A football coaching clinic article I read many years ago... Bobby Bowden was in to analytics before analytics was cool.
He had an evolutionary opinion and tactic upon being buried inside his own 5 yard line on offense. The article stated the high percentage chance of the other team scoring (? 82 percent) if you punted from inside your own 10 yardline and the chance of the opponents scoring a TD of about 57 percent.
Bowden was aggressive for an older FB coach. He stated that 1. Traditional running plays were inefficient as the Defense was stacked on the line. 2. The best approach in this situation was A) play action pass and B) A deep strike down the sideline (depending on defensive coverage).
The guy was a great FB coach and big on playing the percentages even if it violated “old school” myths.
Bobby Bowden RIP, He’s fixin to score.
You mean something like this:
Classic Bobby Bowden. An innovator and fine man has passed.