ESPN Stats breakdown of our defense tells you what you already knew...
it was historically bad.
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/24485/michigan-must-improve…
August 8th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
In other news, water is wet.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:16 PM ^
But I can't hear you over the sound of HELLO: ONDRE PIPKINS
August 8th, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
it was historically bad.
http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/24485/michigan-must-improve…
Oh wait, we already knew that.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:26 PM ^
but this stat jumped out at me:
- In the final three games of the Rodriguez era, Michigan allowed 137 points - that's 23 more than they allowed in the entire 1997 national championship season.
Yeesh.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:30 PM ^
Wow, that is surprising. But does signify true ineptitude from last year's defense or is that an example of how awesome and dominant our '97 defense was? I'm going with the latter so I don't get too sad.
Your stat is about cherry-picking. We expect championship teams to not give up points - its part of the definition.
This was more the surprising stat to me: "In 20 seasons under Bo, the Maize and Blue allowed 30 points a total of five times (247 games). They allowed 30 points in 22 of 37 games under Rich Rod."
Jesus H. Christ!! Thats just downright pathetic. That goes far beyond the "we were playing alot of young guys" or the "the cupboard was bare" crap. There are teams out there who've dealt with similar issues and not sunk to that level of complete garbage defense. This just clearly indicates a lack of priority on 50% of the team. The defense was at practice for the sole purpose of getting our precious offense reps. We had an offensive coordinator disquised as a head coach and those kind of numbers just verify that. Nothing mattered except showcasing his brain child, rest of the game, rest of the team & 100+ years of history be damned.
Of course if he'd have had the proper "support" from allumni & the fanbase, it would have all been different I'm sure. I guess by "support" they must mean actually playing & coaching the games or something. Thats the only kind of "support" that I could see improving that steaming pile we called a defense.
I apologize to the apologist's, you're certianly entitled to your opinions but for me, I friggin spit when I say his name.
Taking in to consideration that offenses have changed over the years, this stat always disturbed me...
In terms of points allowed in a single season, before RichRod, no Michigan defense in school history had ever allowed more than 300 points. The 2008 team gave up 347, the 2009 team gave up 330 and the 2010 team gave up a whopping 458 points.
It gave up 278 points, in 13 games (21.4 ppg). After performing terribly in the first two games, it wasn't that bad.
Our D in 2007 gave up 243 pts in the regular season. Not great, but if we could do that this year I would take it.
August 8th, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^
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MGoBlog post breakdown of 'ESPN Stats breakdown of our defense tell you what you already knew...' tells you what you already knew...
I did not know that ESPN was that desperate for filler material.
Looking at those stats again made my head hurt.