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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 2619507, member: 297"]
You're conflating meatheadedness, or rather not being meathead minded, with an emphasis on the running game and line play. I'm not sure why. We can all agree that good line play on both sides and running the ball well are positive things.

What separates homo meatheadicus apart is a mentality that is over reliant on the volatility of performance on defense and makes choices that exposes defense to that volatility. This manifests itself as a lack of caring for the ball and caring about scoring points, above all. Punting at midfield because you're gonna "pin 'em back," and "flip the field," is quintessential meathead thinking. The odds are low that will happen. Your odds are better at getting that 4th and 2 at the 40. Also included in the meathead mentality is the lack of urgency to take advantage of the current moment. A perfect example of that was when Babers first played BC. We had a lead, BC had crap offense but mustered a drive and they could have taken the lead with a TD, but they abandoned their chance at more points in favor of a field goal. They lost and never scored after that. That's one example, but it demonstrates the thinking. It's limiting.

Personally I love having Addazio in the conference and as a regional rival because I don't believe they're really going anywhere. I want him to do just well enough to stay so they're forever mediocre.
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