We're Seeing Today What A Joke The UT Fanbase Is.

We did technically get blown out, but we were within striking distance most of the game.

 

How do you figure?

 

The points are in the same ballpark, but one is at least partly objective, and another is not.

 

I'm not even sure how to respond to this. How about you start with telling me how all turnovers are the same.

 

We were maybe "within striking distance" if we had a competent play caller, offensive scheme, offensive line, etc. As UT exists in reality, no...we were never within striking distance in that game.

 

Surely that I felt it wasn't winnable was the corollary to your thinking it was. If you're saying I was closer because mine proved a helluva lot closer to reality than your "winnable", I fully understand. If you were leaning toward yours and the miracle transformation of our staff and offense, then I can't help you.

 

The other team gets the ball every single time. Worley does it a lot. I'm sure you've seen it.

 

I was talking about a couple of defensive touchdowns

 

Because they all take away potential scoring possessions. That seemed obvious and I didn't think I would have to explain.

 

Oklahoma played like hot garbage in the 2nd half.

 

We've been hot garbage for 5 years.

 

So if we had tackled that guy on his one yard line rather than letting him take it back for six, it would have been the same? Saying all turnovers are the same is ludicrous. In our high school game last night, they fumbled in the end zone and we fell on it for a TD. Is that the same as when they fumbled on our 45 and we started our next drive right there?

 

im sure you won't be surprised if I tell you that your percentage of scoring increases dramatically the closer you are to the end zone, thus making potential scoring possessions within the red zone dramatically more likely than potential scoring possessions at, say, your own 40.

 

Just let him roll.

 

Who gives a shat? You piss away points no matter where you turn it over.

 

Well, football coaches give a shat. It's worse to turn the ball over in the red zone than in the middle of the field because you have a much higher chance of scoring in the red zone. Coaches hate red zone turnovers more because, as I've said, the chances of scoring points are dramatically higher in the red zone. Thus, it feels more like you are pissing away points than if the fumble or INT had happened outside the red zone..

 

Just to be a devil's advocate(quite literally), Remember the Akron game in 2012? Was that a blowout?

 

21 point win = blowout. Seems pretty simple.

 

It's a more painful turnover, but a turnover nonetheless. I don't see a stat for red zone turnovers on the stat sheet. UT isn't guaranteed to do a damn thing even if they don't turn the ball over there.

 

Red zone scoring percentage is a stat that is typically an indicator of red zone turnovers.