[NU Sports] Minnesota's time of possession stat

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

I would LOVE to see us get tons of big plays -- Persa to Ebert or something -- this weekend. That would be a nice surprise.

But of course, a long drive and a score is just as good. Just win, Cats!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT


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--- On Fri, 10/1/10, Joe Thiegs <thiegs at umn.edu> wrote:

> From: Joe Thiegs <thiegs at umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Minnesota's time of possession stat
> To: "Clark Zahn" <clzahn at mindspring.com>
> Cc: "nulist" <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>
> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 10:24 AM
> That's a valid explanation--The
> Gophers have had a problem with giving up
> too many really big plays.  They have had a number of
> long clock-chewing
> drives too, but some of those have fizzled, either with
> turnovers or missed
> field goal attempts.  Minnesota absolutely dominated
> TOP more than 3:1
> against Middle Tennessee State, something ridiculous like
> 45 to 15, and in
> that game it really was ball-control, with over 65 rushing
> plays and nearly
> 300 rushing yards.  Since then, though, it has not
> been as pretty.  -Joe
> 
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Clark Zahn <clzahn at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > >Minnesota is #2 in the nation in time of
> possession.
> >
> > This stat can be misleading.  If their defense is
> so porous that the
> > opponent scores quickly then the Gopher's TOP will be
> high.
> >
> >
> >
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