You stay classy Alabama
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Yes, Bama could have taken one more knee and ended it. I have no issue though. Jimmy poked the bear with comments this summer about recruiting in the SEC. Saban coaches at MsU so I’m sure he already hated Michigan.
I’d go for one more score as well against Jimmy.
You coach to your own personality, Saban has always been a jerk so I would have been surprised if he would have instructed his players to take a knee. Remember his QB got hurt late in the 1st half against Miss State when they were up by 4 TD's.
Coaching 101 is once the losing team concedes by putting their back ups in a game with the score being more than a two score difference then the winning team will back off, put reserves in and not run up the score.
If the losing team continues to play their starters, try to rip the ball loose continuously on D, keep their starting qb in by throwing downfield then the opposing coach feels no need to put his back ups in.
In this case, Harbaugh got what he deserved by not putting back ups in when down two plus scores and having his starters try and strip the ball from Harris the entire length of the field. I don’t feel bad for Harbaugh, he gets what he deserves.
If the losing team continues to play their starters, try to rip the ball loose continuously on D, keep their starting qb in by throwing downfield then the opposing coach feels no need to put his back ups in.
In this case, Harbaugh got what he deserved by not putting back ups in when down two plus scores and having his starters try and strip the ball from Harris the entire length of the field. I don’t feel bad for Harbaugh, he gets what he deserves.
I'm reminded of the 2010 Insight bowl. Stanzi converts on third down with a pass to Reisner (I think) and he comes up inches short of a TD. Seconds left. Ref winds the clock. Too much time left on the game clock to stall so Stanzi takes a knee. Game over. Class.
I dont know if you guys watched the game but they reward Najee Harris with that TD at the end because he deserved it. He had an amazing drive where he broke tons of tackles. Might be a little classless but still deserved a score on that drive.
Was it classy or classless of Kirk not to give Cocker the ball at the end of the Insight bowl? He had over 200 yds rushing. Did he not deserve it?
Michigan was down two scores. They had already shown they couldn't stop Alabama. What was the point?
The final score was 24-27 which is obviously is a close game where you should knee the ball out to prevent a turnover. In this case, a turnover would not have mattered. Who cares if it was classy or classless. The dude on that drive had 3 insane runs.
A goal line fumble with seconds left is practically taking a knee. Mizzou is not going to score with seconds left from their own 1.
The extra score wasn't necessary either.
Coker should have been given the ball.
Personally, I would frown upon throwing deep if QB1 is still in the game but I would never view it as "classless" to continue to run the ball regardless of score. Nor do I see it as "classy" to take a knee when the game is in hand.
Seem to remember last year during Michigan's "pay back" season they rolled up points on a few teams. The world is round.
I don't see how you make the "class" distinction between throwing deep or a short run when the game is in hand. Is a short pass ok but not a long run?
If a team is behind they have already demonstrated that they couldn't stop the other team's offense for 59 minutes and however many seconds. The point has been made.
I would say when the game is in hand, the team that is certain to win should only run the ball for the remainder of their opportunities. No passing, period, unless the backups are in for repetitions that benefit the future.
Showing that all you're going to do is run the ball until the end of the game allows the opposing coach to know he should simply stack the box. If the losing coach can't get his guys to prevent future scoring by stuffing the now-one-dimentional winning offense well, too bad so sad.
If you know I'm running and you can't stop me, you suck.
I don't understand your response...you literally sound like your feelings have been hurt because someone feels like a team should continue to attempt to score points - in a game where you're supposed to score points! That's why you play the damn game!
You're the type that gets disappointed when 7th-place ribbons aren't given to participants.
Buh-bye.
