Yes but it creates a relatively mediocre ceiling

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Nov 3, 2019
12:15:01pm

PortlandCoug All-American

Yes but it creates a relatively mediocre ceiling

It generally won’t work against better offenses and sometimes allows bad offenses to do well.

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Gave up 521 yards... and 14 points. When the offense plays, the defense works just fine. Because it really is about

mvtoro Scrub

11/3/19 11:31am

Don't agree. That strategy means that TOP will always be in the opponents

CSoul

11/3/19 11:33am

TOP is the most overrated stat of college football.

mvtoro

11/3/19 11:51am

I could agree that it's not important to be at the top, but you need to be

CSoul

11/3/19 12:33pm

It’s and indicator of an indicator toward final score. There’s more than one way to win and we’ll see new and creative

mvtoro

11/3/19 1:18pm

That’s not a strategy for consistent winning though. Gonna lose plenty of those.

11/3/19 11:35am

In both of those games our offense did worse than their average (poor) opponent.

mvtoro

11/3/19 12:20pm

I blame RPO. So much better since it was basically ditched.

11/3/19 12:42pm

Its a terrible strategy. We won in spite of it,not because of it.

11/3/19 11:51am

Nope. Everyone has their own preferred voodoo on stats but all that matters is score. Defense’s

mvtoro

11/3/19 11:59am

Yes but it creates a relatively mediocre ceiling

11/3/19 12:15pm

You’d think so, but the fact is it has allowed an offense to do better than their average only once (UW)

mvtoro

11/3/19 12:19pm

Average comparisons are usually a marginal idea

11/3/19 5:08pm

They are different from game to game. What would you call it if you wanted to get a n idea for how good a team is

mvtoro

11/3/19 6:41pm

Just looked ar urahs points evwry gsme. You forget about them?

11/3/19 5:11pm

Did you say Utah? Yes,our offense gave up nearly as many points as our defense did. If you count the fumble near our own

mvtoro

11/3/19 6:38pm

Time of possession is not import but field position is crucial.

pilot17

11/3/19 12:11pm

Much more important that TOP, but not worth sacrificing a shift in points per drive.

mvtoro

11/3/19 12:17pm

I disagree. Most offenses in college football have proven unable to

pilot17

11/3/19 6:39pm

link to tweet:

pilot17

11/3/19 6:40pm

Yeah, the offense has been pretty poor in the last decade. Dependent on defensive bailouts more often than not. But you

mvtoro

11/3/19 6:50pm

But we also forced more punts and had better field position the last two games.

pilot17

11/3/19 7:13pm

Yeah, Forcing a punt is not breaking. Not allowing points. But 512 yards is certainly bending. It’s working better in

mvtoro

11/3/19 7:20pm

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