...if it were in the 2nd or 3rd quarter. For the entire tenure of Craig Bohl football, he's never been a guy that you'd say was unpredictable. I can't recall a time in recent memory when a Cowboy team was giftwrapped--giftwrapped-- a such a late opportunity to win a monster game like we had given to us tonight. We had a RB that had over 200 yards rushing, the ball on Boise's 21 yard line with :45 seconds left, it's all set up, and for the first time in Bohl history...he decides to get clever and go with the guy who's 3-16 for 30 yards with two picks.
Bohl'd move for sure. Bordering on stupidity really. I'll admit--he sure fooled me.
For as predictable and mundane as Wyo's offense is, we actually needed mundane at that moment--all we needed was to give the ball to Swen a couple times, see what he could get us, and kick the FG to extend the game if we needed to. Curious as to why Bohl thought the situation called for that kind of play...
Bohl has never been innovative as a player caller, and that call in some ways was a sophomore move. Bohl's teams simply aren't the kind of teams that are up to pulling off bold moves like that. In big boy football, those are the play calls that get you fired. In Cowboyland, you'll get a two-year extension, because hey, seven wins!
All season long, I've said, yeah we got seven unexciting wins--but take them as they come, be grateful, might as well be us on top, we played a meaningful football game in late November for the first time in ages, etc...but are we actually any good?
I've never thought we were a good team this season, but in a year when the league is average, we're the ones who stepped up. And did it with a offensive roster lacking skill guys and depth. I think we got a little better as the season went. Bohl will probably be MWC coach of the year.
We were good enough to win tonight but the coaches weren't. What an opportunity squandered.
Bohl'd move for sure. Bordering on stupidity really. I'll admit--he sure fooled me.
For as predictable and mundane as Wyo's offense is, we actually needed mundane at that moment--all we needed was to give the ball to Swen a couple times, see what he could get us, and kick the FG to extend the game if we needed to. Curious as to why Bohl thought the situation called for that kind of play...
Bohl has never been innovative as a player caller, and that call in some ways was a sophomore move. Bohl's teams simply aren't the kind of teams that are up to pulling off bold moves like that. In big boy football, those are the play calls that get you fired. In Cowboyland, you'll get a two-year extension, because hey, seven wins!
All season long, I've said, yeah we got seven unexciting wins--but take them as they come, be grateful, might as well be us on top, we played a meaningful football game in late November for the first time in ages, etc...but are we actually any good?
I've never thought we were a good team this season, but in a year when the league is average, we're the ones who stepped up. And did it with a offensive roster lacking skill guys and depth. I think we got a little better as the season went. Bohl will probably be MWC coach of the year.
We were good enough to win tonight but the coaches weren't. What an opportunity squandered.
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