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Same scenario applies if UNC had kicked for the tie.

No, it's not the same, because if you are behind you have four downs to employ.  If you are tied, you have only three until you reach near midfield or have 10 seconds left.

Had OU failed to score and Georgia wins the game you might have felt differently

Perhaps.  But I told my wife before we even kicked the ball that I thought it was the wrong decision.

The average two-point conversion rate was just over 40 percent in 2016. (in college).

that was 3 long years ago!

No, it's not the same, because if you are behind you have four downs to employ.  If you are tied, you have only three until you reach near midfield or have 10 seconds left.

Point taken.

probably

There are some intangibles at work there.

Would the team down one point with a minute to play succeed in getting into FG range because it will play with abandon, or will it choke under the pressure and not even make a first down, maybe turn the ball over?  Would that same team playing under the less desperate circumstances of a tie move the ball right down the field into FG range, or even score a TD?

Would the team with the lead play prevent defense, risking giving up too much yardage but preventing a big play, or go all-out to force a turnover on downs, thereby risking a big play?  Or would that same team in a tie situation take for granted that the other team is just going to let the clock run, and thereby get caught napping?

We may not even know, in some cases, that we don't know, I don't know.

I would have kicked personally, thought so at the time, but I like that he sent a signal to his team.  They might win another couple of games just because of it.