We had multiple chances at winning the game. Thats the fact. The INT to FGA. The 4th down stop. There were so many chances. the first quarter and our defense gave us MULTIPLE shots. the offense just could not execute and find something that worked semi-consistently in the second half. simple as that.
We had multiple chances at winning the game. Thats the fact. The INT to FGA. The 4th down stop. There were so many chances. the first quarter and our defense gave us MULTIPLE shots. the offense just could not execute and find something that worked semi-consistently in the second half. simple as that.
Having, like most of us, the usual reaction aka "feeling/attitude" about a loss like this, I more deeply investigated the cause and effect. Certainly gone that route many games before.
Posing questions to myself such as if the game was exactly the same. Except we made a TD in that last red zone. Then happened to get a 4 & out or any other negation of a Nevada scoring success, by hook or by crook and ended up with the win.
ak_A would have been quite pleased aside from the visceral relief of dodging that bullet. Sure, it was close and we didn't perform very well over a large span of downs. Should not have been that close, etc.
Now, how does that set with me? And we've been here before too i.e. North Texas, Weber State, etc. The win salved the ego and yes the performance was disappointing but I was several steps back from the doom cliff concerning the next game. But, in the Nevada game's those key events just happened to not come about.
We had multiple chances at winning the game. Thats the fact. The INT to FGA. The 4th down stop. There were so many chances. the first quarter and our defense gave us MULTIPLE shots. the offense just could not execute and find something that worked semi-consistently in the second half. simple as that.
Having, like most of us, the usual reaction aka "feeling/attitude" about a loss like this, I more deeply investigated the cause and effect. Certainly gone that route many games before.
Posing questions to myself such as if the game was exactly the same. Except we made a TD in that last red zone. Then happened to get a 4 & out or any other negation of a Nevada scoring success, by hook or by crook and ended up with the win.
ak_A would have been quite pleased aside from the visceral relief of dodging that bullet. Sure, it was close and we didn't perform very well over a large span of downs. Should not have been that close, etc.
Now, how does that set with me? And we've been here before too i.e. North Texas, Weber State, etc. The win salved the ego and yes the performance was disappointing but I was several steps back from the doom cliff concerning the next game. But, in the Nevada game's those key events just happened to not come about.
C'est la vie. Next.