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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 1 year 33 weeks ago | They also don't include |
They also don't include home-field advanatge in their projections. I don't understand that philosophy. |
| 1 year 33 weeks ago | How capable is MSU of |
How capable is MSU of containing our offense? It seems like they have personnel suited to handle traditional pro-set and power offenses. But, I'm not sure if they have enough athletes that can succeed in space. ND was the offense that gave them the most trouble this year. Last year, the 3 Big Ten rushing offenses that gave them the most trouble (in terms of yards per carry) was Penn State, Purdue and Illinois. Or, in other words, 3 offenses that liked to spread defenses out from the shotgun on a consistent basis. Similar to our defenses under Lloyd, I kind of wonder if MSU has players and a scheme that fits very well against traditional offenses. But, once they play a spread team and/or a team with a mobile QB, their defense will get shredded. Is there a chance that there is some validity to my theory, or am I just being a blatant homer? Probably a bit of both? |
| 1 year 33 weeks ago | How predictive is the type of |
How predictive is the type of data going forward? Do you know of any research on red zone offenses? It would seem that red zone efficiency would be victim to small sample size issues. Its great in looking back and seeing how great we have been doing in this particular stat. But, how repeatable is this? |
| 1 year 33 weeks ago | "Starting field position for |
"Starting field position for the opposition after our kickoff remains at the 29 yard line (slightly better than average)."
Where do you get this data from? Link?
How about field position in general? I'd be interested to see what our average starting field position is on O and D and where that ranks nationally. |
| 1 year 33 weeks ago | Hard as it may be to believe, |
Hard as it may be to believe, we allowed 6.6 yards a play against Indiana last year. This year, we allowed 5.8. The total yardage is deceiving b/c of how many plays they ran. Some of that was b/c they didn't do a good enough job of getting off the field. The other part of that was that our offense didn't really have any time consuming drives. We either scored quick, or had to punt pretty quickly. I'd expect that Indiana probably has a better offense than they did last year and it could be argued that our defense played better against them this year than we had last year. That is one positive, I guess. |
| 1 year 34 weeks ago | Scoring defense and scoring |
Scoring defense and scoring offense isn't necessarily reflective of the strengths of those 2 units. It includes a lot of other variables (special teams play, turnovers, average starting field position, number of plays a game for both sides of the ball, etc) that play a role. A team that prevents points at a premium rate may actually have a better offense and special teams unit than defensive unit. For example, the offense may rarely turn the ball over, consistently drive the ball down the field and the special teams may consistently excel in hidden yardage and combine with the teams offense to give their defense much easier starting field position than the majority of defenses face. As a result, they would be expected to allow fewer points anyway. Additionally, the overall strength of a team could play a role. If a team is rarely trailing and often leads by a wide margin, then the opponent will likely have to become a one dimensional offense and throw much more often than they would prefer too. This will make it easier for the defense to defend and also play a role in the number of points they allow. |
| 2 years 27 weeks ago | How do you compute a pythag |
How do you compute a pythag record for football? Anyone know the formula? |
| 2 years 28 weeks ago | We have 23 scholarships to |
We have 23 scholarships to give out. 20 are currently verbal commitments. Cone and Patterson probably won't be back. Wright might not be either. That would give us 5-6 more to give out, at least. We should be able to sign 25 no problem, and have the ability to go up to as much as 28 if need be/if we want to. |
| 2 years 33 weeks ago | Great stuff. A weekly |
Great stuff. A weekly feature of this would be outstanding. |
| 2 years 33 weeks ago | So, maybe our defense is not |
So, maybe our defense is not as bad as is commonly perceived? |
