The fatigue factor.....

[RavennaAl]

Last year I played 40 games for the season, 2 playoff games and 1 championship game. So far this year I've played 30 games for my current season, and I've noticed something that has been occuring for some time. During the course of some games, it appears that one team will just plain get 'tired', or 'worn out'. I say this because they will start out playing great ball. The offense is clicking and the defense is all over the field. At least for the first half. Then in the second half, the offense sputters. The holes that were there before aren't there anymore. The receivers seem to run slower. The defense, which was doing a great job in the first half, is letting the other team run more and more. The safeties and corner backs start missing tackles. They end up losing the game, when they looked like the much better team in the first half. I can't figure it out. I'm not doing anything different from half to half, and it doesn't happen all the time, just once in awhile. Has anyone else run into this?