I think Hauck should have gone for it on 4th, had Stapp throw an intentional pick, and told his offense to let SDSU take it to the house, just so they'd feel better about themselves. Seriously, would that have made you guys happy?
Look guys, I don't always like Hauck's trickery either, but I do understand why he made this call, and I don't think SDSU has any right to be upset about it. If you're going to bring the house to try to block a punt when you're down by 29 with no time left, you can't expect the other team to call off the dogs, either.
Also, a few people have mentioned unnecessarily exposing Carpenter to injury. Two things about that: 1. with SDSU coming for the block, he was exposed whether they ran the fake or not, and 2. by kicking, they would have given SDSU the chance to run their two-minute offense, thus unnecessarily exposing their entire
defense to injury.
All in all, I think it was the smart call, and I have no qualms about it.
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