mc215+Difficult+Choices


 * I Can't Decide What to Do**

It was a difficult choice to make. There was five seconds left with the clock winding down. The Miami Dolphins were losing 21-17 to the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowl. The Dallas Cowboys were already cheering "We won! We won!" Dan Marino, the quarterback, could either run out of bounds to stop the clock or try to win, spike the ball, or run out of bounds to stop the clock. If you spike the ball then the defense will have lots of defenders on the last play to block the ball. If Dan Marino runs the ball out of bounds, the clock stops and you will have one shot with lots of defenders to block the ball. But, if you try your luck and go for the touchdown, you have just two receivers to catch the ball instead of five.

We don't need to start with the last play of the game, so let's go back to before the game. Miami's head coach was giving a pep talk to the team in the locker room. "So, are you ready to win the Super Bowl?" said coach Don Shula.

"Yeah!" shouted the team.

Then coach said,"Good. But if we are gonna win the Super Bowl, then we're gonna have to play our best football. More drives are going to have to score then they are gonna have to punt. Are you guys hearing this?"

"Yeah!" exclaimed the team.

"Well then let's go win the Super Bowl!", said the coach.

Then the team screamed "Yeah! We're gonna win this for us, the city of Miami, and our fans.

"Well then let's go head out onto the field", said Don Shula.

"Hello. Welcome to the NFL on CBS", says commentator Phil Simms. "We have a great game for you today between the Miami Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys. The game is about to start so let's head down the field." The game just kicked off and the Dallas Cowboys already had a touchdown. At the end of one quarter, the score was 7-0. By halftime, the score was17-10 with the Dolphins leading. After quarter number three, the game was tied 17-17 with Dallas driving down the field at the opposite twenty yard line. Back to the end, Dan Marino had decided to spike the ball. Then, he got all the receivers on the field. "Hike!" screamed Dan Marino. Dan Marino had lots of time in the pocket to wait until his receivers were in the end zone. When all the receivers were in the end zone, the clock had expired. He knew that he had one shot at winning. Then, he lets go. The ball was a high lob pass; the defenders were ready to intercept. Finally, the ball was in someone's hands, but not good hands. the ball landed in a Cowboys player's arms. Then, he fumbled! The Miami Dolphins finally won the ball and the Super Bowl.