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If Middlesboro would have hypothetically scored 82 points that is around 13 possessions. And if Pikeville scored 56 points that is 9 possessions. How exactly would Middlesboro get 4 more possessions in this scenario when neither defense had any stops? Once again another argument without validity...

Pikeville gets three less possessions because they do not recover the three kickoffs. That is where the 21 less points comes from. They had 77 points which means they had 11 total possessions.

Middlesboro had 9 total turn overs. If you subtract the 3 kick-offs (which they counted at turnovers) 9-3+=6. The other 6 turnovers can be accounted for by fumbles that Middlesboro had. Pikeville had a total of one stop which happened in the last 3 minutes of the game. So if this rate was to continue at a constant then that would mean Middlesboro would score on each of the six possessions that they fumbled. 6 points are awarded for each touchdown meaning that 6x6=36. That is my logic.

However that does not take into account the Pikeville possessions after each Middlesboro Score. It just is a hypothetical showing how close this game was, and what could've happened if a few things in this game goes the other way.