Concerning the Goal line call

First it was a good call on the goal line. 2nd and 3 on the 5 running the FB up the middle is a great call. Sims before has run the ball for 60 yards on 20 carries and has only lost 4 yards on those 20 carries. He is a good FB that will get us the yards we need in those short yardage situations. If Sims didn't fumble the ball we would have had it on the 1 yard line first and goal with one timeout and ~45 seconds remaining.

Why didn't Jimbo use Thomas? 

Probably because Thomas is part of the 2nd team offense and usually 2nd teamers are not part of goal line packages. Plus Thomas suffered from a concussion the week before and putting him in a power football situation might not be the best for him. 

Why didn't Jimbo use Smith?

Smith was used sparingly due to being beat up from the VT game. Using him in a power run might not have been a good idea.

Why didn't Jimbo use Holloway?

Probably because Holloway has only rush once for zero yards.

Why didn't Jimbo throw a jump ball to Carr?

It is 2nd and 3 if the ball is incomplete we now have a 3rd and 3 situation and a must 3rd down conversion. If we do not score a TD here we are forced to kick a FG to send it to overtime, where we have a high percentage chance of losing considering how we had defended the GT offense. Not to mention throwing the ball gives us a good chance of throwing an INT.

At the end of the day the fault falls on the shoulders of Mikey Andrews for not preparing our guys better.  I do not fault Sims at all for the lose. Our offense scored 28 points against a defense, that had only allowed 13 points per game.