UConn just painted the Mona Lisa of terrible late-game clock management

[KingEleven]

[h=2]This is how you lose a college football game in 17 seconds.[/h]
Connecticut and Navy played a roller coaster of a football game on Saturday. Navy took a 21-point first half lead, lost the entirety of that lead by giving up a 24-point run, then somehow took the lead back. Navy eventually held on, luckily, 28-24.
Where this gets really interesting: UConn was down 4 points, sitting on Navy's 1-yard-line with 17 seconds left in the game. The Huskies were just one power run from winning the game, and they called a timeout to figure out what to do.
Here's the problem, though. When UConn got stuffed on its first run attempt, the Huskies didn't have any more timeouts. And they apparently just didn't figure out what they were going to do next. So the clock just ... ran out.
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</figure>That's some clock management Andy Reid would be proud of. What a disaster.

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Earlier, things had gone horribly, horribly awry for Navy here. The Midshipmen looked so good in the first half – so, so good. They jumped to a 21-0 lead with 5:36 left in the the second quarter. But then everything went to hell, and the Huskies ripped off 24 points in a row. Things were no longer any good for the Midshipmen.
Navy had one more moment in the sun: Will Worth scored on a 3-yard run with just over three minutes to play, restoring Navy to a lead it had previously relinquished in full. Connecticut drove down the field after that, though, and it looked like this Navy disaster was back on. But then Diaco and Connecticut salvaged the day for them.
Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo couldn't believe his luck. And why not?

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</figure>This is like hitting the lottery, and that lottery is playing Connecticut in football.

 

[slapshot]

Worst beat ever

 

[KingEleven]

Over the years we have all seen screw up after screw up by both college and NFL coaches regarding clock management. I will never understand it. Never.

 

[Willie99]

Pass until 4th down, maximize your opportunities

Bob is turning things around, now they have to learn how to AND expect to win these games

I think he'll get it done

 

[KingEleven]

Pass until 4th down, maximize your opportunities

Bob is turning things around, now they have to learn how to AND expect to win these games

I think he'll get it done

better coaches than Bob have made clock errors like this, but it's pathetic. This is one of the worst of all time though.

 

[MattyMatt]

Add Washington State to the list for the late game. Mike Leach forgot to Coach the last minute after miraculously getting the ball
back on a INT.

 

[bobbyjones2]

Over the years we have all seen screw up after screw up by both college and NFL coaches regarding clock management. I will never understand it. Never.

somewhere, probably at an outback, andy reid smiles

 

[ML Dog]

Add Washington State to the list for the late game. Mike Leach forgot to Coach the last minute after miraculously getting the ball
back on a INT.

Yeah, I was gonna come in here and mention that one cuz I needed BOISE ST ML in a parlay, last leg naturally, Rypien keeps throwing INTs Boise assumes that "Prevent"-ass Defense that costs us so often then Leach fails to use his Final Time Out with a QB lacking the arm strength to get a Hail Mary to the Endzone, as we saw happen but Leach calls that TO there, at about 10,11 seconds on the clock WASH ST has time for another Dump-Off pass to get the added (not that many) yards they need to get within Field Goal range to tie the game.

As others said above and as we've said many times elsewhere....How are you a coach making the big $$$ that you are and you are not fully ready, planning to call that TO there?

Mystifying, Man.

 

[ML Dog]

Over the years we have all seen screw up after screw up by both college and NFL coaches regarding clock management. I will never understand it. Never.

Les Miles of LSU is among the All-Time Tops for horrendous Clock-management screwups. Years back though, seems like....

Seems like too that Les took a Class in Clock Management cuz to my knowledge anyways he has not made any humongous blunders recently.

 

[KingEleven]

I was an assistant coach for a youth football team for many years..I ASSURE you the staff I worked with would NEVER make mistake like that

 

[Knightrofins]

Did anybody watch this live? I was on Uconn +4 and was listening in car on the Navy radio feed.

When the Uconn player caught the ball and went out of bounds, the commentators thought that Navy called the timeout so they can review the last play.

Why would Uconn call a timeout there? The commentators even joked how the scoreboard charged UConn W/ a timeout and not Navy.

If u have no more timeouts with 20 seconds left, why the hell do u run the ball? Makes no sense.

That is why i still dont disagree w/ the seahawks decision to pass the ball in the super bowl.

 

[NBAcapper08]

surprised no ones talking about that oregon hold call last night on the last play. oregon covers and the game goes over and public cleans up. refs call a phantom hold to bring the touchdown back. game over

 

[Greenbacks]

I saw that on sportscenter....Brutal

The Navy coach goes crazy....Love it...lol

 

[ML Dog]

surprised no ones talking about that oregon hold call last night on the last play. oregon covers and the game goes over and public cleans up. refs call a phantom hold to bring the touchdown back. game over

Whatever you do don't let BAS find out about this cuz thats what kept him from going Perfect 6-0 in the RX College Football Contest.