Last week, after defeating Notre Dame, my brother opined that even though Carolina had defeated the Fighting Irish that game demonstrated that Butch Davis is not a great Xs and Os coach. Whether or not that was true for that game, it certainly was prophetic about yesterday's tilt.
Carolina played terrible down the stretch. The Heels kept Virginia bottled up for 58 minutes, but leading 10-3 let the Cavs march down field for a tying touchdown. They rushed only 3 while dropping back 8, and that overly cautious alignment cost them as the Wahoos tied the score with less than a minute left before winning in overtime 13-16.
Almost worse than the decision to only rush 3, after Carolina got the ball back with 47 seconds left Davis did not even call a play from scrimmage. Instead of running one or two plays in an attempt to get into field goal range, Carolina simply took a knee twice to run out the clock and go into overtime. Why you would casually decide to go into overtime - on the road - rather than try to win it in regulation is beyond me.
Yes, a bad Xs and Os coach, at least yesterday.
2 comments:
Maybe I should go work for Football America. Sorry that I was prescient, very tough loss for da Heels.
As for this team of destiny bull, it's bull. Better team wins; Rays have been the better team most of the year, they won the East in the regular season & that means something. If the Sox win experience will be the difference-maker. How about BJ Upton by the way? I was spoiled getting to see him in Durham for 2 years. What a stud. What easy power.
Finally, don't compare Obama & the Rays, one is important, one is trifling. Obama is like Lincoln -- from Illinois, and the other side is deep-down terrified he'll win and will stop at nothing to keep him from winning, and, like Lincoln, hopefully Obama will give our nation a much-needed new birth of freedom to replace the fear and greed and general small-mindedness eroding our nation.
Oh, and happy birthday dad, a day late (I did call yesterday and talk to him).
U bros crack me up! Happy pre-bday to Sophia!
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