With 2:18 left in the game and Iowa up by 3, PSU went for it on 4th and 10 from their OWN 8 yard line. The play resulted in a poorly thrown pass that was intercepted by Iowa and downed at the PSU 25 yard line. Rooting for Iowa to win, I immediately screamed at the TV screen " Why did you intercept that pass, no less dive for it" since the intended receiver had no chance of catching it. If the Iowa player had just let the ball fall incomplete, Iowa would have taken over on downs at the PSU 8 yard line with 2:10 left to go where they could have put the game out of reach with a TD or kick a short FG after PSU used up all of their time outs and force PSU to have to score a TD to win. Instead, in addition to intercepting the ball, the Iowa player got penalized 15 yards for taunting the intended PSU receiver causing Iowa to get the ball on PSU's 40 yard line, where after 3 running plays for little or no gain and PSU using up all 3 of their time outs, Iowa was forced to punt from the their side of the 50 yard line( where a block/scoop and score or long return could have changed the outcome of the game). Although PSU got the ball back at about their own 10 yard line with about 30 seconds left, they still had a chance with Jahan Dotsan in the game, of making a big play to get them in position for a game tying FG.
My question is did I miss something? I didn't hear any of the TV announcers comment on wether it was wise to have intercepted the pass. The only thing I heard after watching the replay on YOU Tube was that the interception probably ended PSU's chance of winning, which it didn't seeing as how they got the ball back with the score unchanged. I'm still happy with the outcome of the game but it reminded me of another team I root for who has a knack of making things harder then it should to win a game.
My question is did I miss something? I didn't hear any of the TV announcers comment on wether it was wise to have intercepted the pass. The only thing I heard after watching the replay on YOU Tube was that the interception probably ended PSU's chance of winning, which it didn't seeing as how they got the ball back with the score unchanged. I'm still happy with the outcome of the game but it reminded me of another team I root for who has a knack of making things harder then it should to win a game.