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Sometimes losses aren't really losses. Hint UT?
Posted on 10/4/16 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 10/4/16 at 11:44 pm
Tennessee-Georgia this year, Ole Miss-Alabama 2014 & 2015, Alabama-Auburn Kick 6 2013, Alabama-LSU 2011 regular season game and thousands more.
Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game. It happens all the time. A close loss determined by turnovers and freak plays isn't judged the way normal losses are. Georgia is better than Tennessee and would beat them 80% or 90% of the time if the same coaches coached and the same players played multiple times. Tennessee got very lucky to win and Georgia got double unlucky to lose that game. At the end of the season after all the games have been played and all the teams have had full opportunities to show their strengths and weaknesses is when you know who's good and who's not.
Tennessee is a pretender. The Appalachian State game was no fluke.
Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game. It happens all the time. A close loss determined by turnovers and freak plays isn't judged the way normal losses are. Georgia is better than Tennessee and would beat them 80% or 90% of the time if the same coaches coached and the same players played multiple times. Tennessee got very lucky to win and Georgia got double unlucky to lose that game. At the end of the season after all the games have been played and all the teams have had full opportunities to show their strengths and weaknesses is when you know who's good and who's not.
Tennessee is a pretender. The Appalachian State game was no fluke.
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Posted on 10/4/16 at 11:52 pm to 12thFairway
I feel you but anyone who spends their time writing paragraphs about the Tennessee Volololols is a fricking loser
Posted on 10/4/16 at 11:53 pm to 12thFairway
You know what's funny? VOLS are 5-0 and thUGA are 3-2.
Posted on 10/4/16 at 11:53 pm to 12thFairway
This post was edited on 10/5/16 at 12:05 am
Posted on 10/5/16 at 12:00 am to 12thFairway
No, the fact that UGA/UT was close was a fluke. Take away Florida the week before, A&M the week after, and leave the players and coaches... UT wins 95% of the time.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 12:01 am to 12thFairway
Sometimes losses are really losses.
Hint: In this case "sometimes" means "all the times."
Hint: In this case "sometimes" means "all the times."
Posted on 10/5/16 at 12:12 am to 12thFairway
Rolled up to the max.
The better team won. We should not have even been in that situation. Doesn't matter 5-0
The better team won. We should not have even been in that situation. Doesn't matter 5-0
Posted on 10/5/16 at 12:14 am to 12thFairway
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Alabama-LSU 2011 regular season game
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A close loss determined by turnovers and freak plays isn't judged the way normal losses are.
Care to discuss which turnovers and freak plays lead to Alabama losing this game?
Turnovers are often forced and are part of the game. LSU lead the nation with a turnover margin of +1.8, while Alabama was ranked 25th with a margin of +0.5.
They won the game, on the road, fair and square.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:23 am to 12thFairway
If I were the OP I would log out and never log back in.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 3:54 am to 12thFairway
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Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game.
I agree. Stats are a better predictor of who played the best...who is the best team. Below is a scenario where a bias fan might believe the better team lost, but a close look a key stats reveals the opposite. Team Big A had more points, more first downs, a significantly better 3rd down efficiency rate, an edge in rushing yards, the only turnover (which the better team overcame) and a wash in TOP even though the Team Big A doesn't value it.
Team a Team Big A
Score 28 34
First downs 19 22
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-13 (31%) 8-for-15 (53%)
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2 (50%) 0-for-1 (0%)
Total Yards 495 393
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-218 52-296
Average Per Rush 6.2 5.7
Passing
Comp-Att 17-29 11-16
Passing Yards 277 97
Average Per Pass Play 9.6 6.1
Penalties-Yards 6-45 3-21
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 30:54 29:06
Point well stated. Thanks.
This post was edited on 10/5/16 at 3:56 am
Posted on 10/5/16 at 4:48 am to 12thFairway
We've beaten 3 ranked teams. DWI.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 6:39 am to 12thFairway
Yeah, the better team blows a flukey 17 point lead, AT HOME. Happens all the time 
I'm sure that will keep Georgia fans warm at night, just like it did for us when we blew a 17 point lead at home to Oklahoma last year.
We played like shite and still won, on the road.
Georgia played their best game all year, and lost, at home.
You can cry about it all you want, and I'm sure you will, just like the rest of this board, but the fact remains, we're 5-0. Winning ugly is still winning.
I'm sure that will keep Georgia fans warm at night, just like it did for us when we blew a 17 point lead at home to Oklahoma last year. We played like shite and still won, on the road.
Georgia played their best game all year, and lost, at home.
You can cry about it all you want, and I'm sure you will, just like the rest of this board, but the fact remains, we're 5-0. Winning ugly is still winning.
Posted on 10/5/16 at 7:02 am to 12thFairway
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Alabama-Auburn Kick 6 2013
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Sometimes the best team doesn't win the game.
Clearly you didn't watch this game.
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