Rick called a timeout – good for him. No problem. Then Pete had to call a play, and that’s what he did. Apparently, the play he called wasn’t within the arbitrary definition of etiquette defined individually by bloggers and media “experts”, so they pontificate endlessly about what he “should” have done instead.

Either go find your own team to coach so you can do it politely according to your specific rules of etiquette, write a book defining this mystical set of etiquette so we can all agree to the same set of rules, or just shut the f*** up about it.

Spoken like a true trOJie.

He’s a faster David Ausberry with terrific hands.

Not only would I have gone for the bomb, there would have been an on sides kick to boot to score again. This is 2009 and anything goes so put your heads in your lapps BNers and media crybabies, and prepare for a crash landing.

I don’t think he even watched the game. 95% of the time in that situation, the opposing coach concedes and lets the clock run out. Neuweasel refused to concede. With his TOs, he would have gotten the ball back with 40 secs left. But, Neuweasel’s only real chance was to force a TO. So, he shows up PC with the TO, enticing PC to actually run a play.

Actually, Neuweasel’s play could have worked and he would have looked like a genius. The fatal mistake was that his secondary was not ready for a play and had already conceded. If MB7 had been sacked and fumbled or picked, PC would have never lived it down.

Good coaching, bad execution for Neuweasel. Good coaching, good execution for PC.

…but if he ever had incentive to do it, it was Saturday when the Bruins called a timeout. This game was OVER, that’s what people seem to overlook here. Their offense had generated 7 points the entire game. If we punt to them, they’d have about 80 yards to go with no timeouts needing TWO TDs. Pete was doing the right thing kneeling down. If it were a 14-7 game, I would totally understand neuheisel calling the TOs. Therefore the timeout came across as a game staller, a “I’m holding you here as long as I can” notion. “I still want to play,” and play we did. Line up and defend it like we defended Stanford’s 2-Pt Conversion.