Originally Posted by
dawg80
MU was 13/16 on 3rd downs...and had 35+mins TOP. We ended with a whopping 7 yards rushing, but the 6 sacks are counted as "rushing yards," all negative of course. Not that we were tearing up running the ball anyway. This team has issues, starting at the top with Holtz, but the most glaring needs are the OL woes.
It is doubtful it would have mattered in the end, but Holtz's stupidity at the end of the 1st half rendered the outcome etched in stone. IF, big IF, we were gonna win that game, we had to score at the end of the 1st half...and then do something positive with the first possession of the 2nd half. We did neither. The play to call with 6 seconds left was a quick slant to Hardy, it was there for the taking. I could not believe MU was lined up like they were on defense. Hardy takes one step toward the corner, making the DB think he was running a corner route, then he runs a quick slant. Anthony throws it low, between Hardy's knees and waste, and it all happens in a matter of a few seconds. It is either a TD...and it was right there...or it's 4th down and we take the 3 pts, making it 14-6. A one possession game and we get the 2nd half kickoff.
As I say, winning that game last night was a tall order, but whatever chance we might have had...a puncher's chance...Holtz squandered with his bonehead call.