I actually like that they went for it on 4th. It’s a +EV move. They get a first down, they get that FG chance with a solid kicker to win the game. If they don’t get it, Stanford has 5 seconds left from their own 43 ish to do whatever they want with it. Honestly, the chances that there’s a turnover are higher than Stanford executing a lateral TD or Hail Mary; but, they’re more than likely to do nothing with it and take this game to OT. Louisville has been cooking them all game too, and I fully trust Brohm to scheme something up there more often than not.
As you can see, that’s what happened. What you mentioned about the late hit, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a game in a minute. Stanford literally said “let’s go to OT”, and you decided to shove a guy 10 seconds after the play is over because of something he said.
Now what I don’t agree with on Brohm’s end was the playcalling leading up to the 4th down. The deep shots made no sense. They had everything underneath and they got greedy.
