The Duke Blue Devils lost to SMU in overtime on Saturday night despite creating six turnovers, and historical precedent makes that statistic somehow feel worse than it already sounds. According to OptaSTATS,

Duke football was good enough in two of three phases to knock off No. 22 SMU in Durham. But the third phase cost the Blue Devils.

Duke had three critical situations near the end of the game where the Blue Devils couldn’t capitalize: first there was a missed field goal attempt by Todd Pelino. Second, Pelino had another attempt from 30 yards,