Why not just take a knee?

[uk9698]

We are down 7-0 and really are lucky its that close considering how bad we have played. We are on our 27 yard line and Ole Miss has no timeouts.

You would think one of two things, we either take a knee and try to regroup at the half or throw deep and try to move within scoring range!

Well most people would do that. Not tricky RICHY Brooks! He decides to hand off to Rafael Little who in turn fumbles the ball and Ole Miss recovers. In comes Ole Miss field goal kicker and now its 10-0!

The sad part of that is we fumble the kickoff right after it and OLE Miss gets ANOTHER field goal from 47 yards that they thankfully miss! So his NOT doing something smart almost cost us 2 field goals in less then 14 seconds!!! Someone tell me again WHY this guy or anyone else thinks he should not lose his job? ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!!!

This just goes to prove something my cousin Timmy and I have said now for 10 years, when you see or hear a UK football game you see things you have NEVER seen before!

[The Bubba]

I hate to disagree but being on the 27 and running the ball isn't that bad of an idea. If you gain some, maybe even break it, it's good. If you don't, you're still in field goal range. Noone can forsee a fumble or a dropped ball on the kickoff. Handing off to a back is 90% safer than a pass. Your're being picky, or would there be an "r" in there.

[uk9698]

I perhaps didnt make it clear, it was OUR own 27. That is why when we fumbled they were in field goal range without running a play.

I agree, if we had been on their 27 yea run the ball and then try to get 3 points. But when things had went like they had in the first half, either throw the hail mary and hope for something good to happen or run the clock out instead of running it up the middle with 14 seconds left!

[The Bubba]

If Miss didn't have any time outs running is still a safe bet. If Little had broke one for a td, what would have been said then? I think besides not having good assistants until this year that Brooks is cursed by the football gods and by a lot of UK fans including yourself obviously.

[uk9698]

I agree that UK is also cursed by the football gods and has been for years! However under the circumstances and how things had went up to then, if I were the coach I would have took a knee.

I suppose that is why he gets paid the big bucks is to make those big decisions!

[The Bubba]

Fuss at Barnhart about the big bucks, I wouldn't have turned them down if I were Brooks.