I mean, c’mon, coach Carroll. Always compete. Earn everything. When I see you tomorrow, on Tell the Truth Monday, I’m going to ask you why you didn’t go for two points after that last touchdown.
I ask this, Coach Pete, because there were a lot of people who bet on your team plus 10. If you had gone for two, you would have at least gotten them a push if you’d lost 35-25 if you’d made the conversion. What sense did it make having Olindo Mare kick the extra point? Why not get within 10 with a two-point conversion?
I’m telling you, there must have been millions of people, OK, thousands of people who very much disliked seeing Mare trot onto the field to kick that extra point. Or actually, if you bet on the Bears, you loved seeing him since you gave the 10.
Crazy stuff, this gambling on NFL football.