Two of college football’s biggest fourth-down gamblers meet this week

SOUTH BEND — Seventeen years ago, then-New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick defied conventional wisdom in a Sunday Night Football loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

Up six points and facing fourth-and-2 from his own 28-yard-line with just over two minutes remaining, Belichick tried to pick up one more first down rather than punt the ball back to Peyton Manning and the high-powered Colts‘ offense.

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