Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series examining the Power 5 and top Group of 5 teams for the 2019 college football season.



One of the first framed photos Matt Wells brought to his new office this offseason, before he really had time to decorate and renovate the place, is a picture of Robert De Niro.



It’s a shot from the 1995 film “Casino.” De Niro’s Ace Rothstein is standing in a kitchen holding blueberry muffins and lecturing his baker. He’s found a muffin that has too many blueberries and one that has too few.



“From now on, I want you to put an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin,” Rothstein implores. “An equal amount of blueberries in each muffin.”



The stunned baker replies: “Do you know how long that’s going to take?”



“I don’t care how long it takes. Put an equal amount in each muffin.”



Strength coach Dave Scholz...