In Support of Brady's Two Point Call

How OT wouldve panned out..

I really like the call on every front except for the fact it meant Al Borges calling a one-and-done, feast-or-famine short yardage play, and Devin Gardner making said decision. Don't get me wrong, I love Devin's effort today. But I look at every variable in this situation, and I keep coming back to the idea I'd rather take that momentum into OT than put this particular offense and coaching staff in that situation given the fact they'd been so amazingly bad in that same situation for pretty much the entire day. But at least in those situations they had more than one down.

I don't know. I'm pissed about a dozen other things today that I'd rather second guess than this. I appreciate Brady going for it all, and I appreciate the seniors wanting to go for the win. Just wish it worked.

Supported before Meyer's time-out, vehemently opposed after. Catch them off guard and you've got a chance and/or force OT at home where we've been able to move all day. After, they are prepared and the odds aren't in our favor and you throw away three heroic drives of effort on a one and done attempt. Bar call.

Play for OT. Especially at home. Could be a fumble, could be a missed FG. Oh, but we can't stop them...well fuck, they couldn't stop us either. They lost the fucking game because of that call period. moral victories blow.

It was the right call. We could not stop Miller or Hyde, and I didn't want to try to keep up with OSU in OT.

Brady has got some major cojones. I give him kudos for the call.

Too bad we didnt win, but a great game. 

Great call. No question.  IT showed guts and was basically or only chance, we had no chance in OT.

So we needed a 2 yd gain. Ohio had no timeouts an potentially 80 yd away from the end zone, maybe 50 yd from a FG and 30 sec to work with. Braxton running is trouble bc if he's stopped its game over. Hence significant advantage M. Go to overtime and it's even up again. I would have liked to see a lob to Funchess ...jump ball or Dileo on the pick and turnaround same as was used against ND with success. Also a flood right run-pass read. Gardner is a wizard at finding guys 3 yd out when he's on the run.

agree with the decision even more. Our Dline was getting gashed (holding makes blocking easier) and OSU could pick up 5+ yards just running anything between the tackles. Our passing game was working but DG was exhausted. Gain 3 yards just once and the game is over.

Absolutely support it.  There is no difference between an 8-4 and 7-5 Michigan, might as well go for the jugular if the opportunity is there.  While it did not work out in our favor this instance, I absoulutely love the aggressive call.

If we had lost in OT, I would have said why hell didn't you go for two! Your QB was the walking wounded. Great call IMO!  Gives me hope that Hoke will turn out to be a good to great coach for us.

Also I think if Gardner has 0.5 to 1 second more, there was an open Jeremy Gallon in the endzone for the win.

Win the bowl game and let's do this 2014.

I agree with the call, but the playcall was awful, especially after Urban called a timeout. No adjustment on the field....again. Hoke, Borges, etc might be great on the whiteboard, but during the game? We almost never adjust, especially when we're facing top coaches who show the ability to do so. 

 

I was at the game, and I could not see Brady. Did he have a headset on when they were deciding the final playcall? Did it look like he had any input on what we were going to do? 

its a shame we didn't make it... but I love the call.  we score and they talk about it for fifty years...

jdon

 

Wouldn't have had it any other way. Happy with Hoke, with Borges, with Devin, not with the final outcome.

I'm 1000% cool with the call, went for the win!

And I guess winning is just an okay outcome. But what do they know.

Sorry I couldn't watch the game following the UMICH feed on Twitter and I swore when they said Mich was going for two.  Wife asked what.. I said Hoke is going for two.. stupid ... wrong... and then I saw the result.  I wish I had been wrong.

 

Mostly everybody , in the bar at bowling alley, was screaming go for two. I was one of them. This is the most at peace I have been with a loss in a long time.

I think they should have kicked the field goal on 4th and 2.

I would've kicked it.

Absolutely thought it was correct call going for it!

 

Playcall wasnt too happy with. Rather had a run option for Gardner. He plays better in clutch situations where he rolls to right. Have a backfield option also like others have said.  Dont buy into his hobbling for an excuse either - he was fine to run on a play like that.  See all his 4th down conversions he scrambled for ...

 

 

But my theory this whole season has been to put off the worst that could happen for as long as possible, so in his shoes I would have taken my chances in overtime.

But that's why I am not a coach, and I didn't think it was wrong to call for it. Once he did, I started wishing hard for it to work.

Going for 2 was obviously correct. 

But I think a larger point is how the result exemplifies the interrelationship between execution and play calling. The team executed. Everyone did what they were supposed to do, including Gardner passing to Dileo. What failed was the lack of uncertainty or incorrect certainty on the defense. Uncertainty or just guessing wrong (incorrect certainty), is what creates the window for offensive execution to work. Its either having to cover multiple plays at once or guessing the wrong play that gets a defense in trouble. OSU guessed correctly. They were certain what play was coming. The play call failed before the ball was even snapped.