I Won't Back Down

A weekend of absolute futility in football. All I am going to post about the Terps game is this:

5 Turnovers, 3 point loss in OT.

Statham 9-20-3-108.
Fumbles-Lost 3-2

But I will repeat: WVU is NOT the #6 (now) team in the country. A team that takes away 5 times at home should not need OT to win and score TD's only on drives of 35 and <10 yards. You heard it here first: WVU will lose a game to a Big East opponent this year. Mark my words!

I may also have to start a Mike Mardesich-memorial Joe Statham Wall of Shame. That kid could not compete with the pressure and single handedly lost the game for the Terps. Don't get on Nick Novak's case. We would have won that game by two to three TD's with a competent QB.

On to the Redskins.

7 Turnovers, 6 point loss.

I didn't see the game, but take it away Mike Wilbon!

Here is the interesting stat between these two games: 12 TO's, losses by a total of 9 points. In other words, the wins were given away. In seasons of 11 and 16 games, you can't give away wins. And let me close with this: of the 12 turnovers, 10 were by the QB's. That seems typical of these two programs who have had such luminary QB's as Scott Milanovich, Brian Cummings, Ken Mastreole, Heath Shuler, Gus Frerotte, John Friez, Shane Matthews, Jeff George, and on and on.

In happier news, your Naval Academy Midshipmen are 3-0! Give 'em a vote!