However, you going back to the turnover stat all the time is getting old. Turnovers are a part of the game and in most cases, turnovers decide the outcome. Therefore, you going back to that stat to justify that loss is becoming old. We all know that turnovers decide games, but just admit that USC lost the game. No call decided the outcome. Unforced or not, USC lost the game PERIOD.
I did the same with Ohio St. and they beat Michigan.
UNFORCED turnovers should never be labled as part of th game. Why? Because the opponent did NOTHING to force it. Ohio St. had 2 unforced turnovers and was -3 turnover ratio against Michigan. That showed me how good OSU is and how poorly Michigan is. If they played again, I would think OSU wins by 20+.
USC lost to Oregon St. because they were -4 turnovers (-4 tunover ratio and 2 unforced turnovers) ON THE ROAD and gave up special teams TD. You can't do that.
USC still only lost by 2pts. Says a lot how good USC is. If USC played Oregon St. again, I would think USC wins by 20+.
This is called analyzing the teams. I don't just look at the final score. If I did that, I might think Michigan/OSU was a classic game. But if you watched the game or looked at it closely, it was ANYTHING BUT A CLASSIC GAME. OSU dominated and OSU kept Michigan in the game.
Same with USC/Oregon St. There was a huge reason USC lost by 2pts @OSU. It really had nothing to do with Oregon St.
But if you think Oregon St. competed with USC, and UCLA blew out Oregon St, and factor that in your handicapping, you are simply being mislead.
That is why you play the game. $hit like that can happen.
People would respect you more if you just said, Oregon St. was better than us, JUST LIKE TEXAS was last year. But you have to make excuses for the refs blowing a call, etc. That's all man, just say we lost and like USC, are getting better.
USC was only -1 turnover against Texas (not -3 or -4), but 1 of USC's turnovers was unforced. On top of that, USC had 2 HUGE REF calls that went
against USC. NCAA publicly admitted refs blew it twice against USC and both would be reversed if they used instant replay. Quite frankly, Texas would have lost if both calls were reversed. Despite all this stuff against USC, USC still was up double digits mid way in the 4th quarter. :scared
Says a lot about USC last year and how good they were. -1 turnovers, 2 huge blown calls by refs in Texas favor, and USC coming up short on TWO 4th and 1's in the game. Game of inches and USC fell short. Props for Texas making those key 4th down stances. I base a lot of my opinions on facts. Or I try and use facts to support my opinion. Why? You can't dispute facts and that makes my arguments stronger.
If USC played Texas again last year, I think USC would win by 10+ pts.
All in all, USC has only themselves to blame. ML not making 4th and 1 sneak early in game. Reggie Bush making an illegal lateral inside Texas 30 yard line. Lendale White not making game wnning 4th and 1 play. Also, a play nobody talks about was VY on his game winning drive threw a ball right to USC DB and the USC DB knocked it down instead of intercepting it. BONEHEAD play. I was glad when he (ting) left the team last year a year early!!!!
Lastly, USC had Texas on 4th and 4 and VY won the game. PROPS TO TEXAS! Made plays when they had too, and benefited from plays as well.
