Heres what happened:
Team Stats
Stat Name
First Downs 24 18
Passes for First 11 10
Rushes for First 10 7
Penalties for First 3 1
Third Down Efficiency 9-21 5-15
Fourth Down Efficiency 4-4 0-2
Total Yards 540 415
Total Plays 87 71
Avg Gain Per Play 6.2 5.8
Net Yards Rushing 174 145
Rushes 46 29
Yards Per Rush 3.8 5.0
Stat Name
Net Yards Passing 366 270
Comp-Att 24-41 19-42
Yards Per Pass 8.9 6.4
Times Sacked 1 2
Yds Lost To Sacks 3 14
Interceptions 1 0
Punts 4 8
Punt Average 39.5 33.3
Penalties 3 6
Penalty Yards 19 64
Fumbles 2 0
Fumbles Lost 1 0
Reverse those and we would be celebrating total domination of NT. As it is, they can celebrate that and we can nit-pick various calls ... if only we ran Ito more; Pass more; Block better..etc
This shows:
1) Their offense is better than ours. Their QB is better; Their RB, Wilson, is better; Their O-Line is better; Their WR's are better
2) Their defense is better than ours. Their D-Line is better; Their LB's are better; Their pass protection is better;
Our team is pretty mediocre. We will be lucky to go 6-6 and go to the NO Bowl. Next year doesn't promise much improvement. Business as usual. Those good teams, 80-82, 88-90, 97, 2011 .. etc are an anomaly
and not status quo. We are currently a Business as usual team.