They were inside the 30 yard line. It?s a pretty safe bet we lose that game if they get the first down there.
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Of course they were inside the 30, it was overtime. But it wasn't a stop at the goal line. He could have also thrown another interception, his 6th of the game. Or we stop them from scoring even if they had got that first down. Or they score but miss the extra point to tie, not win but tie, and still lose. Or miss the 2 pt for conversion to win. Its fallacy that the stop on 4th down was 6 inches from losing, it was only for first down. It's just not true.
C34 could spin that and say we're one possession from being 3-2. But I won't defend our results so far.
But citing sack rate for this offense be the AR would be like C34 citing that we run the ball better out of this offense. No duh. This offense runs the ball better and the AR doesn't get sacked because there is minimal to no pressure and you throw 6 yard passes a lot.
What this boils down to is making excuses for what this staff has not done. You want to play Devil's advocate. But everything from the mouths of the coaching staff is presenting the exact same message as we are saying.
That's from the HC down to the the OL coach that says they don;t know who they are suppose to be blocking.
Recruits care more about their NIL than what is said here. There is no problem or solution on this board.
When you have nationally recognized SEC guys coming on local radio, as happened today, saying we need to push the panic button b/c Arnett is obviously in over his head then it's way past this board.
What you just wrote has nothing to do with you trying to push that we were 6" from a loss. You are just making up a situation in which a possible first down, not even a score, by a team behind a TD some how equals them scoring and winning the game on that play. It's a falsehood agenda you are trying to push to make a bad start to the season...bad??? Its already bad, you don't make up a situation to make it bad.
The staff has done poor and I've said that many times. The players have not executed. That's on them as well. Including our QB and all the players. But 6 inches away from a loss...that's just not true.
He clearly stated it wasn't in OT, it was late in the 4th. That's why I posted what I did and honestly wasn't even sure what he was alluding to. That was the only play I could think of late in 4th.
Everybody in the stands and at home clearly knew he was short. I can't remember but thought they called him short and they confirmed it on review, not reversed it. May be wrong.
And no matter what we think might have happened, it wasn't that we were 6 inches away from a loss. A first down at the 15 is not the same as stopping a team at the goal on 4th and that score wins it. Not the same and it's just dishonest to say it was. Mullen was a yard away from beating LSU his first year, that play would be a true statement. A possible first down at the 15 is not 6 inches from a loss. He was just as likely to throw another INT like he had all night and had just done 2 series before in the 4th.