The onside kick was just stupid

[huskyinfl]

I like to think Bob is in for the long con. Someday when we can execute at a high percentage we are going to be a nightmare because everything is on the table.

 

[sdhusky]

Only that you are very focused on the element of surprise, which just seems an odd thing to focus on for that play. They are always low percentage plays. Would you have been more ok with it if it did catch them by surprise? Maybe a little. But Diaco took what he felt was a calculated risk that he could get the kick, and if not, the defense wouldn't give up points. I probably would have kicked it off deep, but the calculated gamble nearly worked.

He gave up 25 yards or so of field position. BYU was moving the ball at will between the 20's so I don't think he risked too much.

We got the 3 and out...and then the dropped INT...it didn't change the outcome.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

FWIW, Michael Tarbutt's onside kick itself was very well executed. Not quite as artistic as Rice's successful 2013 onside kick and the Owls' resulting recovery, but a highly effective kick. Want to be impressed, check out the Rice 2013 fútbol rabona behind the leg onside kick. Now, that was a ballsy American football coaching decision.

 

[EJHarrington]

That was a terrible call by Diaco, and he owes the team an apology for making it. UConn rallies to pull within 7 after a terrible sequence where BYU got 10 points in about a minute, and then Diaco decides to give the game away. NO ONE WAS FOOLED by that call. The announcers saw it coming, and I am sure Mendenhall saw it coming. The fact that the BYU player didn't field the ball cleanly doesn't justify a terrible call that effectively ended the game for the Huskies.

It wasn't daring, and it wasn't a gamble. It is not a gamble when everyone knows you are going to do it. It was just throwing the game away.

Oh yeah, I'm a supporter of Diaco and believe he is overall doing an excellent job. But that call was stupid; maybe down 3 you could make a case but not 7. He needs to pick his spots better.

 

[tower1]

That was a terrible call by Diaco, and he owes the team an apology for making it. UConn rallies to pull within 7 after a terrible sequence where BYU got 10 points in about a minute, and then Diaco decides to give the game away. NO ONE WAS FOOLED by that call. The announcers saw it coming, and I am sure Mendenhall saw it coming. The fact that the BYU player didn't field the ball cleanly doesn't justify a terrible call that effectively ended the game for the Huskies.

It wasn't daring, and it wasn't a gamble. It is not a gamble when everyone knows you are going to do it. It was just throwing the game away.

Not really, if the players didn't out run the ball they would of had it.