Coaches never fail to make mistakes, and it’s what always leads us to question their Football IQ. During Week 3 of the college football season, one of the classic hits came back, specifically burning timeouts to talk about offensive plays late when you may need those. Here are the five dumbest coaching decisions this past weekend.

5. Pittsburgh: 38 West Virginia: 34

Neal Brown punts twice on 4th and 2 near midfield, sits on lead late

West Virginia Mountaineers fans should be livid with Neal Brown. In what was clearly going to be a shootout, Brown punted twice on 4th and 2 near midfield in the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Panthers. Whatever you feel about punting, aggression is necessary at times. One of those punts was at the 46-yard line. Which era is this?

It got worse late. Up 34-31 with the ball, under over two minutes to go and Pitt having two timeouts plus the two-minute warning, Brown called two running plays before bringing up an obvious passing down, which resulted in a sack. That set up Pitt for their game-winning drive to win. Brown coaching like it was 1995 in college football cost WVU.

4. Georgia: 13 Kentucky: 12

Mark Stoops 4th down punt near midfield trailing with under three minutes to go

I get it. 4th and 13 with the two-minute warning to stop the clock would typically scream punt the ball in a defensive slugfest when you only need a field goal to win. However, Wildcats head coach Mark Stoops made a big deal of landing Georgia Bulldogs transfer Brock Vandagriff at quarterback with Bush Hamden coaching. This was his moment.

Stoops showed a complete lack of faith in his offense by punting there and required his defense to make another play despite already being tired with that punt. Carson Beck, despite an off game, is an elite passer, and of course he was going to make the plays to win the game when he needed. Stoops shouldn’t have given him that chance.

3. Washington State: 24 Washington: 19

Jedd Fisch burns timeout on 4th and goal late just to call a speed option

Burning timeouts to talk about fourth down plays is the most annoying thing in college football, and the Washington Huskies showed they clearly don’t have Kalen DeBoer as head coach. Trailing the Washington State Cougars 24-19 on 4th and goal from the one with three timeouts left and just over a minute to go, Fisch made the cardinal sin of burning a timeout.

Then, coming out of the timeout, Fisch called a speed option play rather than just try to pound it in. WSU got the ball back, and Fisch’s poor coaching led to offside and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalties to give up a first down. However, Washington still could’ve gotten the ball back. Fisch burning that timeout cost them.

2. LSU: 36 South Carolina: 33

Shan Beamer runs down the clock, settles for 49-yard game-tying field goal

Maybe this is the right thing to do in the NFL, but in college football, you should never trust your kicker on a long field goal. After a dogfight with the LSU Tigers, the South Carolina Gamecocks, trailing 36-33, had the ball on the LSU 32-yard line with a timeout and 18 seconds to go. Shane Beamer called a draw and ran the clock down to four seconds to try a 49-yard field goal.

It would be one thing if South Carolina had a generational kicker, but Alex Herrera has never made a field goal longer than 46 yards, so this was a huge mistake. Of course, he missed it. Honestly, it felt like Beamer was scared of backlash from another play-call he would’ve made, and this was an easy way to shift blame to his kicker.

1. UNLV: 23 Kansas: 20

Lance Leipold burns two timeouts, calls two draws on final drive

Despite my belief in Lance Leipold as a program-runner, he makes insane basic in-game mistakes. Against the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels in a Friday night matchup, he did it again. Trailing 23-20 with under two minutes to go on 2nd and 10, Leipold called a quarterback draw. He then burned a timeout to talk about third down and called another draw.

That brought up fourth down, and there was a chop block on the ensuing play. Leipold then burned another timeout and failed to convert a 4th and 15, which allowed UNLV to run out the clock. The draws with Jalon Daniels in the situation, as Kansas was on its own 25, is vintage coaching malpractice in college football and one of the worst series a coach has ever overseen.