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Notre Dame Football: “Run the Damn Ball” Doesn’t Ensure Wins

Is there a correlation between Notre Dame Fighting Irish wins and running the football?

My colleagues certainly believe it, noting that the Irish were 20-0 under Brian Kelly when 60 percent of their plays during a game were runs.

I remained skeptical, so I asked Kevin Rudy to weigh in. Rudy is a Penn State graduate who works for Minitab, a statistical software company. He’s been applying his expertise to sports for more than 15 years. In other words, Rudy is not the sort of fellow you’d invite to your fantasy football league — unless you enjoy losing.