Right decision - Wrong Call?

[snoscythe]

If the issue is whether or not it was executed properly, than any call designed to get more than 3 yards would have been the right call.

[TheDean]

it was the wrong call as BYU should have kicked the PAT because it would have put the onus on Utah to have to do something on offense and you take away from your team further chances to win. Something that Utah wasn't able to do with out the refs help in that last drive. 2 point conversions have a very low success percentage which is why you don't see them run after every TD. It is also why BYU is 0-6 in 2 point conversions.

[TheDean]

Again BYU attempts a 2 point conversion twice and fails twice and are at 0-9 and likely cost BYU a second game. Because if BYU had the 2 points from kicking the PAT than BYU would have only been down 1 point with the ball an 1 minute to play. They could have run 3 running plays to take time off the clock then kicked the game winning FG from a very makeable spot.

2 point conversions are only have around a 38% success rate where the PAT is around 90%.

[Cougarfan87]

Again BYU attempts a 2 point conversion twice and fails twice and are at 0-9 and likely cost BYU a second game. Because if BYU had the 2 points from kicking the PAT than BYU would have only been down 1 point with the ball an 1 minute to play. They could have run 3 running plays to take time off the clock then kicked the game winning FG from a very makeable spot.

2 point conversions are only have around a 38% success rate where the PAT is around 90%.

But if they were only down by one point, you would not have seen West Virginia go into the prevent, and they would not have gone into a drain the clock offense either. We tend to forget that a different score changes how both teams approach the game, not just one. As such, there is no guarantee of victory. Even with the decisions that were made, just a few different plays and we win every game this season. That has to be encouraging with a new coaching staff.

[TheDean]

Again BYU attempts a 2 point conversion twice and fails twice and are at 0-9 and likely cost BYU a second game. Because if BYU had the 2 points from kicking the PAT than BYU would have only been down 1 point with the ball an 1 minute to play. They could have run 3 running plays to take time off the clock then kicked the game winning FG from a very makeable spot.

2 point conversions are only have around a 38% success rate where the PAT is around 90%.

But if they were only down by one point, you would not have seen West Virginia go into the prevent, and they would not have gone into a drain the clock offense either. We tend to forget that a different score changes how both teams approach the game, not just one. As such, there is no guarantee of victory. Even with the decisions that were made, just a few different plays and we win every game this season. That has to be encouraging with a new coaching staff.

The only problem with that opinion is that WVU's D was bad and no matter what they did as they wouldn't have stopped BYU's last drive because they used that D all game long and BYU by being 2 points closer could have kicked the winning FG after running the clock down.