Q. The fourth and one late in the football game, they run the punt team off. Was there a thought to call a time-out there? I know you guys were down.
COACH SMART: "Didn't want to because that's what they wanted. They wanted us to burn a time out there and try to do it. And we subbed. So it's really unfortunate because I've been told by our head of officials in the SEC that you can't do that. You can't run 11 on, 11 off. We did it in 2017 against Tennessee. We've carried that. We practiced that and repped that because teams try to do it, and we were told by officials we could not do that. And so we were trying to say you couldn't do it. We got our defense out there. We were fine. I mean, I would have gone for it if I was them."
Q. You were told previously that in a different game, you can't run 11 on or 11 off. I saw you trying to
talk to the officials. Did they ever come over and talk to you, the head official, or anything like
that?
COACH SMART: "Never gave me a real clear answer. Never gave me a real clear answer."
COACH SMART: "Didn't want to because that's what they wanted. They wanted us to burn a time out there and try to do it. And we subbed. So it's really unfortunate because I've been told by our head of officials in the SEC that you can't do that. You can't run 11 on, 11 off. We did it in 2017 against Tennessee. We've carried that. We practiced that and repped that because teams try to do it, and we were told by officials we could not do that. And so we were trying to say you couldn't do it. We got our defense out there. We were fine. I mean, I would have gone for it if I was them."
Q. You were told previously that in a different game, you can't run 11 on or 11 off. I saw you trying to
talk to the officials. Did they ever come over and talk to you, the head official, or anything like
that?
COACH SMART: "Never gave me a real clear answer. Never gave me a real clear answer."
