Sam’s Injury

[4th_floor]

I was happy we lost to Kansas both during the game and after. Only way we were going to get rid of Charlie that year and I couldn't take another year of his deer in the headlights look.

My poop was for being happy the Horns lost. I'll admit my disappointment in the loss was somewhat tempered by the opportunity to get Herman. But I was far from happy. The regular beating by the cockroaches the following week was not any better.

 

[OrangeShogun]

I think its obvious that the -22 is mostly sacks. who on this board can't read a stat sheet from the box score and figure this out? Who on this board didn't watch the game and see the runs and sacks?
I don't think its misleading at all. Its the way stats have been compiled and published since I've been watching football--60 years.
Every QB who has the ball in his hand and is tackled will have gains and losses. Some gains come on planned runs. Some come on scrambles.
Some losses come on planned runs. Usually the big losses come on sacks. Occasionally a QB tries to avoid the sack and gets a bigger loss.
The QB gets hit every time he's tackled--whether its a planned run or a sack. He gets hit on most pass plays after he releases the ball.

Misleading?? So how in the world is that stat misleading?

What point are you attempting to make by citing those stats? Are you asserting that Sam should not have played and citing those stats as proof? If so, that's misleading. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your point.

 

[caryhorn]

What point are you attempting to make by citing those stats? Are you asserting that Sam should not have played and citing those stats as proof? If so, that's misleading. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your point.

You may not have read posts that were made earlier on this thread where a couple of hornfans were discussing Sam's running the ball. One of the posters seemed to think that TH had called 10-15 running plays for Sam. I checked the box score to get the actual count of the total times Sam carried the ball, which obviously includes called running plays and sacks, and scrambles. I did this to provide clarity to the posters who were unsure about how many times TH called running plays for Sam.

From the box score it was evident that TH did not call 10-15 running plays for Sam in the KU game. As I stated in the post, 8 carries total, which includes called plays, sacks and scramble. This is the point. To help the other hornfans get data to settle their issue about the number of running plays for Sam that TH called.

So I think you did misunderstand completely what my post was about. I am not asserting any "shoulds" about what Sam did or didn't do. Simply settling a matter between two fans who had differing thoughts about Sam's run plays.

These are a lot of words. I hope this provides more clarity than confusion.