You can’t go wrong with a statistic that produced perfection.
You can’t make a better argument to your football team about how important a specific number is when all it does is generate wins.
For some time now, Tony Sanchez has reminded his UNLV players of this: Last season, Mountain West teams that were plus-3 or better in turnover margin were undefeated in those games.
Those that were plus-2 or better won 91 percent of the time.
“Those are things we need to make happen,” Sanchez said.
They can begin by taking care of the ball.