WSU at UCLA: Second Quarter II

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I was out of the house for a while on a personal errand, but got back in time to see the UCLA touchdown.

The play - and ensuing two-point attempt - got me thinking.

The first revolves around safeties who want to deliver the big hit, not wrap up. Usually the Cougar safeties don’t do that, but on Junior Taylor’s 37-yard touchdown catch that’s exactly what happened. The blow was huge, but it didn’t knock the 6-foot-2, 202-pound wide receiver to the ground.

The second is something I harp about a lot - and showed the weakness of Karl Dorrell as a head coach. The two-point attempt in the first half, just to get a three-point lead, is so hard to understand. Chasing the point usually comes back to bite you in the butt later.