[ColoradoTree]

Explosive plays, like those that Bryce keeps producing, have an adverse impact on time of possession. That doesn't mean that I want them to stop.

So do three and outs.  So do turnovers.  It's not a perfect metric, but in the aggregate, it's useful for approximating whether you're sustaining drives or whether the other team is dominating the ball.  Obviously, we didn't sufficiently sustain drives, since we only gained 254 yards of offense, and 100+ of those came on two Bryce Love home runs. 

When you score 50 points, TOP is irrelevant, as it was when Oregon was its peak a few years ago.  When you can't muster more than 17 against a Group of 5 defense, you haven't earned the privilege of disregarding it. 

[ColoradoTree]

Explosive plays, like those that Bryce keeps producing, have an adverse impact on time of possession. That doesn't mean that I want them to stop.

So do three and outs.  So do turnovers.  It's not a perfect metric, but in the aggregate, it's useful for approximating whether you're sustaining drives or whether the other team is dominating the ball.  Obviously, we didn't sufficiently sustain drives, since we only gained 254 yards of offense, and 100+ of those came on two Bryce Love home runs. 

When you score 50 points, TOP is irrelevant, as it was when Oregon was its peak a few years ago.  When you can't muster more than 17 against a Group of 5 defense, you haven't earned the privilege of disregarding it.