Maybe those stats knew a little more than it seemed? It's amazing how a few absolutely terrible plays in the 3 losses sabotaged the overall perception of the quality of the team as a whole. Turnovers are an incredibly erratic stat. Can kind of honestly say they "should have" won the Penn State game. They were (incredibly) beating Notre Dame in the fourth quarter before Notre Dame ripped off 31! straight points, largely due to turnovers and special teams miscues. They were somehow in the Michigan game (down only 3) halway through the third quarter, when the same thing happened. Turnovers, miscues, and ST mishaps sent the train careening out of control and off the tracks. Not saying they could have or should have won either of those games, but the final scores were uglier than the game itself. It is what it is. Three losses are three losses no matter how you slice it. Doesn't matter if you lose by 3 or 30, but they were in those games. Like Merrill Hoge used to say, turnovers are the only stat that matters. Other than that you can throw them out the window.