Lane's Boner

Let's start with the conclusion that Lane Kiffin's decision to shackle his offense when they reached the Alabama 27 with 40 second to go was indefensible. Kiffin had a low trajectory kicker who had just been blocked on a 47-yard attempt. A 44-yard field goal isn't a gimme in the NFL (ask Herm Edwards), let alone in college on the road in the rivalry game against the top-ranked team in football. Kiffin's quarterback was in the zone. His offense was close enough to the Alabama end zone that he could be confident that the Tide would be bringing pressure and it's always an advantage for a play-caller to have a general idea as to what defense is coming. His decision to give up 4-6 plays and settle for the field goal was insanely stupid and I said this before Mount Cody blocked the kick. About the only person who didn't notice Kiffin's mistake was Gary Danielson, who was lying in wait to be excessively technical and yet also wrong when asserting that Alab...