Missed tackles late in the game may be also seen as broken tackles against a teamI never question Hales, he has rings! But at that time the backup QB was in the game, unless the staff thought the fake punt was going to score, the fake punt would have gave them nothing. They had ran it 3 straight times with that kid in the game. So maybe he was trying to pull a DABO and hoping for a big gain and get one more FG opportunity. We will never know. 3 of Grimley's scores came on missed tackles, so it was many missed opportunities. It was definitely one of those games you feel the better team did not come away with the win.
that was gassed defensively. It was a high energy game where the battle tested teams who have played 4 quarters of tough football tend to prevail. I certainly don’t think Hale’s made his decision in anticipation of Grimsley being able to score in 24 seconds, much less 10. But 21 in a row against his defense did not bode well for OT.