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  • #1

    Turnovers tell the story

    The story of 2009 is pretty simple...

    The turnover comparison in the 3 conference games we lost was 10-3 (-7 for UNI).
    - 4-1 vs Illinois State
    - 3-1 vs SIU
    - 3-1 vs SDSU

    Many of those TO's led directly to points for our opponents, including two pick 6's.

    If TO's are even in each of those three games I think we win 2 if not 3. If the TO margin is -1 in each game I think we win at least 1.

    In the seven games we won, the turnover count was 7-15 (+8 for UNI). In only one of those games did we lose the TO battle, and it was 1-0 (-1).

    I think we had a great team this year, but we didn't take care of the ball when we faced good competition. And few teams are good enough to overcome that.


    (In the Iowa game we had a 1-2 (+1) turnover margin, and lost on the blocked FG.)
    Last edited by Blue42; 11-22-2009, 10:23 PM.
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    Re: Turnovers tell the story

    Originally posted by Blue42 View Post
    The story of 2009 is pretty simple...

    The turnover comparison in the 3 conference games we lost was 10-3 (-7 for UNI).
    - 4-1 vs Illinois State
    - 3-1 vs SIU
    - 3-1 vs SDSU

    If TO's are even in each of those three games I think we win 2 if not 3. If the TO margin is -1 in each game I think we win at least 1.

    In the seven games we won, the turnover count was 7-15 (+8 for UNI). In only one of those games did we lose the TO battle, and it was 1-0 (-1).

    I think we had a great team this year, but we didn't take care of the ball when we faced good competition. And few teams are good enough to overcome that.


    (In the Iowa game we had a 1-2 (+1) turnover margin, and lost on the blocked FG.)
    How many of them were interceptions and also how many were returned for touchdowns!!!!!
    Yep this is the idiot of the year right here!!!!!!!!

    http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=237702

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    • #3
      Re: Turnovers tell the story

      It should be noted that at least 3 if not all 4 of the interceptions in the ill st game were tipped by defenders or receivers. I know that a pick is a pick when it comes down to it but these were more of the bad luck kind rather than poor decision/bad throw
      Irreverence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is. -- Mark Twain

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      • #4
        Re: Turnovers tell the story

        And Davis' pick at the end of the first half was a deep ball to try to get points at the end of the half, IlSU kneeled out the clock.

        The other three were huge, but that one didn't matter...

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        • #5
          Re: Turnovers tell the story

          2009 in a nutshell to me:

          Best Defense in UNI History.
          Offense turned out to be below avg....
          "We're not an ordinary school," said Fort. "We have tradition. We have a good team year after year. We rebuild, and it doesn't matter who we have coming back."

          dti

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          • #6
            Re: Turnovers tell the story

            i dont necessarily think our offense was below avg, but i dont think it was spectacular either. it was more the fact that almost every turnover this year absolutely killed us.

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            • #7
              Re: Turnovers tell the story

              Originally posted by UnderParPanther View Post
              i dont necessarily think our offense was below avg, but i dont think it was spectacular either. it was more the fact that almost every turnover this year absolutely killed us.
              Coupled with some really bad luck. Did the ISU kicker really hit two from over 50 yards?

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              • #8
                Re: Turnovers tell the story

                Originally posted by Mountain Panther View Post
                Coupled with some really bad luck. Did the ISU kicker really hit two from over 50 yards?
                Yep...

                If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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                • #9
                  Re: Turnovers tell the story

                  Originally posted by Mountain Panther View Post
                  Coupled with some really bad luck. Did the ISU kicker really hit two from over 50 yards?
                  .... and have a punt go 70 yards?

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                  • #10
                    Re: Turnovers tell the story

                    Originally posted by FOTY View Post
                    .... and have a punt go 70 yards?
                    I still think that the most important hidden play of the season turned out to be the play before the punt. Third down and about nine from the two yard line. Stop them there and they punt from a bunched formation with the punter on the back goal line closer to the line than normal. He hurries the punt and gets even a normal punt or worse. Unfortunately they gained seven or eight yards and everything changes. Just another woudda coudda shoudda from a long season of them.

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