Nitpicking...but to close out the half

[africamurphy]

Was anyone else baffled that Franklin didn't call his last two timeouts to close out the half? Is there some sort of coaching etiquette that he was following about taking a knee?

Auburn got the ball on the 3 with about 15 seconds left. Nix took a knee on the 1 yard line.

If we take a timeout...taking a knee on 2nd down gets tricky. Plus, you have the option of a botched snap. Maybe he downs it on the half yard line?

If we take another timeout...dang...I don't even think a knee could be possible. And of course, you have another botched snap possibility that might turn into a safety or a touchdown if a fumble is recovered.

Am I the only one who thought this?

 

[Limestoner]

No. I thought the same thing. Make them take the snaps. Anything can happen. Unlike Franklin to do that.

 

[Ranger Dan]

I didn’t think anything of it at the time, but certainly that has been Franklin’s MO in the past.

 

[AWS1022]

Then they break one for a long run, get a TD or kick a FG, and Franklin gets blasted for being greedy or not letting the half run out. We won so he made the right calls.

 

[doctornick]

I had the same thoughts about the time outs. Why not use them and see if you can eek out a safety? Definitely wasn’t much room there to operate and we could have forced them to do two more downs.

 

[RGWhirly]

I actually didn’t want him to give them the time a TO might provide them to figure out a deep ball. But I get your point.

 

[Psugo823]

I think if we just take a timeout after the completed pass with 32 seconds, maybe we don't rush in the next play which was the interception...but I don't have a lot of faith in the fg unit with Stout, who by the way nearly missed another extra point.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

So many JO's ...so few threads