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Mr. Nostril
November-13th-2005, 02:55 PM
The New York Giants are losing at home to the Vikings.

My stupid conservative call sensor just went off big time. The Vikings were up 14-6, and the Giants scored a touchdown. Then I saw them set up to kick the extra point, and I went "WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY AREN'T YOU GOING FOR TWO?" They could tie the game up, and they're really no worse off down by two points than one. So, why wouldn't a team go for two? Hopefully, this lack of good sense by the giants will be frowned upon (as Gregg Easterbrook would say) by the football gods, and they will be punished with a loss
Monte51Coleman
November-13th-2005, 03:00 PM
There is a quasi- game thread going on here:

http://extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126651
tsunami001
November-13th-2005, 03:00 PM
The New York Giants are losing at home to the Vikings.

My stupid conservative call sensor just went off big time. The Vikings were up 14-6, and the Giants scored a touchdown. Then I saw them set up to kick the extra point, and I went "WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY AREN'T YOU GOING FOR TWO?" They could tie the game up, and they're really no worse off down by two points than one. So, why wouldn't a team go for two? Hopefully, this lack of good sense by the giants will be frowned upon (as Gregg Easterbrook would say) by the football gods, and they will be punished with a loss

It was way too early to go for two.
ChocolateCitySkin
November-13th-2005, 03:00 PM
offensive pass interference, so stupid
The Guru
November-13th-2005, 03:06 PM
You shouldn't go for two until the second half of the 4th quarter. There are too many different situations that can mess you up if you miss a conversion. The giants did the right thing.
RedskinPride27
November-13th-2005, 03:08 PM
It was way too early to go for two.

Right. Lots of possessions left in the game, so take the extra point and make it a 1 point game and say you stop the Vikings and score another TD, then you go for 2.

By kicking the extra point, if Minnesota gets another TD it would at least keep it a one possesion game by leading by 8 points.

Good decision, IMO.
Mr. Nostril
November-13th-2005, 03:25 PM
I'm always amazed that if you need "indisputable evidence" to overturn a call the announcers can sit and dispute the replays for about 5 minutes on calls that are overturned.
Mr. Nostril
November-13th-2005, 03:26 PM
No way! The one point does nothing for you.
Mr. Nostril
November-13th-2005, 03:27 PM
Well, the vikings got the ball back eventually