What if I told you the play on defense was if Tech got a completion, hold the receiver up, don't tackle him and don't let him get out of bounds... let the clock run out. We had a 1-point lead, Tech had a timeout left and a FG would win it for them.
After all, their kicker was a student who had won a contest the Pirate held to find someone, anyone, who could actually kick a field goal. It's too bad it didn't end that way (would rather we win, but...) because Tech would have had REAL Twelfth Man to shove in aggy's face.
Make no mistake, that game was not lost by Blake Gideon or by the Crabtree catch, it was lost by Mack Brown on our first few possessions, insisting on following his script regardless of personnel, score or even field position. We opened up with what looked like a draw, with the ball on our own goal line - around the 2 - and handing the ball to a running back standing still 7 or 8 yards in the end zone. Safety, duh. Gave up 2 points on our first play. We were down 19-0 before we put up a single point, and buried at the half 22-6.
I know this is the Arch thread, but one more thing needs to be said:
Fuck Mack Brown