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SeattleUte · 09-10-2008, 09:35 PM

Were it not for the penalty BYU couldn't have sent the whole team for the block. It would have had to account for risk of a 2 point conversion. 15 yards closer in and the whole complexion is different.

MikeWaters · 09-10-2008, 09:37 PM

that's impressive. Did you come up with it all yourself?

SeattleUte · 09-10-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

that's impressive. Did you come up with it all yourself?

I think a fake kick and bootleg by the quarterback/holder was the winning play. We were all saying that before we realized the flag.

Runner Coug · 09-10-2008, 09:42 PM

There's only one problem with your theory, well, two actually:

1. The whole team didn't block the field goal, one guy did.

2. The guy that blocked it wouldn't have been doing anything different if the ball were on the 2 yard line, the 1/2 inch line, or the 50 yard line.

TripletDaddy · 09-10-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Were it not for the penalty BYU couldn't have sent the whole team for the block. It would have had to account for risk of a 2 point conversion. 15 yards closer in and the whole complexion is different.

BYu already went all in to block the kick in the Vegas bowl, and there was no penalty beforehand.

it was basically the exact same play....with the same result. I like to think that somewhere, someplace....Bruce Davis shed a few more tears this past Saturday afternoon...

ERCougar · 09-10-2008, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Were it not for the penalty BYU couldn't have sent the whole team for the block. It would have had to account for risk of a 2 point conversion. 15 yards closer in and the whole complexion is different.

Not a new theory. I've seen it several times since the postgame show. The UW kicker even mentioned that he thought the reason it was blocked is that the O-line had to deal with more rushers than normal--not as an excuse, but that they just weren't used to it.

Runner Coug · 09-10-2008, 09:45 PM

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not as an excuse, but that they just weren't used to it.

UW doesn't practice field goals and extra points?

TripletDaddy · 09-10-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Runner Coug

UW doesn't practice field goals and extra points?

Judging by that last drive, a few other things UW does not practice

1. WR catching a pass while being left wide open
2. QB throwing a pass to a wide open receiver
3. Holding onto passes once they are in your hands

Archaea · 09-10-2008, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Were it not for the penalty BYU couldn't have sent the whole team for the block. It would have had to account for risk of a 2 point conversion. 15 yards closer in and the whole complexion is different.

Learn some football friend before you post again. That's okay, put down Today's Ballet and learn what we plebeians watch.

creekster · 09-10-2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I think a fake kick and bootleg by the quarterback/holder was the winning play. We were all saying that before we realized the flag.

So when you call it a new theory, you mean new to us becasue you were aware of it since discussing it with your four year old at the game? DO you always keep the best stuff to yourself?

09-10-2008, 09:35 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	New theory re penalty/blocked kick Were it not for the penalty BYU couldn't have sent the whole team for the block. It would have had to account for risk of a 2 point conversion. 15 yards closer in and the whole complexion is different. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

09-10-2008, 09:37 PM	#2
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	that's impressive. Did you come up with it all yourself?

09-10-2008, 09:42 PM	#4
Runner Coug Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 945	There's only one problem with your theory, well, two actually: 1. The whole team didn't block the field goal, one guy did. 2. The guy that blocked it wouldn't have been doing anything different if the ball were on the 2 yard line, the 1/2 inch line, or the 50 yard line.