What did you expect from a Scott Shafer defensive secondary?
Year | Team | Passing Yd/ Game | Passing TD | 3rd down % | Pts Per Game |
2007 | Stanford | 266 | 18 | 36% | 29 |
2006 | Western Mich | 199 | 14 | 31% | 20 |
2005 | Western Mich | 303 | 20 | 44% | 31 |
2004 | Illinois | 230 | 20 | 38% | 28 |
Passing Yd / Game | Passing TD | 3rd down % | Pts Per Game | ||
2004 - 2007 AVG. | 250 | 18 | 37% | 27 | |
2008 (8 games) | 251 | 11 | 39% | 29 | |
2008 (Projected) | 238 | 16 | 40% | 27 |
I understand that most of you probably knew this information already and I'm probably a day late and a dollar short but I'm new so cut me some slack. Some people may think the defense is under achieving and giving up big plays on 3rd down and missing tackles but it looks like a typical Scott Shafer defense.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:16 AM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 10:17 AM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 10:44 AM ^
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:52 AM ^
When looking at those keep in mind, he was not the DC at Illinios. So, make what you want of those stats. If you want to be happy take a look at the improvement from 2005 to 2006 at Western. That is a big big step up and probably what got him the Stanford job. Personally, I agree that he didn't do much at Stanford to add to his resume. But, Stanford sucked and it was the pass wacky PAC 10 so I'm not sure what he was supposed to do in one year. The thing missing from those stats is sacks. Every where he goes he gets sacks. Unfortunately, as we found against MSU sacks alone are useless if when you don't get the QB he throws 50 yard TD passes.
I take very little from these stats because they are so limiting and completely out of context. The improvement at Western is what jumps out at me.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 12:26 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 12:54 PM ^
Can find them here: http://mgoblog.com/content/we-have-dc
3rd down conversions not included. These are what prompted my email that Brian answered Monday.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 1:20 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 5:21 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 6:48 PM ^
October 31st, 2008 at 8:30 PM ^
November 1st, 2008 at 2:34 AM ^
November 1st, 2008 at 9:23 AM ^
November 1st, 2008 at 3:54 PM ^
31% is about 3/10 each game and 44% is about 4/9 so I would say that is actually pretty good. But, like you have pointed out, without comparing to what they were before, it's impossible to see if he was improving the team in his second year or if they just sucked his first year. Either way, it leaves hope for next year.
It would be nice to see the average distance needed for a first down on all of their opponents third downs.
November 1st, 2008 at 4:24 PM ^
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2007&div=4&rpt=IA_team3dow…
last year the #1 defense on 3rd down conversions gave up 26.5%. 36% would have been 36th best last year, 31% would have been 8th best last year, 44% would have been 97th best, and 38% would be 51st best.
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