trying to get up by two scores

I've been thinking about posting something about Michigan's inability to get a two score lead for a little while. Burgeoning Wolverine Star did the homework. In a way it wasn't as bead as I thought. Because in their losses M was seldom ahead trying to get that 2nd score.

He removed the "blowout" games of UConn and BGSU, so in the other 8 games M has succeeded only twice in 22 tries to get up by two scores. M was 3 for 3 in the UConn and BGSU games (see below) - so they are 5 for 25 on the year.

BWS points to more conservative play calling from RR when M has that one score lead as the potential problem.

Opp	Score	field pos	run	pass	Pen	1st Downs	result
UC	7-0	M20	5	2	0	4	TD
ND	14-7	M8	3	1	0	1	punt
ND	14-7	M14	3	3	0	2	punt
ND	14-7	M37	0	3	1	0	punt
ND	14-7	M2	4	1	0	2	TD
ND	21-14	M17	2	1	0	0	punt
ND	21-17	M27	5	4	1	3	missed FG
ND	21-17	ND25	2	2	1	0	punt
ND	21-17	M41	5	3	0	2	missed FG
ND	21-17	M15	2	5	1	2	punt
ND	21-17	ND48	1	2	0	0	punt
Mass	21-17	M31	6	0	0	3	TD
BGSU	7-0	M12	3	2	0	2	TD
BGSU	21-14	M31	4	7	1	4	TD
IU	14-7	M19	1	2	0	1	fumble
IU	28-21	M13	2	1	0	0	punt
IU	35-28	M28	2	1	0	0	punt
IU	35-28	M30	3	1	0	1	punt
IU	35-28	M39	2	1	0	0	punt
MSU	3-0	M13	2	1	0	0	punt
Iowa	7-0	M20	2	1	1	0	punt
Ill	7-3	M18	6	3	0	3	Int
Ill	7-3	M15	0	1	0	0	Int
Ill	7-6	0	0	0	0	0	fumble
Ill	38-31	M20	6	3	0	3	missed FG
Sum			71	51	6	33
Average		M25	2.8	2.0	0.2	1.3

One thing is clear, the games M has lost they haven't had many chances to get up two scores. They're 0-2 in those three losses.
I'd really like M to break this trend and finish this weeks game with a nice calm 1 for 1 and never look back, but