motynes
Jolly Good Fellow
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Forget quarters, let's look at it a different way.
Drive 1: 3 Plays, 3 yds 1:36 Punt
Drive 2: 6 Plays, 15 yds 4:01 Punt
Drive 3: 3 Plays, 75 yds 1:35 TD
Drive 4: 4 Plays, 16 yds 1:39 Punt
Drive 5: 1 Play, 2 yds 0:42 End of Half
Drive 6: 4 Plays, 25 yds 2:37 Punt
Drive 7: 4 Plays, 9 yds 1:22 Downs
Drive 8: 3 Plays, 75 yds 1:26 TD
Drive 9: 3 Plays, 84 yds 1:38 TD
Drive 10: 4 Plays, -6 yds 1:44 FG
Drive 11: 3 Plays, 3 yds, 1:57 Punt
Drive 12: 4 Plays, 5 yds 0:59 Downs
We had 1 single drive that consisted of more than 4 plays, and it ended in a punt. Successful GT drives (4 total) consisted of 13 plays elapsing 6:23 of game time. I get that our offense was able to make those explosive plays happen, but more often than not, they weren't getting it done last Saturday. Take out drive 5 and we were successful on 36% of our possessions. Realistically, you could also discount drive 10. Our D held UVA to a stop on their end of the field and then proceeded to lose 6 yds before settling for a FG. So no, our offense wasn't particularly good for most of the game Saturday.
That being said, I am still a strong believer in our offensive system and the coaching staff. I just point this out because I think our consistent failure to eat clock against UVA was a detriment to our D, and in spite of that detriment, our D performed admirably.
I completely agree.