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Staples: The question coaches can’t tackle until their teams take the field

An offseason decimated by COVID-19 has left plenty of unanswered questions for college football coaches around the country. As The Athletic's Andy Staples explains, most of those questions can't be tackled (literally) until teams step on the field.
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The Athletic
September 9, 2020
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Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo was tougher on himself Monday night than BYU’s offense was on Navy’s defense. That’s saying something, because the Cougars averaged 8.2 yards per play against the Midshipmen.

Niumatalolo blamed himself for the 55-3 loss. “That game was 1,000 percent my fault,” Niumatalolo said Monday night. “Obviously we weren’t prepared.

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