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Message: [QUOTE="A Clockwork Orange, post: 1866424, member: 16"] What's the difference between losing 17-13 or 49-17? A loss is a loss, right? The great thing about this scheme that Babers runs is that it tilts the playing field in SU's direction. It takes a talent gap, and makes it less pronounced. It gives the Orange an opportunity to destroy our peer teams, and compete with our aspirant teams. The downside to that (as in life) is that it doesn't always work. Sometimes it backfires. Playing conservatively, your plan can not work and you might mitigate damage, and lose 24-16. You kept it close. The Baylor plan isn't conservative. It's downright crazy. It's frenetic, it never backs down, it always believes it can win. This isn't a half measure system. So when things go bad in a game, it can go really bad. The 2013 Baylor Bears were cruising in the regular season, blowing out Oklahoma 41-12. They were 9-0, and poised to reach the national championship. En route to that NC was a huge away game against #11 Oklahoma State. The game had it all, fast paced teams, great coaches, and an amazingly hyped stadium. Problem was, Baylor's offense never got it together that day. Down 14-3 at half, they had their doors blown off in the second half. Thing is, traditional football knowledge would say "CHANGE THE GAME PLAN! Slow it down, milk the clock, make it close!" This game plan is NOT traditional. Even down 35-3, Baylor was running five wide, fast paced. They never thought they would lose, they always thought they would come back. They didn't, they lost 49-17. But as I said in the beginning, if you're going to lose, what's the difference between 17-13 or 49-17? It's still a loss. The question is whether you have complete faith (belief without evidence) in your system. We have a system, and Babers and the team believe in it. There will be some smackings this year, be ready for it. But it won't be because we gave up, it'll be because we believe fully in what we're doing, and think it can always bring us back. [/QUOTE]

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