Freres, I have looked at the stats and drive charts for both teams, and have come to 1 conclusion (Cptn Obvious here): We beat ourselves... See the drive chart below.
Louisiana-Lafayette Drive Summaries
START QTR POSS. YARD PLAYS YARDS RESULT
08:24 1 04:06 ULL 25 11 65 Field Goal Missed*
02:33 1 03:35 ULL 29 10 71 Rushing Touchdown
11:30 2 00:27 ULL 25 3 0 Punt^
05:18 2 03:16 ULL 25 7 27 Punt#
15:00 3 02:12 ULL 25 3 -10 Punt^
11:58 3 00:38 ULL 45 2 1 Fumble#
08:39 3 02:19 ULL 25 8 75 Passing Touchdown
06:04 3 01:40 ULL 17 3 -6 Punt^
01:55 3 00:49 ULL 6 3 2 Punt
12:45 4 02:09 ULL 26 7 44 Interception*
01:46 4 01:16 ULL 20 6 16 Turnover on Downs
Now the way I figure it, the missed field goal and the interception, cost us 14 points. The 2 drives with # were both in or on the verge of ARK territory, which were moving along until dropped passes and a !)$(*&%)#* fumble occurred. I look at those as 6 points. So far, that's 20 points and the difference in the game. Not to mention that ARK put up 7 points off turnovers and the ARK drive right before halftime....we had them at 3 and 9 at their own 5 yard line, they converted and got a field goal as time expired. That's 10 points. The other punts ^, show that as one of our esteemed posters put earlier, we abandoned the run too early. It cost us in the passing game. I feel that without the turnovers and 2 precise defensive stands, we'd have won this game by 10.....JMO...