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I finally found something more difficult to figure out than the umpiring at the World Series, and that's the two-point conversion. NFL coaches don't seem to understand that you never, ever, ever go for two before you're into the fourth quarter -- and I mean well into the fourth quarter.

On Sunday, for instance, the New York Jets' Rex Ryan called for a deuce with the Jets down by five and just over a minute and a half left, which is OK except he called for it with a minute and a half left in the third quarter.

Not to be outdone, Green Bay's Mike McCarthy dialed up a two with 10 1/2 minutes left in his game against the Vikings, way too soon to start playing games with numbers. Yet he took the chance and suffered the consequences.

He lost.

"I still think the...