mustangklick wrote:GoRedGoBlue wrote:Too bad we had 2 INTs and 2 Fumbles lost
They had 5 turnovers, we had 4. We won the turnover battle. We won. Last year, we hardly ever had the ball because we turned it over and the other teams did not. It's exciting to see the improvement in the defense.
An important stat, but not necessarily a gauge for success...I remember a few years ago, SMU led the nation in TO ratio - our Plus number was rediculously high...yet we still only won a couple of games.
The Defense looked better this week, still too many yards and points given up, and once again during crunch time they couldn't stop UAB and they went down the field for the potential tie. Nice stop on the 2 point conversion at least.
Special Teams is what is winning it for us...another nice punt return, no kicks missed, no punts blocked, most kickoffs going out of the endzone, and blocking the PAT is what kept us out of overtime..remember, they scored as many TDs as we did, they just missed one PAT.
Defense needs to keep improving, I don't think UAB is going to be a very good team, after hearing about their QB all week, I was suprised that he didn't really seem that polished, didn't pass very well, and looked to run way too much.
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:37 pm
). Let's hope they keep it up, and we ride some of this momentum into next week!