The obvious benefit of calling the timeout was to get a glance at Ga Tech's alignment, but I was telling my wife that it was also giving our defense precious more minutes to rest as well before mustering up all their strength for one play to stop Tech.
Its crazy, but think about this... Tech had the ball for 37+ minutes in regulation... The equivalent of another 8 minutes in overtime bringing the total to 45 minutes... and they had to walk the length of the field SEVEN times in OT as they switched ends of the field after each OT.
The defense was at the end of a nearly 4 hour game, and during that 4 hours they had been on the field for the nearly the equivalent of a FULL 60 minute game.
So yeah, I'm sure Kirby Smart wanted to get a look at their alignment... But even if they changed the play during the timeout I'm sure he was content giving his defense another minute or two to rest before the single 2 pt play... and the way they exploded with a couple of those blitzes it appeared to help.
Its crazy, but think about this... Tech had the ball for 37+ minutes in regulation... The equivalent of another 8 minutes in overtime bringing the total to 45 minutes... and they had to walk the length of the field SEVEN times in OT as they switched ends of the field after each OT.
The defense was at the end of a nearly 4 hour game, and during that 4 hours they had been on the field for the nearly the equivalent of a FULL 60 minute game.
So yeah, I'm sure Kirby Smart wanted to get a look at their alignment... But even if they changed the play during the timeout I'm sure he was content giving his defense another minute or two to rest before the single 2 pt play... and the way they exploded with a couple of those blitzes it appeared to help.
