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[QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 365804, member: 485"]
Let's not mix things up -- Ernie Davis was courageous in facing a tragic illness.  
 
Putting that completely aside.  It isn't a good analogy for the state of SU football.
 
Was our football team unlucky in this losing streak?   Sure.   We have had injuries.   One of best players was out -- hurting the performance of the OL.  We had mistakes at key points in games we might have won.  
 
But luck is only part of it.  Is our head coach an inspirational guy?  We have some talent, but we don't get enough pressure on the opposing QB.  We don't protect our QB well enough.  Teams that get pressure tend to be lucky.  
 
Our special teams are striving to be ordinary.  Teams with good specials tend to be lucky.
 
We don't have a lot of speed.  Teams with speed tend to be lucky.  
 
We don't get a lot of turnovers.  Teams that do (as a result of playmakers) tend to be lucky. 
 
Our coaches haven't won too many chess matches in goal line situations.    You make your own luck.
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