It was the wrong call, and nobody has said why: clock situation.

There is 3:30 left on the clock, and you have no timeouts, and they have two. If you get the extra two, they have plenty of time to get down the field and score. The deep ball was open for them all night. Maybe the defense comes up with a 4-and-out, but you can say the same thing about kicking it, too.

If you miss it, then your only shot to win the game is to force a 3-and-out. One first down sinks you. And with the way they had been punting the ball, we would likely have had to go 80+ yards with less than 1:30 on the clock and no timeouts with a freshman quarterback and approximately zero success passing the ball. What, we're gonna run it for 80 yards in 1:30? I don't think so. The scoring drive was about that far once you take off the penalties, and it took 5 minutes.

Further, and these points have been elaborated on already, your defense has been lights out all day. They have stopped them with no points within field goal range multiple times, because Boise does not trust its kicker. If you're going to bet on your defense, you do it in overtime, because the clock is no longer against you. Let them get Boise off the field with no points in OT - it could take 10 minutes, but chances are good they can do it. Then, go ahead and be as aggressive as you want, because if you fail, the game is still tied and you can go to another OT. Or stick to the bread and butter, which was running it, because the clock is no longer against you! You get at least one first down, and it's basically an extra point, which we haven't had problems with.

Given what we knew about our defense, their offense, their kicking game, and especially the clock situation, we should have kicked the extra point.

After a night of thinking, I get that the "better" call was to go for 2, given the revealing logic amongst coaches--road go, home tie.
HOWEVER, the overwhelmingly poor decision earlier to leave in an ineffective if not destructive Riley, only to create ANOTHER of his four turnovers, was inexcusable, unforgivable and cost the game. Bronco's man-crush for the bulldog Riley, is keeping the pit bull Taysom and this team from very rewarding wins.

We had just driven 90+ yards and Boise's defense was the most tired and on-their-heels they'd been all night. I can understand the call to go for two, and I think with the way Taysom was running, they make it 4 out of 5 times.

I would have kicked the PAT, but to call it "the worst decision ever," or "giving up" or any of the other garbage that's being thrown around is your despair talking, not logic.

Agree.

Personally think that Crowton had some worse decisions. But the whole conversation is subjective.

Shoulda/Woulda/Coulda. I'll still cheering for BYU through thick and thin.

We had just driven 90+ yards and Boise's defense was the most tired and on-their-heels they'd been all night. I can understand the call to go for two, and I think with the way Taysom was running, they make it 4 out of 5 times.

I would have kicked the PAT, but to call it "the worst decision ever," or "giving up" or any of the other garbage that's being thrown around is your despair talking, not logic.