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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2009 21:32:50 GMT -6
It seems like in recent years announcers have been saying to take a knee instead of fighting for extra yardage at the end of games. Is it just me or is that crazy talk? Collinsworth tonite is telling Hines Ward to take a knee, wtf?!
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Post by morris on Sept 10, 2009 21:38:02 GMT -6
It is so you do not turn over the ball. You see this with DBs all the time after an INT. They catch it and then get down to prevent being stripped of the ball. If you know you are not going to score then get down in certain cases. This makes even more since in HS since the clock stops on a first down.
We teach our players that in a hurry up get out of bounds. If they are in the middle of the field get vertical and then get down. Prevents the whole pile up and allows us to conserve time.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2009 21:52:08 GMT -6
I understand why they say it, and I'm not talking about clock management or anything. If I have the ball at the 7 and I think I can split a couple of guys and score I be damn if I'm getting down. Well nevermind. Ward just said he should have gotten down. Guess I'm just crazy.  |
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Post by 1ispread on Sept 14, 2009 13:06:05 GMT -6
True story. About ten years ago in a High School game, Team A ahead by 2 points, Team B out of time outs. Less than minute and a half left in the game, Team B with the ball on there own 5 goes for it on 4th & 10 and fails. Team A takes over at B's 5, 1:05 left in the game, instead of taking a knee they score on the 1st play, miss the extra point, lead by 8..... they get kickoff, Team B scores on a long pass, goes for 2 & gets it....ends up winning in overtime........I will always remember Team A's coaches statement afterwards "I forgot the object of the game is to win even if it means not scoring score."
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Post by k on Sept 14, 2009 18:02:09 GMT -6
True story. About ten years ago in a High School game, Team A ahead by 2 points, Team B out of time outs. Less than minute and a half left in the game, Team B with the ball on there own 5 goes for it on 4th & 10 and fails. Team A takes over at B's 5, 1:05 left in the game, instead of taking a knee they score on the 1st play, miss the extra point, lead by 8..... they get kickoff, Team B scores on a long pass, goes for 2 & gets it....ends up winning in overtime........I will always remember Team A's coaches statement afterwards "I forgot the object of the game is to win even if it means not scoring score." Look at Brian Westbrook a couple years ago... Broke a 70+ yard run or something and then takes a knee inside the five instead of walking into the endzone for a TD. |
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Post by coache67 on Sept 15, 2009 6:33:48 GMT -6
"Would Gandhi take a knee?!?!"
Dan Hawkins
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Post by k on Sept 15, 2009 16:01:58 GMT -6
So who watched the bills game? =) Bet he wishes he took a knee!
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Post by rcole on Sept 15, 2009 16:52:28 GMT -6
Won a game because of a situation like that a few years ago when I was a DC. We were behind by 1. Had the ball and couldn't score. They take over, first or second play is an 80 TD run. Halfway through the run our oldest coach on defense is screaming to our pursuit (not that they could hear him) "LET HIM SCORE!!!!" I'm saying WTF? They go for 2 and don't get it. We get the ball and 2 minute drill our way down the field and score, go for two and get it, we win. I hurt my nose pretty bad that night when I celebrated by tackling my DE and hit his face mask on my nose (I was young, you know, and stupid).
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Post by bccarnes on Sept 16, 2009 7:58:07 GMT -6
Another true story, I believe this was from a state championship game back in the 70's in Indiana if I remember the story correctly. A team was up by 3, RB broke a long run with 1:30 left in the game and scored a TD. The other team drove down to the 25 and kicked a FG with :45 left. They recovered an onside kick, couple long passes, scored and had so much momentum that they went for two and got it. I don't think I would ever tell a kid not to score, but I bet that team wishes that kid would have fallen down or gotten tackled after the first down.
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