Michigan #1 in FEI Special Teams Efficiency
A lot of articles have made comparisons of the offense and defense advanced metrics for the teams on our schedule. I was curious how special teams also compared and decided to take a look at the FEI Special Teams rankings.
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/fei/overallst/2022
Note: expand the "this table explained" button to understand the different efficiency numbers.
Overall ranking for key opponents...
#1 Michigan
#27 Penn State
#76 Ohio State
#93 Michigan State
Hats off to Jay Harbaugh, our two excellent veteran kickers, and the rest of the special teams players for giving us a distinct edge in the third phase of the game.
October 6th, 2022 at 12:19 AM ^
nEpOtIsM!!1!
October 6th, 2022 at 12:29 AM ^
Too bad Harbaugh's first born wasn't triplets.
October 6th, 2022 at 6:11 AM ^
Wasn't Jaybaugh adopted?
October 6th, 2022 at 7:24 AM ^
Yes, he was raised by wolves(erines)!
October 6th, 2022 at 11:00 AM ^
Colts, apparently.
October 6th, 2022 at 1:10 AM ^
Can we please have Brad Robbins forever? He is a national treasure. Oh and a damn good punter.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:08 AM ^
I was trying to put my finger on who he looks like and finally figured it out.
Mark Twain
I also see a little Captain Kangaroo.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:29 AM ^
A little Doctor Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog
October 6th, 2022 at 8:29 AM ^
Also Kurt Russell from Tombstone
October 6th, 2022 at 10:22 AM ^
THEY'RE JUST HEADACHES WYATT!
October 6th, 2022 at 10:51 AM ^
I was getting more Mayor Humdinger from Paw Patrol.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:34 AM ^
I know there is some childhood or cartoon villain that looks like him. I can't quite figure it out. I want to say something about a bomber...? 
October 6th, 2022 at 3:05 PM ^
Also he looks like Gary McCord, golf commentator.
October 6th, 2022 at 12:24 PM ^
Love him to death but must say, he's the oldest looking 20-something I think I've ever seen. Already bald, with wrinkles and a faded stache... I'm going to assume he's already married with 3 kids, one of whom is already engaged.
October 6th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
His speakeasy served old timey cocktails with moonshine made out on his back property during the prohibition years.
October 6th, 2022 at 3:38 AM ^
stumbled upon this yesterday but was too lazy to post. Effort is appreciated.
October 6th, 2022 at 4:55 AM ^
It's special.
October 6th, 2022 at 7:48 AM ^
Seems like every position Jay coaches seems to excel. Coach in waiting.
October 6th, 2022 at 7:52 AM ^
It’ll be Interesting to see how much of an impact our long snapper and Kolesar made with both of them being out for the season now.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:05 AM ^
Jay has really come into his own as a coach.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:15 AM ^
and recruiter....
October 6th, 2022 at 8:16 AM ^
I've felt for some time that we need a UFR for special teams play. Great efforts by Jay and the troops. Hasn't gone unnoticed.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:56 AM ^
We had one some years back, I remember, maybe, 2 or 3 of them before they fell by the wayside.
EDIT: I didn't find one in a search, the best I could was a post from SRJK in 2017 that mentioned Adam's special teams UFR. So they were somewhere back in that time frame.
October 6th, 2022 at 3:06 PM ^
That 'stache is a UFR +3 for certain.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:32 AM ^
Does this metric adjust for strength of schedule?
October 6th, 2022 at 9:17 AM ^
I'm not sure.
October 6th, 2022 at 9:43 AM ^
It is opponent adjusted.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:37 AM ^
I remember some lean years on special teams and am thoroughly enjoying the effort and results of our current ST group. Michigan has certainly had some legendary kickers, cover guys and return men and some of our current roster is right up there with the greats.
October 6th, 2022 at 12:57 PM ^
Bo's teams used to block a lot of kicks, especially in the tripp wellborn era.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:41 AM ^
Great special teams are a sign of a well coached team that pays attention to the details.
October 6th, 2022 at 9:05 AM ^
Absolutely right. These numbers speak volumes.
October 6th, 2022 at 10:39 AM ^
I should have posted it, but last year's numbers do to. Michigan was #1 for 2021 as well.
October 6th, 2022 at 9:16 AM ^
Jay Midas Harbaugh
October 6th, 2022 at 10:01 AM ^
Hopefully Henning takes another punt to the house on Saturday....
October 6th, 2022 at 10:33 AM ^
Ohio St at 76. Jim Tressel haz a sad.
October 6th, 2022 at 11:33 AM ^
Good fuck him and fuck OSU
October 6th, 2022 at 12:56 PM ^
no surprise there. i am still shocked that both moody and robbins returned this year. could be earning big bucks in the nfl already. but i am sure glad they did.
October 6th, 2022 at 8:42 PM ^
Harbaugh. No Nepotism needed.