing out of his natural position. He was carrying out the assignment he knew.
That was asking a lot of Mac who played a really solid game but there Sark put him in harms way and asked him to make a split second read then the perfect throw. Sark didn’t know the blitz was coming but that’s the risk you take and it blew up in our face.

I think it was a good play call run with less than ideal personnel and was too risky under the circumstances. Yeah, a healthy Tua probably makes that throw right in Najees hands but 90% of QBs can’t do that even under normal circumstances much less with a blitz in your face. Sark needed to remember who was at QB and it wasn’t our GOAT.