"Don't be afraid to run the same play over and over"

I know Spring practice is all hype. But I think we're gonna like Matt Canada.

The best advice Canada’s received? That came from Joe Novak, the former longtime Northern Illinois head coach who gave Canada his first big-time offensive coordinator job in 2003.

“Don’t be afraid to run the same play over and over,” he told Canada.

Canada then flashes a play on the screen from one of his past offenses. It’s a reverse. It goes for a 70-yard touchdown.

He flashes another play, the very next play after that touchdown. It’s a reverse, out of a different formation, that goes for 70 more.

See, he says, simple.