We're going to have an average offensive line weight at around 306, which is pretty big. Not quite Wisconsin but that's with Tim Gardner dropping weight since he's been here because of our strength and conditioning program. Plus we have Jordan Howard at 225 running behind them, and he runs great between the tackles. I think this is the most Big Ten-esque football team we've ever had on the lines. I remember Bill Lynch, 7 blocks of Limestone, Darius Willis, and pistol formation being a huge failure but I think this one will work out pretty good.
Looking forward to it. Not sure how often we'll be stopped on third down but wouldn't think it'd be often. We were third in conference in 3rd down conversions in '13, 14th in '14, would think we'd be in the top 3 this year. Plus, we'll be going for it a lot on 4th downs, and as a side note, whenever KW says in postgame that statistically it made sense to go for it, here's a few articles:
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-never-punt-2013-11
http://eml.berkeley.edu/~dromer/papers/PAPER_NFL_JULY05_FORWEB_CORRECTED.pdf
The conclusion of the research paper by a Berkeley professor says: Specifically, the paper shows that the behavior of National Football League teams on fourth downs departs systematically from the behavior that would maximize their chances of winning.
Looking forward to it. Not sure how often we'll be stopped on third down but wouldn't think it'd be often. We were third in conference in 3rd down conversions in '13, 14th in '14, would think we'd be in the top 3 this year. Plus, we'll be going for it a lot on 4th downs, and as a side note, whenever KW says in postgame that statistically it made sense to go for it, here's a few articles:
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-should-never-punt-2013-11
http://eml.berkeley.edu/~dromer/papers/PAPER_NFL_JULY05_FORWEB_CORRECTED.pdf
The conclusion of the research paper by a Berkeley professor says: Specifically, the paper shows that the behavior of National Football League teams on fourth downs departs systematically from the behavior that would maximize their chances of winning.
