Speaking of which, did anyone catch the end of the Oklahoma / Tennessee game? OU up by two, has the ball with about 1:50 left. Long run, gonna be a TD, but the Oklahoma RB kneels down at the 1 yard line. Exactly as he should have. TN has no timeouts left. Easy situation to run out the clock, right?
Wrong.
Next play, OK QB John Mateer runs it in. The wife and I looked at each other, like WTF? The game is won. They just gave TN a chance.
Now they have to spend the next 1:46 defending against the possibility that TN can kick a field goal (TN did) and get an onside kick (TN didn't).
The spread was Oklahoma +3. Oklahoma covered the spread with the TD, but increased the chances of a loss in a game critical to their playoff chances. Even the play-by-play announcer made a thinly veiled reference to the "some people being happy about that touchdown."
Feel bad for the RB who did the right thing, only to watch the camera hogging QB spoil it on the next play. That's not how coaches should treat smart players, and not how the game should be played.
I hope the SEC gets a borescope out and gives everyone involved a colonoscopy.
BTW, UGA faced a similar situation against Auburn a few weeks ago, and Gunner Stockton made a touchdown run where a kneeldown would have been safer, but it was a much more of a close call/heat of the moment play. I think Stockton had a brain fart and didn't realize UGA was better off not scoring. Cameras showed Kirby Smart ripping him a new one when he came back to the sideline.
