Time of possession record?
Needless to say, lots of things jumped out at me here: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302750084
18:13 ... wow.
I wondered what the records were for time of possession. According to this possibly credible source, we nearly witnessed a record today:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_holds_the_record_for_time_of_possession_i…
I'd like to know if someone finds even more extreme numbers. OSU was close in last year's Rose Bowl against Oregon. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that some Schembechler teams had 40+ minutes during the Big2/Little8 years.
October 2nd, 2010 at 9:58 PM ^
Question, who holds the possession record in a loss? I'm guessing that may be our somber friends at IU. I'm not even sure our offense would have been charged any shot clock violations had we played IU in their real sport.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:02 PM ^
I was at the game, and I was wondering this throughout. We scored so quick on almost every drive. I was certain it was over 66% in favor of IU.
Thank you for answering my question.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
Our time of possession would've been even lower if Roundtree hadn't been tackled at the 1 or Denard had even one of those overthrown deep balls (that seemed to be easy touchdowns).
I'm not complaining, but I'm just sayin' that we could've won by a larger margin AND had the ball for 3 or 4 less minutes.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
Similar to those two examples of Georgia Tech (under Paul Johnson) I bet Navy has had huge TOP in some of their losses.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
And all of those were between 69 and 73 yards. Insane.
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:16 PM ^
We've gotta knock off these quick scoring drives, or we're never going to win a game.
Or wait, how is time of possession calculated into the score again?
October 2nd, 2010 at 10:39 PM ^
The bright side of this is that our low TOP gives Pam Ward plenty of her usual schtick to talk about when her mouth isn't full of nutsacks.
October 3rd, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
I just looked at the ESPN boxscore:
TOP on scoring drives: 91.8 seconds
TOP on non-scoring drives: 90.6 seconds
Average TOP for all drives: 91.2 seconds
Indiana totally sold out to stop the run at the line of scrimmage, and Michigan had a ton of long plays as a result. I'd guess other teams will choose a slow death and keep the safeties back.