[BackinBlack]

Passing up a FG in the first half and going for it on 4th and goal from the 4 was a huge coaching blunder, IMO. You can't say that if Ashland had made a FG at that point, Ashland would have won by that margin - but it would have changed the second half strategy and forced JC to put another score on the board.

Matney's decision to go for two early in the 3rd quarter was the second difference maker on the sidelines. It was obvious by that time that the two teams' defenses were dominating play. Matney decided to go for the lead in regulation instead of taking a bigger chance that he would have to make the same decision in OT on the road. Making Ashland play from behind in the second half was a big factor in the final outcome.

A point I have yet to see was how many of those timeouts were used by both coaches to avoid Delay of Game penalties. It would be understandable playing in a stadium that doesn't have them but when you've got a clock in each end zone those things can't happen. Using those timeouts early on really affected the way Ashland had to call the game particularly on the last series.