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[QUOTE="OrangePA, post: 124335, member: 204"]
I think it was four turnovers.

And I don't think that 28 points is something that "no offense can overcome."

Too, there were other problems in the game besides the defense. The Huskies had great field position all game because of special teams breakdowns.

Nassib threw that horrible INT in the fourth quarter that ended the game, we missed that short FG at the end of the first half and the SU offense turned the ball over I believe immediately following a UConn turnover.

And, yes, if the offense had been able to score 56 points, or 48 points or 35 points or even 31 points, we would have won the game.

So, yes, all aspect of a team are implicated in every loss.

But, in the second half of that game, it came down to our complete inability to stop the UConn offense. Heck, we couldn't even keep them from gaining eight to ten yards a clip on first down. They blew us out in that half regardless of how many total yards they had for the game - that stat told us nothing about what actually happened that day.

If you were there - were you? - you would have experienced the frustration of watching an offensive team with a really poor starting QB, just run the ball down our throats. It was awful.

And that is why the game was lost. Had the defense made one stop - one - we would have won the game.

Instead, the defense forced the Orange offense to be perfect in the second half. (Ironically, the UConn offense was perfect in the second half) And with our talent level - one that requires long, sustained drives with lots of plays and no real opportunities for a quick score - that was too steep a hill to climb.

And the inevitable happened - Nassib threw that INT on the out pattern.

It should have never come down to that.
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