jake102
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And even after three consecutive timeouts -- two called by Texas -- they were going to run the same two-point play.
"Hey, you want to win the game?" coach Dana Holgorsen asked quarterback Will Grier on the sidelines after slapping him on the helmet.
"Let's f---ing win the game."
The first option called for a slant pass to Sills, which the Mountaineers executed beautifully. Except Texas coach Tom Herman had called timeout just before the snap. Not only did the Longhorns negate the conversion, they forced West Virginia to show its play.
The Mountaineers, however, weren't changing it.
"I wasn't going to outsmart anybody," Holgorsen said. "We weren't going to call a different play."
That's because the play had other options. And after Texas flipped its best corner, Kris Boyd, on Sills, then cheated a linebacker out to take away the slant, Grier decided he was going to run it in.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...t-conversion-dana-holgorsen-grier-big-12-race
Man I appreciate Holgorsen. Great example of a coach not getting cute or out-thinking the situation, call a play where your best player has multiple options and let him win the game.
"Hey, you want to win the game?" coach Dana Holgorsen asked quarterback Will Grier on the sidelines after slapping him on the helmet.
"Let's f---ing win the game."
The first option called for a slant pass to Sills, which the Mountaineers executed beautifully. Except Texas coach Tom Herman had called timeout just before the snap. Not only did the Longhorns negate the conversion, they forced West Virginia to show its play.
The Mountaineers, however, weren't changing it.
"I wasn't going to outsmart anybody," Holgorsen said. "We weren't going to call a different play."
That's because the play had other options. And after Texas flipped its best corner, Kris Boyd, on Sills, then cheated a linebacker out to take away the slant, Grier decided he was going to run it in.
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...t-conversion-dana-holgorsen-grier-big-12-race
Man I appreciate Holgorsen. Great example of a coach not getting cute or out-thinking the situation, call a play where your best player has multiple options and let him win the game.
