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SIAP, but the run was the call. I like the idea of trying to catch OSU off guard, but the run - especially between the tackles - was not there last night for Sanders - at all. With the game and season on the line that's a really, really, really risky call. As was not taking the FG from under 40 yards - those three points are the difference.
“Fourth-and-5, I know exactly what Coach Rahne saw,” said McSorley, who accounted for 461 total yards and 94 percent of the offense. “I saw the same thing. The play was there to be made; we just didn’t make the play.
“They did a good job; they ran a twist to be able to get in the backfield quickly. We weren’t able to pick up that twist, and they were able to hit Miles right when he got the handoff and got him down.”
It’s a scenario that will likely replay in both Rahne’s and McSorley’s minds throughout the bye week: Why not pass? Why not change up the play after those timeouts? Why not keep it in McSorley’s hands? And why not save the timeouts in case the run did fall short?
“We believed that they’d probably think we were passing it,” Sanders said, “but try to get the ball in my hands and get the first down. But they really came to play that play; didn’t get the job done.”
“Fourth-and-5, I know exactly what Coach Rahne saw,” said McSorley, who accounted for 461 total yards and 94 percent of the offense. “I saw the same thing. The play was there to be made; we just didn’t make the play.
“They did a good job; they ran a twist to be able to get in the backfield quickly. We weren’t able to pick up that twist, and they were able to hit Miles right when he got the handoff and got him down.”
It’s a scenario that will likely replay in both Rahne’s and McSorley’s minds throughout the bye week: Why not pass? Why not change up the play after those timeouts? Why not keep it in McSorley’s hands? And why not save the timeouts in case the run did fall short?
“We believed that they’d probably think we were passing it,” Sanders said, “but try to get the ball in my hands and get the first down. But they really came to play that play; didn’t get the job done.”
