In Reply to: For all the knocks on Dorrell, I still appreciated the home……. posted by hotspot on December 29, 2025 at 15:24:27
Down by 14, Dorrell had the offense sit on the ball at the end of the 2nd quarter. He was going to sit on a 14 point deficit at the half rather than risk being down by 21. What risk was that when you're already down by 14? Fans let him have it with a chorus of boos, myself included. That moment remains the only time I ever booed UCLA. Dorrell gave in, and had Drew Olson chuck a deep ball that was caught, and a FG was salvaged before the half ended.
Dorrell couldn't shake that part of himself at a Colorado opening day home game:
Sep 3, 2022 — On fourth-and-5 at the Horned Frogs 41, rather than go for it, with 47,868 screaming Buffs fans at his back, Dorrell elected to punt.