Did the coach make a bad call or did the kicker just mess up? I don't know why you don't just kick it OB with 10 seconds left?
I come in peace. What was up with the kick at the end of the 1st half?
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We wanted to give our great defense more playing time before the half.
Seriously I don't know, it was a mystery to all of us as well. Boneheaded comes to mind. From there it just went from bad to worse.
I had no problem w/ the squib kick. In fact, it's done alot. With ten seconds on the clock why risk a return? What occurred though a muffed squib kick. Which then forces the OU defense to protect a hail mary pass. So the GA offense tosses an out pass coupled w/ a quick T.O. What happens next? A kid sets an all time FG record in the Rose B owl w/ a friggin' 55 yrd FG. Play calling wasn't the issue. Execution was.
OU Special Teams play was flat ****** tonight.
1. Muffed squib kick
2. Terrible, I do mean terrible punting
3. Blocked FG
OU Special Teams play was flat ****** tonight.
1. Muffed squib kick
2. Terrible, I do mean terrible punting
3. Blocked FG
Those three kicking game meltdowns, plus some long kickoff returns when Siebert had to kick into the wind doomed OU.
Georgia's FG to close the 1st half was a game changer, much like Jordan Shipley's 96 yard kickoff return in the 2008 Texas game after OU had built a 14-3 lead early in the 2nd quarter. Both involved the kicking game and both were ultimately costly.
Letting Georgia get into a position to kick the 55 yard field goal just before halftime was a very bad mistake by OU. That was the mistake that keeps coming back to me. That made the difference.
Just think about what the score most likely would have been at the end of regulation had OU simply executed a proper squib kick. The FG that shouldn’t been was the biggest factor of the game, IMO.
I have to think that Siebert simply miss-kicked. He had to be trying to get it OVER the first row of Georgia players.....whatever.
Why didn't he just aim for the sidelines inside Georgia's 25-30 yard lines ?????
Strange to think of a three point play playing such a crucial part in a 54-48 game, but it sure as **** did !
Why didn't he just aim for the sidelines inside Georgia's 25-30 yard lines ?????
Strange to think of a three point play playing such a crucial part in a 54-48 game, but it sure as **** did !
Simply a bad decision...over thinking the game...should have kicked away and any kind of return runs out the clock...
That FG changed the momentum. UGA went into the locker room with hope.
He’s kicked almost every kickoff out of the end zone. Almost zero chance of return.
If you’re worried about an 80 yard Hail Mary more than a long field goal, you’re crazy. Georgia played that to perfection, with the quick out for a few yards to get their kicker in position on the side of the field he wanted.
Whether others do it or not in other situations is irrelevant. It was the wrong call.
If the kick went flawless, we wouldn't even be posting about it. It is what it is. Piss poor execution. Which occurred often w/ the kicking game. There was seriously bad punts as well. Were they bad calls too? No. Just more piss poor execution. Let's face it and call it as it is... Siebert had his worst game ever as a Sooner.
A reason for the squib kick might have been OU's year-long problem of defending kickoff returns. Its seems like every time the kick doesn't go through the endzone, the receiving team gets a long run-back, often a near-TD.
Then Siebert's kickoffs going from left to right in the second half were due to fatigue (?).
Not debating you.
All I'm saying is Siebert's kickoffs got shorter in the second half.