In Reply to: Last three games we left points at the end posted by vtla on November 07, 2026 at 14:27:37
I've always said that teams that want to win an NC show that they want to win an NC and that they're in the mix.
Scoring late touchdowns doesn't mean we're a better team. But, it makes the voters and pickers think we're a better team and think that we're serious about winning it all.
I know I'll get a lot of cr@p for that last statement, but impressions matter for seedings. If you are not playing like you are playing to win the NC, that's going to affect impressions. In this situation, you don't want to be, or be perceived as, too polite.
In short, I'd like to see UCLA hang a 70 on someone sometime. And, 41-20 would have been pretty eye-catching. 34-20 is a little more "holding serve."