When you’re a two touchdown underdog against a bitter rival, it’s time to pull out all the stops.
This applied to Florida in its tilt against No. 1 Georgia on Saturday in Jacksonville. Trailing 10–7 at the start of the second quarter, Florida came out of the television timeout set to go for it on fourth-and-one from their own 35-yard line.
To make a decision like that in your own territory, you need to have the perfect play call. Florida thought they had it. They didn’t.