Last year we did this against the Buckeyes and this year against Northern Illinois.
You can run all the analytics you want, but Woody Hayes said it best: There are three things that can happen when you put the ball in the air and two of them are bad.
I am not against passing at all. But it does add an element of risk in situations that do not require it.
I really wonder if all of the analytics that are in use extend to this level of analysis. Because then there could be a really interesting dynamic if the defense is using analytics too, "that's what they expect us to do".
Did Knute and Gus have an AI that came up with throwing to a receiver while he was running on pass plays?
I immediately thought of the NIU game. At the very least a run would have knocked some time off the clock and maybe made it harder for ATL to score.
Whoever gave Leonard the green light in our NI game made the unforced error.
You have a $50m QB and a $13m RB and you gave them the opportunity to ice the game. The RB has to make that play right there.
I am already over the Saquon Barkley experience 2 weeks in.
