What are the odds

[siliconvalleycowboy]

that we throw a pass on our first possession that leads to a score for the 4th game in a row this weekend?
Kimbo Slice thinks we are getting knocked out too early. When you average 9.3 pts per game, hard to give up 7 on your first offensive stint and hope to win.

 

[McPeachy]

that we throw a pass on our first possession that leads to a score for the 4th game in a row this weekend?
Kimbo Slice thinks we are getting knocked out too early. When you average 9.3 pts per game, hard to give up 7 on your first offensive stint and hope to win.

Interesting...think about what the odds were last week...with 3 in a row first possession passes that end up costing the Pokes a TD. Unreal. I think the odds have gotten more realistic now. After two games in a row, they were like 10,000 to 1. After three (seeing the trend now) back at 6 to 5.

 

[CowboyRoo]

I think we should punt it on first down so it does not happen to us again. But my fear is they will either block the punt and return it for a score or they will just return it.

I wonder how many 3 and outs we have this year. It would be an interesting number to know.

 

[Snowman_55]

I wonder how many 3 and outs we have this year. It would be an interesting number to know.

I heard an intersting stat on sports radio last night. Missouri's defense hasn't forced an opponent to a single 3 and out all season. To me that says mediocre defense, and yet they are winning easily and often. Why and how you may ask? Answer: Because they have one of the most prolific offense's in all of college football. Adding support to what I have believed all along which is that in Division I College Football a good defense can win you a game now and then, but Offense's are what wins championships.

I haven't delved into it enough to say with any certainty so this is only a hypothesis and my personal speculation but perhaps at lower levels of college football, with less scholarships, less overall talent, etc; a coach can simply put their best athletes in position to make big plays on that side of the ball and win games that way. If thats the case maybe Glenn and Co excelled at that but are having trouble make it work when there are so many quality athletes at the D1 level? Like I said just a hypothesis.