That’s the one I felt was the most egregious. Washington gave them a free three points before half by throwing the interception with less than a minute left. Oregon was getting the ball to start the second half. Kick the field goal to cut it to one point and then get the ball to start the second half. You’ve got all the momentum in the world at that point. I didn’t mind going for it with two minutes left because they weren’t going to stop Washington anyway. If they convert that fourth down, the game is over. And it was only fourth and three, not fourth and 10.
This was just one of many boneheaded moves by both sides. Had it been 4th and 1, I could see, but they we stuffed on a similar yardage play earlier in the game. I think my dead grandmother saw that play coming. Blow Nix can move a little, how about a play-action rollout giving him the option to pass or run?
He also ran a couple garbage short passing plays for incompletions when he could have run the ball, set up the FG try wherever the kicker wanted it, and shaved a few yards off the distance. That ended up being the difference between a make and a miss.
