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Situations and play calling
Coaches hate calling the same thing twice
Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.
This one is in the FanIQ library with the full rule, the reason it works, and every season we checked.
What the record says
Held in 10 of 10 seasons, from 15,306 records measured.
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- Coaches Are More Predictable Than They ThinkStuff a run on first down and the next play is a pass 72% of the time. Let the same run gain five and it drops to 40%.
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