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Originally Posted by ArrowheadWolf
True, but that doesn't account for the 100 more points given up.
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I was just saying, I think there was more than a one-point difference in scoring. The aggregate was nearly identical, but the situations in which we scored/didn't score this year had a major impact on the record.
The D the first half of 2003 forced a lot of turnovers, which covered up for its propensity to surrender yards in chunks. Plus, the O and special teams were more efficient, which led to more wins.
In 2004, our D didn't force turnovers, it continued to give up huge chunks of yards and our O and ST weren't able to paper over those D mistakes.
I think those 100 points were mostly attributable to turnovers, or lack thereof. My gut also tells me that the more-efficient O in 2003 gave the D a few more leads to play with, which helped it. How many times in 2004 did we lament blown scoring opps which would have given us two-score leads and perhaps taken a bit of pressure off the D?