When should you ice the kicker?

[RIVATIDE86]

I haven't heard this discussed by anyone on this forum, but I didn't really understand Tuberville's logic against LSU. LSU has a kick to tie with about 2 minutes left....the barn has 1 timeout. He uses it to ice the kicker. LSUs kicker makes the kick, AU commences to drive down the field and has a long kick to win. But of course Vaughn would have probably choked from any distance :biggrin: . So, my question is...."Why not keep the timeout if you plan on driving down the field for a game winning score if the first kick was made?" Is there something wrong with my logic? I get the feeling that if Shula had made the same move, the state media (or lack thereof) would be crying bloody murder....

 

[jthomas666]

Depends on the situation. How good is the LSU kicker, and how long a kick was it? In Aub's case, I probably would have saved the timeout for the final drive. If the situation had been reversed, given Vaughn's struggles, I would have iced him with my last TO, making him think and think and think about that FG.