MONROE, La. – A veteran coach like Scott Stoker knows the drill.
To win football games, it helps to win the turnover battle. ULM finished on the wrong side of the equation in 2018 and has plenty of room to improve. The Warhawks on defense came away with just 11 takeaways with five interceptions and six fumble recoveries, which wasn't enough to offset their 23 turnovers (11 fumbles lost, 12 interceptions).
"To get away with what we did last year, to get as few turnovers as we did and still come away 6-6 and bowl eligible and be minus-12 in turnovers," said Stoker, ULM's linebacker coach, "I've been coaching a long time and don't think I've ever seen that.