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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2751687, member: 40"]
No, I'm not assuming anything.  And no, it wouldn't have required a perfect outcome.

When we drew that penalty, we were forced to punt instead of retaining possession -- giving them the ball back with just under 5 minutes to go.  That's an eternity -- and it gave them the luxury of being able to run the ball.  They eventually scored with under a minute to go, taking full advantage of the bountiful time they had.

If we convert, then we take more time off the clock, whether we pick up another first down or not.  Or we make them burn their timeouts.  Either way, they wouldn't have gotten the ball back with nearly as much time to work with.  If we managed to pick up another first down -- ball game.

It wouldn't have had to be a perfect outcome -- but it WOULD have made things really tough on them, and forced them to pass.  Given how we were getting after the QB, that would have benefitted us instead of enabling them to run, run, run and exploit our run defense without having to worry about the clock.
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