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northwestern show the benefit of going for it more on 4th down too (hope for us)

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our schedule was too hard and the per play numbers were too bad for it to make a huge difference here

but look at northwestern

9-3 with the 99th ranked per play offense and 24th on defense. That shouldn't add up to 9-3 but it does

they're second in 4th down attempts and conversions (we're first)

they're 6% better than opponents per play and 13% better per game. they manufacture more plays by keeping the ball

no reason we can't flip this script, be good on offense and not disastrously bad on defense.
 
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Even Addazio running the vanilla I-formation offense on Saturday went for it on 4th down and turned it into touchdowns.

If that isn't a sign, nothing will ever be...
 
Even Addazio running the vanilla I-formation offense on Saturday went for it on 4th down and turned it into touchdowns.

If that isn't a sign, nothing will ever be...
i do have a fear that we're too late to pluck this low hanging fruit. eventually meatheads do learn, it just takes forever
 

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