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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bobby Roberts" data-source="post: 24873" data-attributes="member: 260">At that point of the game there was a ton of time left on the clock.  Sherman didn't want to leave points on the field, so he took the "sure thing" point after.If "reliable" Longwell would have hit that FG, no problem.  If we scored a TD after Carroll's INT, no problem.  If we scored on numerous drives in the 2nd half after the defense stopped TB, no problem.We lost that game in many ways.  There's no way we should have lost with all the chances our offense had to score and didn't.Sherman's mistake wasn't not going for the extra point.  The 2 biggest mistakes were not letting Williams run in for a TD at the end of the game and letting 2 minutes run off the clock at the end of the 1st half.  24-16 means that we'd only have a TD and 2-point conversion to tie the game.  A 2-minute drill drive to get a FG at the end of the half would have been a boost to the offense and the team.  Not going for it was like telling the team they couldn't do it.Go ahead and pick on Sherman's decisions, but those 2 were his big mistakes.</blockquote>

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