Football:
That was a bad time for that call, but how could GP have known things would play out the way they did? There’s plenty of blame to go around, but it’s not all on him.
Gary Patterson took a ton of blame in the post-game presser, he blamed himself on that call that allowed Thompson to run for the 61-yard gain. I looked him in the eye and told him, “coach, you keep blaming yourself, but your offense only scored 17” and this was his response:
“You have to understand they are at home and their defense plays pretty well.