I’m sure they were trying. But it’s a lot easier to hold onto the ball than it is to take it away. Can’t count on the

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Oct 10, 2021
1:14:38am

mvtoro Scrub

latter (though you love when you can get them); need to be able to do the former. It’s as basic as it gets.

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Yep.

BYUCougarsFan

10/9/21 10:21pm

Exactly.

Blueto

10/9/21 10:24pm

100x this!

NewMexiCoug

10/9/21 10:26pm

IIRC the same thing happened to USU when BSU played them

EarlSpeak

10/9/21 10:26pm

Also, TOP: BSU - 33:27, BYU - 26:33

TrueBlue67

10/9/21 10:27pm

TOP really doesn’t matter that much

D.T. Survivor

10/9/21 10:31pm

When they chew up time when only averaging 3-4 yards per play, yes it does.

Count Cougar

10/10/21 5:45am

No it doesn’t. If you have turnovers on 5 consecutive possessions you lose regardless of TOP.

mvtoro

10/10/21 9:17am

When handed the ball on very short possessions, you usually lose TOP

Count Cougar

10/10/21 1:25pm

No defense is saving the game when the offense has 6 turnovers. TOP doesn’t really matter, but giving the ball back to

mvtoro

10/10/21 1:39pm

The defense did save the game against USU in the 3rd quarter last week.

TempeCoug

10/10/21 5:13pm

That stat doesn’t mean anything.

TempeCoug

10/9/21 10:32pm

4 to's doesn't help that Stat either

palangi

10/10/21 12:38am

Time of possession means absolutely nothing. Why do they even bother with it?

BlueBeliever

10/10/21 1:05am

Yep. Many people are making this too difficult. 6 TOs (4 + 2 on downs) and you

macdizzle

10/9/21 10:27pm

Somehow we never took advantage that BSU went for the ball on every play.

dchandle15

10/9/21 10:29pm

Yep, it sucks. We probably beat Boise 8 times out of 10

Food Snob

10/9/21 10:44pm

Something a ute fan would say...SMH

HolaHalo

10/9/21 11:06pm

And in some years that would probably be true. This year isn’t one of them

Food Snob

10/9/21 11:10pm

You must not have seen very many after today's game.

HolaHalo

10/9/21 11:14pm

RE: Yep.

CrimsonCardinal

10/9/21 11:05pm

They scored only 2 TDs. Both were off of fumbles around our own 25.

mvtoro

10/9/21 11:25pm

They had a FG off one TOV; plus twice we didn’t get points where we could have

moknowssports

10/10/21 12:16am

Right. We gave up 12 total points on drives that didn’t start on our own 25 after a fumble. We gave up 9 total points

mvtoro

10/10/21 12:24am

Bingo. Offense lost this (although defense didn't do any favors)

Machiavelli

10/9/21 11:53pm

Some takeaways by our defense would have really helped to balance things out.

BlueBeliever

10/10/21 1:09am

I’m sure they were trying. But it’s a lot easier to hold onto the ball than it is to take it away. Can’t count on the

mvtoro

10/10/21 1:14am

When you punt you’re also turning it over.

AZcougLawyer

10/10/21 12:25am

Not remotely the same. When you punt you’re intentionally trading possession for field position.

mvtoro

10/10/21 12:33am

Kinda like saying, if my aunt had garbanzos she’d be my uncle.

CorndogStickshift

10/10/21 1:37am

Absolutely. I don't see this as excuses... Just reasons.

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