Tiny Upsetting Note - Turnovers

One of the picks from Western came from the backup QB and one of the fumbles was from a guy who got just one carry in the game.  Bench guys playing sloppy with the game in hand doesn't really make them a turnover machine on par with the Irish.

We just need to force 6 next week against Eastern and the positive trend continues.

Also the crappy play for most of the game, but let's not talk about that right now. It's muppet time.

Dude, go to bed.

Or don't share it.

You're right, but you're also killing the vibe.

lol turnover machine? Be happy that the defense has been at least partially existent, which is an upgrade from last year.

As Brian has said, for the most part fumbles are random occurences.  But what I have noticed is a number of our turnovers have been directly due to pressure on the QB.  When you start hitting the QB and getting in his face, you make him think about it.  That causes bad decision making, poor timing, or tonight having the ball slip out of his hands.

So I do think our defense is partly responsible.  I think some of these turnovers are just random however and we should not expect to continue getting the benefit of them.  But I could see 1-2 per game for sure.

I am under the 24-hour rule.  Celebrate now; worry later.  AFAIC, everything was perfect.  I was impressed, though, that Hoke was obviously making his mental list of what to hammer the team about on Monday during his postgame interview.