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http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...minnesota-confused-second-last-play/74987476/
MINNEAPOLIS – The ball was put on the ground and the clock started ticking – 19, 18, 17 seconds to play.
The Minnesota Gophers are going to spike the ball, right?
Sixteen. Fifteen.
Do they know it's running? Seriously? What in the name of Jerry Kill is going on here?
The Gophers had the ball inside the Michigan 1-yard line. A touchdown would almost certainly win the game, giving the Wolverines their second straight, last-second heartbreaker. A field goal would tie it. Yet that clock kept ticking down.
"We had the play called and thought we could get it off,” said Minnesota interim coach Tracy Claeys. “All the motions in that took a little bit longer than what we thought they would.”
You think?
This was more than mismanagement of a play clock. This was downright buffoonery.
Finally, after wasting 17 seconds, Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner threw incomplete. Now, the clock was stopped, which was good, because I’m not sure anybody was breathing as that bizarre drama played.
Then, finally, comically, the Gophers called a time-out with two seconds left.
Would the Gophers kick the field goal and take this game into overtime? It seemed logical. Michigan was down to its second-string quarterback, a guy who had never even completed a pass until this game.
But the Gophers went for it.
Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin was certain Minnesota would run a quarterback sneak and he set up his defense to stop it..
MINNEAPOLIS – The ball was put on the ground and the clock started ticking – 19, 18, 17 seconds to play.
The Minnesota Gophers are going to spike the ball, right?
Sixteen. Fifteen.
Do they know it's running? Seriously? What in the name of Jerry Kill is going on here?
The Gophers had the ball inside the Michigan 1-yard line. A touchdown would almost certainly win the game, giving the Wolverines their second straight, last-second heartbreaker. A field goal would tie it. Yet that clock kept ticking down.
"We had the play called and thought we could get it off,” said Minnesota interim coach Tracy Claeys. “All the motions in that took a little bit longer than what we thought they would.”
You think?
This was more than mismanagement of a play clock. This was downright buffoonery.
Finally, after wasting 17 seconds, Minnesota quarterback Mitch Leidner threw incomplete. Now, the clock was stopped, which was good, because I’m not sure anybody was breathing as that bizarre drama played.
Then, finally, comically, the Gophers called a time-out with two seconds left.
Would the Gophers kick the field goal and take this game into overtime? It seemed logical. Michigan was down to its second-string quarterback, a guy who had never even completed a pass until this game.
But the Gophers went for it.
Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin was certain Minnesota would run a quarterback sneak and he set up his defense to stop it..
