Why didn't Wetjen return the last kick?
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?? He did return it, and got out of bounds with just a second to spare.
A couple more yards and the game is over.
A couple more yards and the game is over.
#22 Max White returned the last kickoff, hence my question of not having the fastest guy on the team taking that one.
Ah, sorry. I never even noticed it was White.
They were both back there but they kicked to White.
For the record, I would have still kicked with Stevens.
They kicked it away from Wetjen. He had no chance to return it. And yes, Stevens had a better chance of making a FG. Not great but better.
a) They kicked it away from Wetjen to White.
b) 10 more yards and there is no time left on the clock, so no chance.
b) 10 more yards and there is no time left on the clock, so no chance.
Why did they have noodle-armed McNamara throw the Hail Mary? He couldn’t even get it to the end zone.
They didn't kick it deep, likely to keep him from receiving the ball. Iowa did what they could on that and he had to go out of bounds since he wasn't going to get a TD and they needed time to run a play.
White actually had a good return. Significant yardage and got out of bounds. (Disclaimer: I play golf with his grandparents).
10 more yards on the return and that would have been the last play of the game.
One of the many blunders. I’m certain Steven’s had a better chance than Cade in that scenario and I’d guess Steven’s had a less than 1% chance which is still better than 0%.
I know people will disagree with me, but I will take the odds on the adrenaline of kicking a 66 yard fg over a Hail Mary 10 yards short of the end zone any day of the week. I’m not blaming Cade, but asking him to throw it that far is not realistic.
Our only hope on the Hail Mary pass was if the ISU defenders screwed up and committed PI to give us a realistic chance for a field goal.
It didn't look to me like they intended it to go into the end zone as I believe most of the receivers were lined up around the 5 for some reason. And then he floated it higher than normal, like throwing more of a pop fly kind of ball instead of a line drive. It was at our end and to me for some reason the receivers congregated short of the end zone to begin with.
I never understood why teams don’t set up more hook and lateral options, especially if you know your qb doesn’t have the arm to get it in end zone anyway.
True but have you EVER seen PI on a Hail Mary? Has to be a super low percentage, refs don't want to call it.
