1st/2nd half offense so far
Sunday I posted a thread comparing the defense in the 1st and 2nd halves (here). I just felt that the team, especially the defense, was playing better in the second half and wanted to get some stats to compare. I just posted this to see if the offense had a similar trend. The conclusion? I don't know. The numbers look a little better in the second half, but they're pretty even, a couple games were outliers either way, and of course the WMU game wasn't finished. I guess the point is that the offense has scored when they needed to in the second half (NW, ND). So anyway, I have these stats so I figured I would share them.
WMU (not a full game)
1st: 14 points, 142 yards, 1 punt, 0 turnovers
2nd: 7 points, 157 yards, 1 punt, 0 turnovers
ND
1st: 7 points, 85 yards, 4 punts, 1 turnover (interception)
2nd: 28 points, 378 yards, 1 punt, 2 turnovers (2 interceptions)
EMU
1st: 14 points, 218 yards, 3 punts, 1 turnover (interception)
2nd: 17 points, 253 yards, 0 punts, 0 turnovers
SDSU
1st: 21 points, 247 yards, 1 punt, 1 turnover (fumble)
2nd: 7 points, 160 yards, 3 punts, 3 turnovers (2 interceptions, 1 fumble)
MINN
1st: 38 points, 394 yards, 0 punts, 0 turnovers
2nd: 13 points, 200 yards, 2 punts, 0 turnovers
NW
1st: 14 points, 236 yards, 1 punt, 3 turnovers (3 interceptions)
2nd: 28 points, 288 yards, 0 punts, 0 turnovers
Total (With WMU):
1st: 108 points, 1,322 yards, 10 punts, 6 turnovers (5 interceptions, 1 fumble)
2nd: 107 points, 1,436 yards, 7 punts, 5 turnovers (4 interceptions, 1 fumble)
Total (Without WMU):
1st: 94 points, 1,180 yards, 9 punts, 6 turnovers (5 interceptions, 1 fumble)
2nd: 100 points, 1,279 yards, 6 punts, 5 turnovers (4 interceptions, 1 fumble)
October 11th, 2011 at 6:42 AM ^
what do you think the chances are that michael rothstein didn't get some inspiration for his last column from your last post? you'd think the wolverinenation guys would be more responsible than most espn employees in citing inspirations/sources but maybe the WWL prohibits that...
edit: this column from the 10th, the day after your first post on this: http://espn.go.com/colleges/michigan/football/story/_/id/7085138/michig…
edit 2: on second thought, i guess this is a pretty common meme, but it's still strange as i'd assume the wolverinenation guys have eyes on this space.
October 11th, 2011 at 8:54 AM ^
...is that M pushes the peddle to the metal when it's collective backs are against the wall. When we're not in dire need of points, we put it on cruise control.
It's great to have horsepower on demand when it's needed. (And it will likely be needed from here on out...)
October 11th, 2011 at 9:11 AM ^
"Horspower on demand" could be part of it but to me it says good coaching. And by that I mean conditioning, preparation and in game adjustments by the offense and defense.
October 11th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
Adjustments do help, GERG.