HuskieDan Wrote:These NIU teams have been very resilient. That night, it looked like the air came out of our sails early in the third quarter, and that is unlike the NIU teams I've watched. Yes, Toledo had quite a bit to do with that.
You have to remember that Toledo was trailing in that game and took over in the 2nd half. That in itself is not unusual since Amstutz took over at UT. Look at some of the big comebacks we have had:
2001
Came from down 23 points to Marshall in the 1st half to win the MACC 41-36. Marshall only scored 13 points in the 2nd half. We outscored them 31-13 in the 2nd half.
Down 13-3 at halftime of the MCB against Cincinnati in 2001 and came back to win 23-16. Outscored them 20-3 in the 2nd half.
2002
Down 10-0 at halftime at UCF. Outscored them 27-14 in the 2nd half to win 27-24.
Down 17-0 to NIU in the 2nd quarter at NIU. Came back to win 33-30.
Down 24-14 to BG at halftime. Outscored them 28-0 in the 2nd half to win 42-24.
2003
Down 10-0 to Marshall at the end of the 1st quarter in Huntington. Cameback to win 24-17. Outscored Marshall 17-7 in the 2nd half.
Down 24-14 to Pittsburgh at halftime. Outscored Pitt 21-7 in the 2nd half to win 35-31.
This was not a comeback but shows our 2nd half barrage. Leading Buffalo 35-26 at halftime. Outscored them 21-3 in the 2nd half to win 56-29.
2004
Down 17-7 in the 2nd quarter against NIU in Dekalb. Outscored NIU 17-0 in the 2nd half to win 31-17.
Down 27-7 to Bowling Green at halftime. Outscored BG 42-14 (all of BG's 14 points were in the last 3:35 of the game while playing catch up) in the 2nd half to win 49-41.
Trailed 14-7 to Miami in the MACC at halftime. Outscored Miami 28-13 in the 2nd half to win 35-27.
In all of these games the theme is that we adjusted defensively and offensively at halftime. In the 2nd half of every game we played great defense that led to the wins. There were some other comebacks in that time that were led significant. Like a 10-0 deficit to Temple and so forth. But anyway, this shows a pattern of Toledo playing much stronger in the 2nd half of games, especially when trailing.