[Gitback Coach]

Yeah, but out of those 3 loses only 1 game has yielded more than 28 pts. and that was 48 by the worst team of the 3. So your 34.3 pts per game are blown up so to speak by 1 game. And that game was tied 14 to 14 in the 3rd before the wheels came off and a lot of the reason for that was the lack of offense causing the defense to tire plus some stupid penalties toward the end of the game.

I hear that, but my only point is that ANY team surrendering 27, 28, and/or 48 points in state semi-final games is going to lose more of those contests than they win. Hold those opponents to 20 or fewer points, and the Jumpers' winning percentage in those "defining" games will surely rise.

A prior post suggested that the Somerset offense has thus far been the biggest factor in their inability to get over the hump, and I was simply examining/questioning that. It's a team game, so the O certainly bears its share of the responsibility (as do special teams--field position is critical), but when the defense consistently (and historically) surrenders those kinds of numbers in playoff games, the offense's margin for error is very slim, if it exists at all.

Trying to rationalize/explain away the gorilla in the room doesn't really seem to address the issue, but then again, we all know what happens to those of us who "don't learn from history." We get to review it.

Anyway, best of luck with the season; I'm rooting for the Jumpers to finally get off the schneid!