A Pivotal Play - Self Destruction at Navy

[The Viking]

It befuddles me that a guy goes from the Defensive Coordinator of a Notre Dame team that made it to the championship game, calling defensive play after defensive play and yet when it comes to being a head coach - in which the game is supposed to slow down for you and your responsiblities a little less (kick or go for it, managing the game clock, occassionally overrule a play call), he's all of a sudden deer in the headlights. It's like the game is all of a sudden too fast for him even though he's been an all-Big 10 player and a Broyles winner.

Timeouts are gold and should be treated as such. Coaches and players constantly kill TO's in stupid situations, robbing them in the end. It's at the NFL and college level. Diaco though is on another level of burning timeouts badly.

It's on him to start improving in this capacity before he robs his kids of more wins. That would have been an incredible win and most coaches would have walked out of that stadium with a TD and a victory.

 

[Excalibur]

Wish this was enforced. A play near the goal line ending with 12 seconds and not getting a chance to get to the scrimmage line for another snap is ludicrous.

Did Navy Get Away With a Penalty at the End of the Game?

Guideline for officials is 10 seconds to spot the ball. 12 isn't unreasonable where there is a pile like that.