... "Go for it on 4th down from the 45, but punt on the same drive on 4th down from the 35" game.
Or some such croomsense.
Not only that, but we were driving with no timeouts and had a chance to kick a game tying FG of about 40 yards or so with 15 seconds left on the clock. I was in the stands, hammered, and yelled "kick the damn field goal Croom!" Of course, Croom thought one more play was in order. What could go wrong? After all, any play result that wasn't a 23 yard TD, a completion where the receiver gets out of bounds, or an incompletion seals the UGA win. That being said, one thing Michael Henig really had to do was, you know, not take a sack. And of course that's exactly what the 17 happens and we lose a heart breaker because we can't run another damn play, That call was far, far more unforgiveable than the punt from the 35...yet no one ever mentions it.
To make matters worse, I'm sitting there dumbfounded after the game for about 5 minutes trying to digest this moronic head coaching hire for the umpteenth time in 3 years. An older UGA fan pats me on the back and says "Man you guys fought hard and I gotta hand it to you. And Oxford's a great town...love that place. Best of luck the rest of the season." I **** you not. Will never forget that game.
