So they take the money and run. There is karma.
Tennessee is still in the mix...they will finish with one loss and won't have to play in the championship game.
Cristobal has had a weird career. He got FIU a couple bowl seasons...then only won 3 games and got fired. That seemed odd. He was a a perfect fit there. No idea why they fired him....and they have stunk since. Then he goes to Oregon and does ok...not great....and yet Miami breaks the bank to get him to the Hurricanes.
True. I guess it would have been a bigger call if LSU only had 1 loss and was risking blowing their playoff chances. Question is, should Alabama have gone for 2 first, knowing it had to win the game. That would have been a ballsy call.
The odds are totally different. Let’s say getting the 2 is a 50/50 call (it’s less than that but not by much, and yesterday I think the odds were over 50%). If we assume everyone gets a TD and can get the 1 all the time if they want, if you go first there is a 50 per cent change you get it, but then half the time the second team will match you, meaning you win 25%, lose 50% and go to double OT 25%. If you do what LSU does, 50% chance you win, 50% chance you lose. Bottom line — in almost no circumstances do you go for 2 when you go first.
He's a great recruiter, but he isn't known for anything else really. The whole reason people thought Miami would be pretty good this year was because they had a QB that was putting it up and building a lot of momentum. Crostobol came in, and from day one talked about wanting to be a physical, punishing team. They don't have those players, but he has tried to force it anyway with a stone age philosophy and has wrecked that kid. Football just isn't played like the way he wants to play it anymore, outside of maybe Georgia, but you will need 3 or 4 years of all star recruiting to get there.
Nevertheless, Alabama lost and had it gone for 2, it may still be a playoff contender. Is that worth the risk? Saban is probably thinking yeah, it might have been. If it were a lock, it wouldn't take any balls whatsoever.
Your point is always be conservative and choose the highest probability play even if it means having an unsuccessful season. That's ballsy.
LMAO. No, the point is saying that the high percentage play didn’t work so you should have done the low percentage play AFTER YOU KNOW THE RESULT is beyond a waste of time.
Dude, relax You yourself said Brian Kelly made the absolute right call. Maybe if Saban were able to think ahead more than 1 move and know LSU would go for 2 he would have anticipated that the safe play could cost him the season. No matter. He went with the quants and lost.
Thanks. Any thoughts on why he was fired at FIU?
The only thing I remember is that Pete Garcia was the AD there and wanted his friend Butch Davis to take over. Now they didn't get Davis until the coach after Mario left, but that had to be part of it. Cristobol is clearly stubborn, it shows every time he gives an interview or a press conference. He feels like a "my way or the highway" type of guy, and that can be difficult to work with if you aren't winning. I have no doubts he will stack a lot of talent at Miami, but I think he will be capped by his stubborn philosophies. Good, but not great sort of thing. They were able to fire him at FIU, they won't be able to do that here as the big money wanted their buddy Mario or else.
