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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 350472, member: 204"]
Well, I'm not sure you can go that far.
 
The textbook call on the fourth down was to punt the ball - make a stop - get the ball back in decent field position and avoid giving the ball to USC with half a field to go with nearly 13 minutes left in the game.
 
I certainly cannot call that decision "stupid" or a foreshadowing of danger in the future.
 
This is a case where reasonable people can differ on a game time decision. I think most coaches would probably have done what Marrone did. And if the defense had executed on the reverse, the decision would probably have been vindicated.
 
I am a fan. My job is not on the line and I don't know all the facts. So, yes, I would have probably gone for it because it seemed that the Orange was going to get the first down at that point - it just "felt" like the right thing to do. I also did not think that a difference of say 20 to 30 yards was going to impact USC on offense. So, on this one I agree with you and disagree with Marrone.
 
But, that is a self-limited decision - it does bode poorly for the future.
 
I do truly disagree with going for two points early in the second half - I believe that a team has to accumulate points and should only go for two when it is late and the score dictates it.
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