Whether from penalties, coaching meltdowns or other disasters, many close games feel like they’ve been lost rather than won.
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ENDGAME HORRORS
There have been 67 one-score games thus far this season, which seems to be on par with most years. But it does seem like we’ve had an inordinate number of games in which defenses couldn’t hold leads, or the kicking game malfunctioned at crunch time, or penalty flags flew at an inopportune moment, or coaches temporarily took leave of their senses.