Some commentators would have you believe that the University of Hawaii football team outgaining the two teams it lost to amounts to a head-shaking anomaly.
In actuality, it provides Exhibit “A” insight into why the Rainbow Warriors lost these last two games in what has become a 2-2 start to this season.
Sure, the ‘Bows outgained UCLA (515-505) and Wyoming (450-269) in yardage, but the Bruins and Cowboys made significantly more of the big — or so-called “explosive” — plays on all fronts, committed fewer turnovers and, overall, incurred fewer penalties.
In its statistics, UH and many others classify plays of “20 yards or longer” on offense, defense and special teams as “explosive” because, as we have seen, they tend to blow open a game.