GEEZ--just peeked into the 'Noles/Terps game--and 63-to-zip??? See, THAT kind of scoring is totally beyond us--I don't think we do that starting at THEIR 25 every time!
I mean, can't Will see the obvious twin advantages of quick-strike capability? I know he does, in fact--but it's a combination of philosophy-based-on-pessimism--amounting to lack of confidence in THIS OFFENSE, I think: "Too many bad, counter-productive things can happen--and probably WILL...With THIS offense, better to stick with the things we can better control." Nonetheless, "Master of the Obvious" presents those advantages here:
(1) expands pressure on opponent's defense, increasing running game's inevitable effectiveness, and
(2) bigger leads exert greater pressure on their offense to score more and quicker themselves, expanding all the opportunities accruing to our fine, more and more opportunistic defense.
Thing is, even in a relatively mistake-free outing (which would have beaten Miami, obviously), our fine defense could do a good job but still be essentially let down by an inept offense, one that can't outscore what may otherwise be an opponent's lowest output of the season. This all changes, turns us into a very dangerous team indeed with just an average added two or three long passes per game. (I'm throwing that number out there based on an overall impression, mind you: I remember our "romps" turning on a couple of rainbows at crucial points in the flow-of-action. I don't think I'm far off...It'd be real interesting to see it properly examined statistically, once and for all, though).
(I was gonna hint/put that on E-, but decided "Nah--we know that the general IDEA is accurate, so..." Sorry, man--I know your wknds are already a full plate)
