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HERDNATION.COM Game Two: 1997 (#4) football versus 2001 (#5)

Chris McLaughlin

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Game Two: 1997 (#4) football versus 2001 (#5)

The 1997 and 2001 teams were separated by only a couple of votes in the bracket set-up process so it is hard to classify this as an upset, but according to the seeds this was a bit of a surprise.

Turnovers ended up killing the '97 team. Chad Pennington (who threw for 415 yards) threw a pick to Michael Owens and Doug Champman coughed up the ball as well.

Tied 14-14 at half, the 2001 team scored 13 straight points to open the second half. Butchie Wallace had a 100 yard game for the '01 team while Darius Watts (5 catches for 74 yards and a TD) and Josh Davis (5 catches for 92 yards and a TD) carried the load through the air.

Randy Moss was dominant (as expected), hauling in 9 catches for 174 yards.

Click the box score to enlarge:

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Fake news, leftwich with only 28 pass attempts.

It’s reasonable. That year, he had 29 attempts against NIU, 30 against UMass, 34 against Kent State, and 35 against Youngstown. In a game that they had a severe disadvantage in TOP and in which they were leading by double digits for the entire fourth quarter (until the final six seconds), it’s very reasonable.

But to really make this fun . . .

That number after the “2” in Byron’s pass attempts- yeah, that is a 5. In other words, his pass attempts were 25, not 28 like you claimed.

Didn’t we tell you to stay away from numbers? Really, how can a banker struggle so much with basic math?
 
Small font for the phone and didn't expand it. Thanks for confirming that leftwich didn't throw that few of passes in any game that year, even blowouts.
 
Small font for the phone and didn't expand it. Thanks for confirming that leftwich didn't throw that few of passes in any game that year, even blowouts.

So another error with numbers for the banker.

Your “even blowouts” claim doesn’t hold much water, as only one of those other games was a blowout. The others were margins of 14-22 points.

Considering the game in this thread was a double-digit lead for the entire fourth quarter (minus six seconds), it’s reasonable to believe the team with the lead would throw less.

On top of that, attempting 28 passes isn’t statistically significant compared with throwing 29 and 30 attempts.

Again, just shy away from numbers. Stick to mortgages commercial mortgages, perhaps.
 
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