Stupid Person Asking Question about End of Half Timeout

absolutely right, I will give you that. 

If you take a timeout there it has to be with at least 7 seconds on the clock to ensure that PSU won't try a hail mary. Then you can either try to setup a return or go for the block. Just better be damn sure not to get a roughing the punter and give them one free play from our 45.

Calling a timeout at 3 seconds was the worst possible thing to do for Michigan. This, along with the QB sneaks on 4th and 2 after staying set for like 10 seconds drove me crazy. You have to know situationals as a football coach. 

approximately 0.7 players to injury on each snap.  I would have just let it run out.  I was surprised when nobody on our team blew out an ankle or a knee on that play.

The only reason to call the timeout with 3 seconds left is to have a chance that the punt is either blocked or snapped over the punter's head.  Even if they take the timeout with 25 seconds left, it's a pretty dumb decision, because other than the above options, the only other positive thing that can happen would be Norfleet running it back.  You know, the punt returner who has never returned one for a touchdown.

So what you are left with is PSU punting from around midfield, and your best (probable) outcome is that you get the ball somewhere between your own 10-20 yard line.  With 20 seconds left, especially with a quarterback with a penchant for making bad decisions at the wrong time, you aren't doing anything but taking a knee and heading to the lockerroom.

Either way, taking the timeout with 25 seconds maybe makes a little sense, but taking the timeout with 3 seconds left is just dumb.  Let the game go to half time.

I can speak for just about everyone (me included) in Section 17...

"WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING CALLING TIMEOUT HERE???!!!!"

Several variations of that sentence were heard, from numerous sources.

There are two options

• Don't call it at all
• Call it immediately with ~25 seconds left, Penn State likely punts and you've got a chance to return it or take a couple shots at the endzone yourself

Calling it with 3 seconds left gives Penn State a Hail Mary shot and Michigan virtually nothing (remote possibility of a pick six)

I was at the M club luncheon yesterday, and someone asked Brady about said.  He said he wanted to force Franklin to do something, which is why he called a TO.  Said he wished he had done it a few seconds earlier, but that's why.  

That's the only answer to the timeout. You admit that there's risk involved versus no risk involved in the inexplicable timeout. If he wanted to force them to punt, then take a timeout with time left on the clock. He literally waited until the only thing Penn State had to do was throw a Hail Mary. 

If there's some macho mindset to "get on back there and play football," then the football he's playing is stupid. Football is a game defined by mitigating risks and exploiting strengths against opponent weaknesses, not "toughness" or "out toughing" the opponent.  It's become much more complex and Brady Hoke isn't capable of dealing with the strategy involved in modern football. 

Of all of the incompetence that Hoke has displayed, calling a timeout so that PSU could throw a Hail Mary at the end of the half might be the most quintessential of his ability to be a head coach of high level football. 

Hoke essentially gave tham another shot at the endzone for free.  The probability of sucess is small, but there is still no reason to give them another shot at the endzone.  The probability of Michigan forcing a turnover, and returning it for a touchdown is signifigantly smaller.  Its like a stats professor playing the lotery.    

The reason people are upset is that it appeared Hoke was hoping to force them to punt, and potentially get himself another shot at the endzone, and didnt realize that the PSU response would be to simply run another play.

Im not as down on Hoke as some other people are here, but that was a dumb call.  Hoke should be fired because this team is uncompetative and just looks poorly coached.  Taken seperately any of the issues people bring up here (headsets, timeouts, punt formations) really wouldnt be a big deal.  But there certainly seems to be some pretty consistant screw ups, and on top of that his teams are bad.   

If you call a timeout, you call it as soon as you can. They would have to punt and you send your punt team after the kick. You aren't thinking about a return for a touchdown, but a punt blocked for a touchdown, which Michigan has done a few times lately. Calling it when Hoke did was stupid, especially since he put the punt return team out there thinking Penn State would punt. 

No, No, No.

Whatever "reward" is there is far outweighed by some very bad things that could happen.

Brady figures he has only so many time outs left in his Michigan career and he ain't leaving any on the table.

I think Hoke loves to play weird psychological games with opponents, evidenced by his unwillingness to give out any, or outright lie about, injury information for even the most unimportant players. But his psychological games seem to largely be of the type that leaves his opponent scratching his head with curiosity as to what the heck Hoke is doing. I think these games are one way Hoke feels like he can make a difference, but they largely just have the effect of producing collective wtf's and smh's.