‘According to Allen, Brian Daboll’s competitive nature began years ago. “He was a younger guy and was chewing tobacco and made a bet with some of his other coaches that he’d stop. And he was going to stop but he wanted to win that bet really bad and stopped cold turkey; that’s just the type of person he is,” says Allen. “If I make him a bet, no matter what it is, we’ll throw in cheap bets like a milkshake or a Gatorade that you can’t do this, he’s like, I’m going to do it.”‘