I remember in 2009 our math group did a project on the math of football (this was before analyrics was popular, we were just nerds). Gary was invited to the speech and he actually came which was cool.
We talked about things like how you should go for it on 4th & 1 and 4th & 2 like, a lot. After the speech our teacher asked Gary if he would consider using anything from the presentation in his game decisions. He said that while he appreciated the speech, he would not use it in his decision making process because “that’s not how it works in real life.”
That’s a pretty good summary of Gary’s mindset. He is very set in his ways. Sometimes that’s been to his benefit in the past. Sometimes, more recently, it’s been to his detriment.
But when I see him punt on 4th & 1 at the OU 38, I can’t help but think about that darn math presentation…