Ultimately this comes down to emotion vs rationality. Would we all have loved to end the game right there, running the ball down the throat of our most hated rival? Of course. Woulda felt swell.

 

But then rationality creeps in and we remember that we've been very bad at short yardage situations this season. Not to mention Blake got stripped on that sneak, even though his foward progress was stopped. We also remember that we were stopping them all night on defense and they had no time-outs. Add in the fact that we were facing a rookie QB who had to get 80 yards - as opposed to the forty needed for a field goal - and the decision is clear.

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