No choice? Did they choose the personnel grouping that was on the field for that play? Did they realize they had no timeouts and the running play might not work? If so, then they should have had two plays called in the huddle and the proper personnel in the game to run them both.
It was a great win today, but I'm not going to excuse this poor game day coaching. I've been watching football since I was 7 or 8 years old...in my 24 years of watching football, both college and pro, I've never seen a team give up on a play like that at the end of a half/game. Never.