I think we do a lot of long time possesion type drives. We have the ball for 15 plays , 8 minutes and then a TD. This makes for lower scoring games than what SD and NO are doing. They have more quick strike TD's and therefore there stats are a higher.
Once more, as you said, burying them would solve the problem. Hence burying them is covering them or encasing them. Sheild them is some god damn way, it is possible. Dont tell me it's not.
If you encase the transformer in a shell or case or something then mylar ballons or small animals cant get tangled up and short the transformer out. No exposed wires means no shorts !
Ummm , how about covering the damn transformers to start with. They didn't take reasonable care to prevent the problem. We should sue RWS for the outage.