I was puzzled by some of Akron's decisions during the 4th quarter.  I've seen similar actions by other teams and I can't figure them out.  Maybe I'm just too logical.  Here are my questions:

1) With about 8 minutes left in the game, Akron trailed by 3 scores (30-10) and they had just taken a sack to bring up a 4th and 18 at the OU 25.  They kicked a field goal, which still put them down by 3 scores (30-13), so it would appear that they were giving up the ghost.  Instead, they tried an onside kick -- an indication that they haven't given up.  If that were the case, why didn't they go for it on 4th and 18 and try to make it a 2-score game?  Why spend 2:30 of the last 10:30 of the game to get three points when it still means that they have to get the ball back three more times in the last 8 minutes?

2) After the onside kick, OU scored a TD to go up 37-13.  Akron now needs three TDs and three 2-point conversions in the last 5 minutes of the game just to tie.  They eat up 2:42 on a TD drive, but instead of going for two, they kick the extra point, so they're still down by three scores, 37-20.  Again, it looks like they've given up.  But no.  They try a short kick that OU falls on at their 43.  What was the point of that?  Since they didn't 't try to make it a two-possession game, why the quasi-onside kick?  Either surrender or don't, but please be consistent.

Am I missing something here, or have some football coaches forgotten how to do the math?