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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 817770, member: 2265"]
That is exactly what I was thinking. The difference between 3 minutes without a TO and 2:25 (or even 1:49) with one TO is a very interesting decision.

We called TO with 2:52 left and Pitt had 3rd and 19 - a passing down. An incomplete pass stops the clock at maybe 2:36 and a completed pass is probably a first down and the game is effectively over. (Perhaps, if we did not call TO and the clock ran down to 2:24 (remember we stopped the clock 7 seconds late) Pitt would not have passed and then they would have run another 35 seconds off and we get the ball at 1:49) at our 44 with one TO left.

So, the worst case is that we get the ball at our 44 with 1:49 or so remaining and one TO left. Is that not enough time to get into FG range (whatever that is for us)? With one TO left the play calling options are so much greater. As it was we ran 9 plays and left 1:01 on the clock.

It seems to me that using the last TO with 3 minutes left did not seem like the correct decision to me.
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