Lost in what has been a wild first four days of the 2016 college football season was Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys' gamble to go for a late two-point conversion while nursing a seven-point lead on Thursday.
This highly unconventional philosophy merits some study.
Is Claeys absolutely nuts? Who goes for two when an extra point would give you an eight-point lead -- meaning, at worst, overtime -- and forces your opponent to make a two-point conversion after a touchdown?
Or is Claeys actually onto something? By going with his gut, has he stumbled onto a strategy -- finish the game on offense -- that has more merit as scoring continues to increase in college football?