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Message: [QUOTE="hoopsupstate, post: 1188391, member: 13"] I hated the fake punt today because of where the ball was and how well our defense was playing. That decision I can deal with, but the time management at the end of the first half was mind boggling. How in the world do you not work for a field goal at midfield with two time outs left? The only reason he used the time out was the crowd was booing like hell. He was shamed into trying a hail marry at the end of the half. There's been too many times that Shafer has let the crowd get to him. If you coach to the fans you won't last long. We were a 15 yard pass away at the end of the half to give our field goal kicker a chance. He's already made two 50 yard field goals. Watching them work the clock and letting 10-15 seconds run off while looking at the sidelines drives me crazy. Even with 16 seconds left on the 48 and two time outs left they run the clock down to 1 second. That my friends is coaching and not giving your team a chance to win. This is not the first time this has happened. Special teams clearly won the game for Duke today. Their punter killed us and they almost returned two touchdowns. The first one had a penalty. Their coach knew it was only time before they would make a play to win the game. He knew our offense was incapable of scoring. He just waited and waited until they got the field position they wanted. Their punter was the player of the game. Kudos to Redish today. He was absolutely great. Whigham on the other hand should never see the field. They purposely targeted him all day. Wherever Redish was they just went opposite. Whigham not only can't cover, her can't come close to making a tackle. You take him off the defense and they would be very good. He's a weak link they can't hind anymore. Today was another very frustrating day and what makes it even worse is that this football team will have a difficult time winning 4-5 games again next year. You can count four losses right now (FSU, LSU, Clemson, Louisville). They also have to go to Virginia. Who are they going to beat except Rhode Island and Central Michigan. Going to South Florida will not be easy and there are no gimmies in the ACC. [/QUOTE]

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