Comments on: Does Belichick make the same call as a college coach? http://www.dawgsonline.com/2009/11/16/does-belichick-make-the-same-call-as-a-college-coach/ Serving the Bulldog Nation since 1995 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Texas_Dawg http://www.dawgsonline.com/2009/11/16/does-belichick-make-the-same-call-as-a-college-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-279249 Texas_Dawg Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.dawgsonline.com/?p=2454#comment-279249 <a href="http://www.advancednflstats.com/2009/11/belichicks-4th-down-decision-vs-colts.html" rel="nofollow">AdvancedNFLStats.com broke down the numbers</a> on the situation. There's no "probably" about it. As they summed it up, "Statistically, the better decision [was] to go for it... <b>and by a good amount</b>." The numbers would be different in college, but given offenses/defenses similarly better/worse than the CFB averages, the decision should be the same. Yeah, idiots that hate and/or can't understand math are going to yell, but the better move is still to go by the cold, hard numbers. AdvancedNFLStats.com broke down the numbers on the situation.

There’s no “probably” about it. As they summed it up, “Statistically, the better decision [was] to go for it… and by a good amount.”

The numbers would be different in college, but given offenses/defenses similarly better/worse than the CFB averages, the decision should be the same. Yeah, idiots that hate and/or can’t understand math are going to yell, but the better move is still to go by the cold, hard numbers.

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