consumerman
New member
It seems there have been a few theories (aka excuses)
What I have heard most is that MNW had better athletes and SLC was an underdog and SLC's defense was 85% new.
SLC won 79 of 80 games and dominated Texas 5A football
they had their QB and RB back who were superstars last year
they had the home field (and major home travel) advantage
they had the fan advantage
it seems to me they have won lots of playoff games scoring huge amounts of points, euless game excepeted
heck they were tied 29-29 in the 4th q of last year's final if I am not mistaken
I think using their "new" defense as an excuse is just that an excuse
allowing 29 points is not why they lost the game
their offense had 1 meaningful scoring drive
that is not SLC's standard MOA
their offense had 5 turnovers
their offense scored 14 points, even though 7 of those were a VERY short drive
their running game was non-existant
they lost the game because their offense had a very poor performance
no drives, a few points, tons of turnovers
and I still say take away some of those drive saving 15 yard penalties against MNW and completed passes that were clearly out of bounds and SLC did even worse than the stats and game shows
they lost the game because their offense did not show up
period
What I have heard most is that MNW had better athletes and SLC was an underdog and SLC's defense was 85% new.
SLC won 79 of 80 games and dominated Texas 5A football
they had their QB and RB back who were superstars last year
they had the home field (and major home travel) advantage
they had the fan advantage
it seems to me they have won lots of playoff games scoring huge amounts of points, euless game excepeted
heck they were tied 29-29 in the 4th q of last year's final if I am not mistaken
I think using their "new" defense as an excuse is just that an excuse
allowing 29 points is not why they lost the game
their offense had 1 meaningful scoring drive
that is not SLC's standard MOA
their offense had 5 turnovers
their offense scored 14 points, even though 7 of those were a VERY short drive
their running game was non-existant
they lost the game because their offense had a very poor performance
no drives, a few points, tons of turnovers
and I still say take away some of those drive saving 15 yard penalties against MNW and completed passes that were clearly out of bounds and SLC did even worse than the stats and game shows
they lost the game because their offense did not show up
period