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Originally Posted by Boris The Great
Come on. You dont even believe what you are saying here, let alone anybody else.
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This study has already been done. David Romer, economist, Cal-Berkeley. The 4th down study. No new study has refuted it.
All you guys can contend that going for it makes no sense, but the data demonstrate otherwise. By not going for it in situations like that, you lower your probability of winning. It's clear that coaches as a whole (with the exception of a few like Belichick who often do go for the jugular) play scared, and Herm is off the charts.
And it was certainly more than just that play -- the entire second half reeked of not to lose football.
I find it amazing that you guys can watch so much football, and not notice Herm's play-not-to-lose philosophy.