Funny how putting up a lot of yards in a loss means something now. We've put up a crap ton of yards in some losses but we sucked b/c we lost.
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Has 0 to do with this discussion. OM got destroyed tonight and none of their fans should be hanging their hat on their offensive yards. But we also shouldn’t be pointing to that game and saying, see, even Arkansas can shut down their offense, we will probably do the same.
This thread is great. There is some major major major foot in mouth on here. Commerce you are fighting the good fight but they will never be happy till Leach is gone. Then they will want a coach who can throw it when we go back to QB counter and power
Not getting into the end zone means getting shut down to a lot of folks. OM's offense didn't score their first TD until sometime in the 3rd quarter. OM puts up 28 points in the first quarter in most games. All those yards mean jack shit if you can't turn it into 6s in the red zone. Commerce has a valid point.
If you want to say Arkansas kept them out of the end zone, fine. But in projecting forward, OM shooting themselves in the foot and not putting up points in that game isn’t as relevant as their continued ability to move the ball on the ground, even in a game they were dominated in.
If you want to bank on turnovers and penalties keeping them out of the end zone, that’s fine. But nothing about that game gave me any more confidence in our ability to stop their run game with consistency.
I have seen enough of us on the road to know that we will get boat races by OM. Why I spent $300 on alcohol for this thanksgiving trip