12-21-2013, 09:08 PM
Here's how it played out:
Up by eight and with Colorado State having used all their timeouts, instead of a simple run -- or even taking a knee -- the Cougs went with a read option and Holliday was stripped. Replays correctly overturned it, so the Cougs came out and ran the ball again and the SAME Colorado State defender stripped the ball on the very next play. That was crazy enough, but it got worse.
After CSU pumped it in for a touchdown, they obviously had to go for two. Naturally, they ran the Statue of Liberty, and it worked. (The try was originally called no good. The ball carrier was strung out wide left and dove to touch the ball to the pylon. It was clearly good to the naked eye, but the official standing two feet away ruled him down. Replay overturned it.) But it got worse.
Overtime, right? Wrong. CSU kicked off with 33 seconds to play... and the Cougs fumbled during the return, giving the ball back to CSU at about the 30. They ran a couple plays before hitting the field goal at the gun.
Too bad. Should've been a 2-0 start for the Pac-12.
Up by eight and with Colorado State having used all their timeouts, instead of a simple run -- or even taking a knee -- the Cougs went with a read option and Holliday was stripped. Replays correctly overturned it, so the Cougs came out and ran the ball again and the SAME Colorado State defender stripped the ball on the very next play. That was crazy enough, but it got worse.
After CSU pumped it in for a touchdown, they obviously had to go for two. Naturally, they ran the Statue of Liberty, and it worked. (The try was originally called no good. The ball carrier was strung out wide left and dove to touch the ball to the pylon. It was clearly good to the naked eye, but the official standing two feet away ruled him down. Replay overturned it.) But it got worse.
Overtime, right? Wrong. CSU kicked off with 33 seconds to play... and the Cougs fumbled during the return, giving the ball back to CSU at about the 30. They ran a couple plays before hitting the field goal at the gun.
Too bad. Should've been a 2-0 start for the Pac-12.
Please clear the field! The game is not over!