Points per game matter, but points per game compared to other teams is

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Sep 12, 2019
12:08:27pm

cougaman All-American

meaningless. Lots of high paced teams in college football that skew these numbers

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Yes, but... We’re 35th in scoring defense.

mvtoro Scrub

9/12/19 11:22am

Utah taking a knee probably balances the short field gift TD.

displacedute

9/12/19 11:24am

Not quite. That's 1 TD vs. 2 pick-sixes.

All-American

9/12/19 11:30am

I don't think he's counting the pick 6s.

displacedute

9/12/19 11:33am

Not really. The knee happened after the offense had already destroyed the defense’s hope of affecting the outcome.

mvtoro

9/12/19 11:34am

Thank goodness you guess dropped those 6 picks too.

coug almighty

9/12/19 12:09pm

We are definitely a bend don't break defense... but we are bending a bit too much with out of position linebackers

crm48

9/12/19 11:25am

Scoring defense is a horrible way to judge a college defense. Quit acting like

cougaman

9/12/19 11:25am

Well, you shouldn't be ignoring it altogether either

Indy Coug

9/12/19 11:28am

Right, but saying they are 35th is meaningless with how many teams run up tempo

cougaman

9/12/19 11:31am

More meaningful than rushing yards. If our defense can allow 16.5 points per game, we should be able to beat teams with

mvtoro

9/12/19 11:36am

Yup, its like saying Princeton is a top scoring defense in CBB

CaliWG

9/12/19 11:40am

You like points per possession as a metric for basketball then, right? The same is a better metric for football too and

mvtoro

9/12/19 12:33pm

It is the most relevant metric to measure a defense

dc2650

9/12/19 11:37am

Sadly, it is not tic.

SoCalCoug

9/12/19 11:50am

It's reality. Comparing 2 teams who have drastically different strength of

cougaman

9/12/19 12:03pm

Look at points per drive then. It makes pace irrelevant because football gives each team basically the same # of chances

mvtoro

9/12/19 12:08pm

Points per driver is better, but I wasnt turnovers, I want pressure to the

cougaman

9/12/19 12:13pm

Points are the only stat that really matters. All others are only indicators for that stat. Points per drive are a way

mvtoro

9/12/19 12:24pm

It also includes our gift TD to Tennessee

HONOMO

9/12/19 11:29am

True. But at least it was the defense that gave the gift, so that’s more fair to their rating.

mvtoro

9/12/19 11:35am

But you also have to realize that Time of Possession is important.

HONOMO

9/12/19 11:30am

Time of possession is important in its ability to drain the opposing defense, and indirectly affect score. Score is

mvtoro

9/12/19 11:39am

Good points. I agree.

HONOMO

9/12/19 11:51am

Utah was happy to eat clock the whole second half. They were happy to put up

bluesloth

9/12/19 11:32am

I call b.s. on this

Blueto

9/12/19 11:37am

Sure, that’s easy to do when your opponent gives you 20 points. If the offense played 75% as well as the defense did in

mvtoro

9/12/19 11:44am

That stat is artificially skewed by the long drives we allow. It is a bad metric

BYUtka

9/12/19 11:43am

I disagree. Score matters most. But why don’t you look at points per drive then?

mvtoro

9/12/19 12:04pm

Points per game matter, but points per game compared to other teams is

cougaman

9/12/19 12:08pm

I said points per DRIVE. No. Pace does not skew this metric.

mvtoro

9/12/19 12:25pm

I missed that initially. Better than points per game. Still not a perfect

cougaman

9/12/19 12:38pm

Much more meaningful than the criticism of yards allowed that my response is linked to. That was my point. And we’re in

mvtoro

9/12/19 1:03pm

Yards per carry would be meaningful though. I discount any stat in CFB that is

cougaman

9/12/19 1:12pm

Still only meaningful if it translates to points.

mvtoro

9/12/19 1:29pm

No, long drives mean or offense had fewer opportunities to score and usually

cougaman

9/12/19 1:48pm

Same number of opportunities to score as the opponent has. And if our defense is holding keeping them to 1.6 points per

mvtoro

9/12/19 3:01pm

Not all opportunities are equal.

cougaman

9/12/19 3:09pm

I agree with you. However, one theory tossed around is that long drives take our

Odysseus

9/12/19 1:45pm

Our offense's problems aren't due to our defense. They need to improve.

mvtoro

9/12/19 2:51pm

Our offense needs shorter fields to score against P5 defenses.

CougarCanuck76

9/12/19 1:52pm

Our offense needs to improve. They can't expect more help from the defense than they're already getting also against

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