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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1120471, member: 874"]
Yes, stringing along longer drives could have limited Villanova's offense, but the problem was we only had 4 possessions in the second half, not including the one at the end of the game, because we couldn't get them off the field.  Every one of their possessions in the second half was at least 9 plays long with multiple first downs, and the longest was 18 plays long (they had the ball for over 9 minutes).  The exception to that was the punt return for a TD.  Their lengthy drives had every bit as much to do with our offense being off the field as our own offense's ineptitude.  Their offense did more to help their defense than our defense did to help our offense.

And just as the offense's poor play early doesn't mean it would've continued, so to, showing signs of life toward the end of the half, doesn't guarantee it would've continued.  Our best drive was the first one of the second half, and Wilson looked solid.  One would think that would mean we'd be able to carry that for the rest of the game, but it didn't happen.
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