My Account
Sign up, and CougarBoard will remember which categories you want to view.
Sign up
Report problem with this ad
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Oct 9, 2019
11:23
:06
am
mvtoro
Scrub
Forget TOP and start looking at the most underrated stat on CB (and in college football): Points per possession for and
against.
This is the one that matters so much more and accounts for all different paces of play including clock-draining and hurry-up.
Start a related thread
Start a related poll
Reply via Boardmail
Report problem with this ad
mvtoro
Bio page
mvtoro
Joined
Nov 28, 2006
Last login
Apr 18, 2024
Total posts
11,542 (753 FO)
Report problem with this ad
Messages
Author
Time
This is the most overrated stat on CB, especially in terms of excusing the offense. I’ll buy Time of possession to a
mvtoro
Scrub
10/9/19 11:12am
Notre Dame and Clemson are in the bottom 30 in time of possession
Indy Coug
10/9/19 11:21am
Forget TOP and start looking at the most underrated stat on CB (and in college football): Points per possession for and
mvtoro
10/9/19 11:23am
To a point kinda. Once again to illustrate
CarolinaCoug
10/9/19 11:41am
I don’t get your example. Giving up 3 points per drive is a horrible defense. Yes if you have a horrible defense you
mvtoro
10/9/19 1:40pm
The issue though is field position. Give up drives and then field position is bad, which hurts scoring.
Turnpike Lane
10/9/19 11:23am
BYU's Defense has forced just four 3-and-outs this year. BYU's Offense has had just five 3-and-outs.
SpiffCoug
10/9/19 11:47am
One of those is very acceptable. The other is not.
Turnpike Lane
10/9/19 11:51am
Kalani,"i know what has to be done. I know how to fix this" Fires Grimes...
CarolinaCoug
10/9/19 12:00pm
There’s a strong correlation between field position and scoring
ldssdl
10/9/19 11:48am
Fine. Like I said in OP, field position is a more important factor for helping the offense. TOP is not. Pet peeve now.
mvtoro
10/9/19 1:46pm
My interpretation is simple
I'mBatman
10/9/19 11:47am
Basics of football is physics and geometry.
CarolinaCoug
10/9/19 11:51am
The BYU defense is as stupid and stubborn as the USC offense when we played them
kotacoug
10/9/19 11:53am
AMEN we got lucky ....very lucky.
CarolinaCoug
10/9/19 12:01pm
Precisely
I'mBatman
10/9/19 12:15pm
Both have issues. But giving up yards and TOP is not the problem.
mvtoro
10/9/19 2:50pm
Time of Possession might be overrated, but it has its uses
reddead
10/9/19 2:50pm
These “advantages” are hugely overstated and they lead to mistaken conclusions about performance of offense v defense.
mvtoro
10/9/19 3:10pm
Number of Plays for Each Team Is More Important than Time of Possession (TOP).
Woody3715
10/9/19 3:27pm
This is a good point. I'd also argue that TOP demonstrates which team is playing
reddead
10/9/19 9:35pm
Report problem with this ad
Posting on CougarBoard
In order to post, you will need to either
sign up
or
log in
.
Report problem with this ad