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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 2629221, member: 2531"] What? Tempo has nothing to do with needing to be more or less efficient. Yes, being down (insert number here) is less of a big deal w/ a higher tempo team, but they’re also more likely to be down by more if they’re down. Tempo is a lever. It leads to bigger margins of victory/defeat. You’re still not grasping the implications of the other team getting more chances to score. If you score more net points (offensive/special teams points netted against points scored by the other team’s defense) per possession than the other team, then, barring and incredible mathematical outlier, you will win, regardless of tempo. The opposite is also true. That’s why you can’t just look at raw numbers. And, FWIW, the less talented team wants fewer chances for everyone so that random chance (Which is 50-50) decides the game. [/QUOTE]