CollegeFootballPoll.com Message Board

The fake punt call in overtime against Notre Dame is one of the craziest calls I have ever seen. Where did that call come from? Dantonio came from the coach Tressel school of coaching by the numbers. The odds against that working, in overtime, aren't good. Good call Coach.

Spence wrote:The fake punt call in overtime against Notre Dame is one of the craziest calls I have ever seen. Where did that call come from? Dantonio came from the coach Tressel school of coaching by the numbers. The odds against that working, in overtime, aren't good. Good call Coach.

Yeah I was stunned he called that play too. Dantonio is a 99% conservative coach, it's the 1% that catches everybody off guard

I guess, WOW. Dino must have went to the Bob Stoops coaching clinic over the summer.

I can't recall ever seeing anyone do that! Always try the 3 and move on to another OT.

It isn't until a play like that is being walked through in your mind that you really consider all the things that can go wrong w/ a simple pass play. But w/ a 46 yarded being no gimme by any stretch....I loved it!

If the officials had properly called the delay of game on Mich St, I wonder what the outcome would have been? If they had not tipped their hand, they may have still scored.

I just read on a message board that Michigan State's coach had a heart attack and is out indefinitely. Can anyone verify this?

Dossenator wrote:I just read on a message board that Michigan State's coach had a heart attack and is out indefinitely. Can anyone verify this?

Yes it is true. They put in a stint.

shandsgator8 wrote:A fake punt in OT? Why would anyone ever punt in OT?

It wasn't... Spence just typed in the wrong special teams formation; it was a fake field goal.

.

.

.

It was late.

Spence wrote:The fake punt call in overtime against Notre Dame is one of the craziest calls I have ever seen. Where did that call come from? Dantonio came from the coach Tressel school of coaching by the numbers. The odds against that working, in overtime, aren't good. Good call Coach.

BUT, A big BUT, the coaches reasoning was correct. An inexperienced kicker at 47 yards made a FG questionable. Of course this is 24 hours later BUT, he made the correct call.

RazorHawk wrote:If the officials had properly called the delay of game on Mich St, I wonder what the outcome would have been? If they had not tipped their hand, they may have still scored.

I'm not sure it was delay. The picture I saw showed 01 second on the play clock and 00 one the game clock. The ESPN clock that ran at the bottom did go to 00. I don't know which was actually right or if either was right. I thought the referee kept the official play clock.