Ego-maniac - wanted to be able to brag in the post game presser about how much faith he had in his offense and how he wanted them to put their foot on the gas.
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Ego-maniac - wanted to be able to brag in the post game presser about how much faith he had in his offense and how he wanted them to put their foot on the gas.
I was leaning toward blithering idiot, but you could be right too.
This is from an Athletic article:
In the past seven years, the team that plays offense first has won 54 percent of the time. Dorchester took that information Holgorsen. “I think everybody’s got this wrong,” Dorchester told Holgorsen and Houston’s coaches during a staff meeting. Then Dorchester presented the numbers. The assistants had a few questions.
Holgorsen listened and issued a ruling.
“Makes sense to me,” he said. “This is what we’re going to do, boys.”
In the past two seasons, the numbers have lurched further toward the team that plays offense first in overtime. That team won 57 percent of the time. Dorchester has two theories as to why.
“First, teams are just more aggressive now than they were 10, 15, 20 years ago,” Dorchester said. “Coaches are more aggressive.”
This is true. Analytically driven coaches are more apt to go for it on fourth down. On earlier overtime downs, they’re more likely to play for a touchdown than a field goal attempt. Most coaches used to be run-first, but now many are pass-first.
The second?
“Pressure,” Dorchester said. “If you go out there and score and put pressure on that other side that they now have to answer*, I think that just does stuff to people.”
Well, looks like Houston is joining the 43 percent of teams who take the ball first and lose.
What's the sample size on this. There aren't that many overtime games in a season, and this seems like a stat that could get skewed randomly
My dad likes it. But he has been a Yankee fan since the 1950s. Apparently that's ESPNs target demo with the baseball bullsh!t.
I had $10 on Tulane +2.5. Thought I was boned when UH tied it up, super boned when they went up 7, almost as boned when it went to OT, and then they go and TOTALLY REDEEM THEMSELVES...
Sounds like you really just wanted to get boned tonight.
