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Originally Posted by Colvinnl
I think it evident from the message boards that those of you watching at home didn't see what preceded the now infamous TO.
1) Illinois had their offensive personnel ready to run on the field
(pretending to go for it), so OSU was ready with their D. At the last second, literally, Illinois switched. OSU ran out Hartline and Small as two D players ran off the field. For a few seconds there were too many men on the field and Illinois was set.
2)Tressel literally had a split second to make his decision. In hindsight he should have risked it, or let them punt without our returners on the field. But no one can expect to make the right call in those circumstances. |
I don't recall it being a last second switch by Illinois. Even if so, it's on our special teams coach(es) to have people ready to go when the opponent is on fourth down, just for this exact scanario. As soon as Illinois brought their punt team on the field (IIRC, they didn't exactly Chinese-firedrill run on the field) we should've brought ours on.