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Message: [QUOTE="RICuse44, post: 363923, member: 2361"] Agree with this completely. Good, well coached teams find ways to win. Bad teams with poor coaching find ways to lose. There are 3 phases to a game, offense, defense, and specials. We lose specials every single week. I honestly can not remember the last time our specials gave us anything. Its little things also. Most people, myself included, complain about the lack of punt returns. But look at the punt returner. Someone is in his jock from the second he catches the ball. If not, then there are 3 guys who surround him with no blocker in site. My question is what happens to the return wall? Why do we continually rush swinging gate punt formations? Has anyone ever blocked a punt from this formation (I honestly do not know, I've never seen one)? So, if you can't block a punt why not use those 3 players as blockers. Its not like any of those lineman in the back are going to catch a returner in the open field anyway (see the Northwestern kids return against us). Returns change field position, they change momentum, and if run correctly can score points. No one blocks on these returns and that is 25% talent and 75% effort. So, going into games we have to win on offense and defense. I do not think we have the talent level to consistently win both of these. The result then is that we lose most of our games, especially against FCS competition. What is most disheartening is our record against the Sun Beast teams. These teams are not world beaters. Minny and NW are not world beaters. In the end, we need to do the little things. No turnovers. No drive killing or sustaining penalties. An extra block, or a block for that matter, on punt returns. These little things add up. They are also the reason we are 1-3. [/QUOTE]

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