A Matrix with Simulation? Count me IN!

"Advanced football matrix and computer simulations, using NFL data, are pretty clear, when you are 4th and 2 on your own 28 up 6, you have a better chance of winning when you go for it."

-Brian Kenny, ESPN SportsCenter, host

WWHHAAAAAAAATTTTT? Really? Unbelieveable.

"Never tell me the odds."

-Han Solo, Kessel Run Champion, smuggler

Ok, I get that Belicheat is smart and, of course, he has the hardware to prove it, but the fact that so many talking heads are lining up behind this decision is mind boggling. I mean even two of his former players, Rodney Harrison and Teddy Bruschi, have come out against the move. Why doesn't anybody

Reporters used Barry Switzer as a pinata when he made a similar call against the Eagles years ago. Chuck Noll, the only head coach in NFL history to win four Super Bowls, was pummeled for doing the same, and he actually apologized to his team for making the decision. Super Bowl winning coaches have made bad calls in the past and been called out by the national media. And rightly so. The decision to go for it, on fourth down, inside your own thirty yardline with two minutes to go, alienates your defense, angers the opposing defense and energizes the other team's offense. There are too many possible negatives that can come from that play to make it a sound football decision.

Punt the ball trust your defense, period. He knew he made a mistake, watch the tape. He also should be getting killed for allowing his team to blow two timeouts in twenty seconds and making it impossible for the Patriots to challenge the ruling on the field. Kevin Faulk, by the way, got the first down, how do I know that you ask? Because he always gets the first down. But the instead of being able to challenge the call, the arrogant Parcells cast-off got what he deserved...the loss.

I wonder what the reaction would have been if the EXACT same thing happened to the Cowboys? You think we would be hearing about computer simulations and NFL paradigms? I'm sure that the same mdeia types would have Wade Phillips' back don't you think?

...Exactly.