I think we had a three-play drive in the second half and we ran the ball all the way down the field, and we haven't done that this year." Plus, I think we gassed them a little bit in the first half and really took advantage of them in the run game in the third quarter. I think they were playing more pass and we took advantage of them being back on their heels a little bit. "Then we just caught them in some really good run looks in the second half. "We kind of came out trying to push the tempo and run the football and really tire out their front, and then we hit them with some big passes in the first half to keep drives alive," Norvell said. Norvell said that approach paid off against the Broncos as Nevada spent the bye week looking to improve its ground game. Nevada also had its best overall rushing effort of the season in the win over Boise State after throwing the ball on most of its first-half snaps before riding the rushing attack in the second half. Nevada opened its game at Boise State by pushing the tempo, and it paid off in the long run with the Broncos running out of gas in the second half as the Wolf Pack took control of the game. "We are a very aggressive team, and so sometimes that shows up in the penalty department, but we've got to continue to minimize that and not give people second chances like we did last Saturday," Norvell. So while Norvell doesn't want his team to be flagged, the stats tend to show the more penalties Nevada picks up the better in its win-loss total, at least under Norvell. A recent five-year sample of college football shows no negative or positive correlation between penalty yardage accrued and wins or losses. This year, 11 of the 13 most penalized teams in the country have winning records, including five of those spending time in the Top 25 this season. Last season, of the 18 most penalized teams in the nation, 15 had winning records. But there isn't strong data that penalties lead to losses.
It's been the Mountain West's most penalized team in each of the last three seasons, including 7.38 penalties per game in 2019, 8.0 penalties per game in 2020 and 8.25 penalties per game this season, which ranks as the 10th most in the nation. I think that's a pretty good stat, and I guess I won't be as upset about it as I was a few minutes ago." And so we'll continue to push towards that. I I would really like to just strangle the opponent by playing great special teams and not giving me anything defensively and keep the ball on offense.
And so we really emphasize that, and at the same time we wanted to play clear eyed and we don't want to give teams anything.
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"But I do think there there is a correlation of being aggressive, and we do want our players to play free and easy and we want them to turn it loose. "Well I did coach for the Raiders, and forever we were the most penalized team in the league," Norvell said with a laugh. So are lots of penalties actually a good thing, perhaps a sign the Wolf Pack is playing with more aggression and physicality than the opponent? And when Nevada has the same or fewer penalties than its opponent, it is 13-16. Norvell was then given the following stat: When his Wolf Pack has had more penalties than its opponent, the team is 15-7. We'll try to get our guys to be more focused and disciplined." We gave them a first down on fourth-and-4 and then they were able to move the ball down and score. The first drive we played so well on defense, and fourth-and-4 on the punt team, all these teams have these little schemes where they try to get you to jump offsides and people barking and this and that, and we just have to show more discipline. "We have to do a better job," Norvell said of the penalties. Norvell said those numbers were disappointing, especially a neutral-zone infraction on a punt on Boise State's first drive that gave the Broncos a first down before eventually leading to a touchdown. Wolf Pack football coach Jay Norvell was asked about his team's propensity for penalties during his weekly press conference following an 11-flag, 76-yard effort against Boise State, which was penalized just four times for 21 yards in Nevada's 41-31 loss. No coach wants his team to get penalized on a regular basis.
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