You would do what to the person telling you we would be #1 in Pass Defense w/o Countess
Statistics are funny things and always need to be taken in context, but there is no-effing-way I would ever believe we would be this late in the year with the #1 Pass Defense without Countess playing more than a few series. It is actually inconceivable. Yes the Big Ten is down, but they still do drop back and pass the ball. Absolutely incredible job by Mallory getting this group to play with confidence and technique. There are not enough points to minus from Gibson to add to Mallory, tip of the hat.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:39 PM ^
High-five?
November 16th, 2012 at 8:11 AM ^
Waist high or not at all...
November 15th, 2012 at 8:52 PM ^
Low-five
November 15th, 2012 at 9:41 PM ^
0 points for this guy? My 3 year old's favorite thing is the down-low too slow low five. Let's show some respect...
November 15th, 2012 at 8:40 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
PI calls? Doesn't that hurt a defense, or is pass D only measured in yards without anything else?
November 15th, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
On that note, I would have been a lot more dismissive of the person who told me Taylor Martinez would be the best passer in the Big Ten at some point in his career.
Yikes.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
If you'd make someone a chocolate malt just for telling you a statistic, then I can only imagine what you would do for a Klondike bar.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
You're title is making my brain hurt.
But I would tell that person to tell me what our run defense is, our total defense, rank and are we going to the Rose Bowl?
November 16th, 2012 at 1:35 PM ^
Your improper use of "you're" is making my brain hurt. You should probably try to figure out contractions before criticizing others.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 8:45 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 8:47 PM ^
On a side note, I wonder how much time Raymon Taylor would have gotten this year if Countess was still around. Taylor has evolved into the best corner on this defense, at least from Michigan State's point of view (targeting floyd almost exclusively).
November 15th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
We Still have to play 2 very good throwing teams and after last week I am not sure this ends great Yes the glass will still be 70% full. No Countess you are right no way we ever sniff this side of 50.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:53 PM ^
they're averaging 5.6YPA and Vandenberg has only five TD's against six INT's through the air.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:53 PM ^
Ohio State and Iowa? They probably rank #4 and #3 for worst passing teams we play respectively.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:02 PM ^
OSU is tied (with M) for 98th ranked pass offense, but is averaging 7.8YPA which is definitely respectable.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
Not to take anything away from are secondary because they have done a tremendous job but lack of quality QB play in the Big Ten is a large reason. Look at these B1G numbers.
Passing Yards By Team D1
26. Indiana
40. Penn State
64. Purdue
73. Michigan State
80. Nebraska
96. Iowa
100(Tied). Michigan
100(Tied). Ohio State
102. Minnesota
108. Illinois
112. Wisconsin
114. Northwestern
November 15th, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
Indiana would have the #26 passing yardage in D1 at this point, I would have been really shocked! Wow.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:45 PM ^
The coach is Kevin Wilson, who created quite an effective passing attack as OC at Oklahoma.
November 16th, 2012 at 6:48 AM ^
November 16th, 2012 at 9:57 AM ^
says its possible to turn like that around.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:53 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 8:55 PM ^
Our secondary doesn't have a lot of speed, and we lack big playmakers.. We haven't face a decent passing QB all year..
November 15th, 2012 at 9:44 PM ^
Umm... what? Bama's boy was in the Heisman hunt. We're just lucky we didn't have to try to stop McLovin. That is an impossibility.
November 16th, 2012 at 10:23 AM ^
Bama didn't HAVE to pass to beat us and therefore did it just enought to keep us honest on D.
I am very impressed with the D this year but feel is is due to scheme and technique to a greater part than individual talent.
November 15th, 2012 at 8:57 PM ^
...when Countess is back and Taylor is a second year starter. Rock solid!
November 15th, 2012 at 9:01 PM ^
I stand corrected.....Again
November 15th, 2012 at 9:15 PM ^
Two of the more significant contributions among all defensive statistics for 2011 are that Countess accounted for 5% of total tackles and 17% of pass breakups, both of which are significant and definitely confirm that he is a presence in the secondary.
Consider as well the offenses we have seen this year, several of which are not generally known for their effective passing games. On average, teams last year were 17 of 28 against us, but this year, the average is 14 of 25. They are throwing less, but with a second year in Mattison's defense in progress, when they are throwing, we are giving up 22% fewer yards per game on average, and we are on track to give up 28% fewer total yards. So, there are the generally anemic passing games, but what there is of a passing game, we are defending it better.
Mallory deserves a lot of credit for getting the secondary to the level that they are at, but I can't help but think sometimes how much better these already stellar pass defense stats would be with Countess out there....
November 15th, 2012 at 9:08 PM ^
That's great but if you watch the games you can tell that our pass defense isn't that great. So many B1G QBs have missed huge opportunities to make big plays in the passing game. Our secondary has gotten beat repeatedly but the QBs are just missing.
So what would I say? I would say thank you to the B1G QBs for being absolutely terrible at hitting wide open WR.
November 16th, 2012 at 1:05 AM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
#1...Blake Countess...does Braylon know?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:12 PM ^
I would have told him to shut his fucking face, Uncle fucker.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:15 PM ^
Why would you do that? Unless he's a cock-sucking, ass-licking uncle fucker.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:23 PM ^
...the hell...?
November 15th, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
You fuck your uncle, yes it's true. Nobody fucks uncles quite like you.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:36 PM ^
NSFW for language but thats implied
November 16th, 2012 at 2:53 AM ^
Can't believe they cut the ending: Suck my balls.
November 16th, 2012 at 3:20 AM ^
Or was that from the tv show?...I'm assuming it was from the movie, due to all the F-bombs. It's been so long since I watched that South Park movie, that I can't remember where this scene came from.
November 15th, 2012 at 9:48 PM ^
Been over this, all of the teams we've played do not have good passing offenses. Now, that's not to discredit a good defense, but it is to be realistic.
EDIT: BIG TENNNNN! [had to]
November 15th, 2012 at 9:47 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 9:53 PM ^
I'm not sure. But to be honest, our pass D looked pretty shaky last week.
November 15th, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
Pass Efficiency Defense and Opponent YPA
Opponent adjustments: Success Rate and PPP combine to form S&P, an OPS-like measure for football. Then each team's S&P output for a given category (Rushing/Passing on either Standard Downs or Passing Downs) is compared to the expected output based upon their opponents and their opponents' opponents. This is a schedule-based adjustment designed to reward tougher schedules and punish weaker ones.
Pass Efficiency Defense
Raw Data:
No. 1 FLORIDA STATE
No. 36 MICHIGAN
Opponent Adjusted:
No. 1 ALABAMA
No. 27 MICHIGAN
I could only find raw data for opponent YPA
Opponent YPA
Raw Data:
No. 1 FLORIDA STATE (5.2 YPA)
No. 18 MICHIGAN (6.0 YPA)
November 15th, 2012 at 10:37 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 10:37 PM ^
November 15th, 2012 at 11:21 PM ^
I had forgotten about him being out. If he fully recovers, he will give us a huge boost in the secondary.