HookedonGriz said:
I hear what you're saying and i agree to some extent. My bigger point (which I thought was obvious) was how in the heck do you put up those stats in the big sky and end up as far down as we did. That's all I was saying. We were balanced in the big sky both defensively and offensively and still sucked. Stats really are for losers.
Terrible scoring offense, as well as being having a few games that are outliers completely skew the stats. The Bobcats were Top 3-5 in most defensive categories, too, and won 4 games because an awful JC transfer, and then a true freshman running back, played QB for them.
If yards gained instead of points scored won games, then the Griz would be in the playoffs. Stitt may win a national title in yards gain, but scoring TDs with no TEs or large packages in the red zone isn't easy at the FCS level.
It's a bit like campaigning/playing in an election where Electoral votes determine the winner, and then after losing that game you played say "hey, but we had more votes/yards, so we win!" A moral victory, I suppose, but not a victory in the game you actually played.
You play by the rules of the game, which in football is to score the most points, and not the most yards gained, and in presidential elections, you campaign for Electoral votes, and not for the total amount of voters you receive playing that game.
What's funny is in football nobody thinks that gaining more yards means anything. In things that matter, like determining a president, suddenly yards gained do matter. It's upside down.
