I'm a glutton for punishment so I watched the replay. Though it was a painful game to watch again I did see some positives.
*We were moving the ball on offense and had some running game. The defense was playing well and it was only 13-3 with about 5 min left in the 2nd quarter. Despite Chatty having many opportunities on short fields.
*If we hadn't turned the ball over 4 times in the first half, and that's a big IF, I think it would have been a competitive game. Would we have won, maybe not, but it would have been much closer.
* If we didn't have any bad luck we wouldn't have any luck at all. I remember a ball thrown by Artopeous that hit his receiver or a Furman DB that went straight up in the air and was almost intercepted. There was a ball I think in the 2nd half that was almost intercepted by Billy Lewis by inches. And CJ's interception could have fallen harmlessly to the ground after it was batted up in the air, instead of right into the hands of the Chatty D-lineman.
*Bottom line is without all the turnovers it seemed to me that we held our own.
Western is going to be similar to Chatty. And its going to be tough. If we can play a clean, turnover free game I give us a 50/50 chance of winning.
