Except they didn't. When Bama was up 45-10, OM had a sustained drive for a field goal and a short field drive for a TD. The other 8 drives were punts and one at the end of the half. They didn't sustain shait. They had roughly 250 total yards.

They ran roughshod over us in the latter stages of the 3rd and all of the 4th when we started subbing liberally (see SoG's thread) and gained as many yards in their last 5 possessions as they did in their first 10.

What you're doing is letting the emotional reaction to a bad finish give you a false impression of the entire game.

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Posted by bamameister

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Posted on 10/1/19 at 9:10 am to JustGetItRight

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Except they didn't. When Bama was up 45-10, OM had a sustained drive for a field goal and a short field drive for a TD. The other 8 drives were punts and one at the end of the half. They didn't sustain shait. They had roughly 250 total yards.

They ran roughshod over us in the latter stages of the 3rd and all of the 4th when we started subbing liberally (see SoG's thread) and gained as many yards in their last 5 possessions as they did in their first 10.

What you're doing is letting the emotional reaction to a bad finish give you a false impression of the entire game.

Mississippi started the game converting 4 of the first 5 on third-down conversions. Had 476 total yards and 279 on the ground against the Tide. They controlled the ball for 88 plays on one of the hottest days in late Sept on record. No optical ilussions on why we wore down in the 4th quarter.

How does that stuff translate against teams standing in front of where we want to go?

In 2017 we were leading Clemson 24-14 going into the 4th quarter. On the 99th defensive play of the game we gave up the 21st point in the 4th quarter and lost the NC.

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