Why are we running on first down with 130 to go in the half
Well, there are three to four answers IMO for most coaches here.
1) Get the ball to your best player ( Breece, although there are more creative ways to get him the ball than how we do it in a two minute situation)
2) Trust. Manning calls plays based on his level of trust ( which is a horrific and terrifying thought considering how long many of these players have been here)
3) We have zero faith in our offense and are just trying to basically play Iowa style and make it ugly and hope the defense can save us late
4) He has no idea what he's doing.
I'm not sure if I believe it's any of those four more than the other but I do think it may be some kind of a combination of at least a couple of them if not all