... of struggling teams like my beloved UNT Mean Green turn to our team's schedule and look at close losses for hints that our teams will be better next year.

A phrase that often comes up is "They played well enough to win that game!"  This phrase has been bothering me lately.

Usually the team that plays well enough to win the game, wins.

In fact, that is the case the vast majority of the time.

Only once in a blue moon do you have a game like Superbowl XXV where a team drives down into somewhat safe FG range, lines up for the kick, executes it successfully, but the ball sails wide—and even in that game, that was a 47 yard field goal!

A missed chipshot FG is about the only time I think that you can say a losi...

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