[Oasis]

"Of course, Hannibal had some great battles but lost the war, decisively."

So what? Are we supposed to think that not using surprise and deception is the formula for victory?  Our two losses came in games where the other side shut down our predictable offense with its straight-ahead approach, much like the Romans' early on against Hannibal.  Shaw's war at 6-2 is not going nearly as well as it should be at 8-0. 

The Domers stuffed our straight-up-the-middle plays, twice. Instead of providing more momentum our ponderous pile of people were impediments to Stepfan.  Something similar happened to the Romans vs. Hannibal -- three times, the most famous being the massacre of the plodding legions at Cannae.  The Romans finally defeated Hannibal only when finally they did to him what he had been doing to them for 16 years. 

Somebody up in the press box could use some inspiration and Hannibal is as good a source as any.

[Oasis]

"Of course, Hannibal had some great battles but lost the war, decisively."

So what? Are we supposed to think that not using surprise and deception is the formula for victory?  Our two losses came in games where the other side shut down our predictable offense with its straight-ahead approach, much like the Romans' early on against Hannibal.  Shaw's war at 6-2 is not going nearly as well as it should be at 8-0. 

The Domers stuffed our straight-up-the-middle plays, twice. Instead of providing more momentum our ponderous pile of people were impediments to Stepfan.  Something similar happened to the Romans vs. Hannibal -- three times, the most famous being the massacre of the plodding legions at Cannae.  The Romans finally defeated Hannibal only when finally they did to him what he had been doing to them for 16 years. 

Somebody up in the press box could use some inspiration and Hannibal is as good a source as any.