While Waiting for Thursday....

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(11-04-2015, 02:43 PM)bengalguy71 Wrote: I have never heard this;

"I think we played well in all 3 areas of the game, but we were just out played today. No turnovers, we executed well, tackled well. They were just a step ahead today, and hopefully we will play well again next week and be a step ahead ourselves."

Maybe not those words but some semblance of them.  It is very rare that a coach of the losing team did everything right.  There will always be something that could have prevented the loss.

 So the answer to your original question is that it's hard to conceive of both teams playing a perfect game.  So much of a football game is dependent on imposing your will on the other team, doing things they are trying to stop you from doing.  That means that the losing team was less than perfect, at best.

The very nature of an athletic contest of any kind hinges on the loser not being perfect.  And a nothing/nothing tie
means neither was perfect.  If they were perfect, they would have won.

If I score points on you, you're no longer perfect.  If I don't score points on you, I am no longer perfect.