From the desk of Herm Edwards, a friendly memo to college football coaches this bowl season:
You play to win the game!
More to the point, watch the end of Toledo’s 31-28 loss to Appalachian State in the Camellia Bowl and do the opposite.
Do not get hung up on angles, playing the percentages or saving timeouts for the afterlife.
This is not rocket science. It is a bowl game. An exhibition.
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For our money, you do not tighten the vise and play for overtime.