That's a good point. Often 3rd and long resulted in 4th and short, which would then be converted,

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Jun 22, 2022
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3rd and long stats, 2021 season (garbage time removed) - 77 faced, 21 converted, 27%

molodyets Slava Ukraini

6/22/22 1:55pm

So two fewer conversions out of 77 attempts would have put us at the national average.

Indy Coug

6/22/22 2:03pm

And he removed garbage time... So yes, in answer to your question our defense

PrimeQuantumDeek

6/22/22 3:15pm

One per game more and we're the worst too.

ManicBlue

6/22/22 2:13pm

Yup. So it really is something that is not the big issue/factor many feel it is. We feel that it's "eveyr time" but

molodyets

6/22/22 2:17pm

Interesting. How about 4th down. Seems teams often got partially there on 3d

pilot17

6/22/22 2:15pm

See South Florida half 2

PortlandCoug

6/22/22 2:21pm

Here's the USF 4th down attempts, non garbage time:

molodyets

6/22/22 4:03pm

4th down:

molodyets

6/22/22 2:42pm

What was the overall 4th down conversion rate

PortlandCoug

6/22/22 2:19pm

We were 109th at 0.654 opponents' 4th down conversion rate.

IdahoCoug

6/22/22 2:24pm

And therein lies the bigger picture

PortlandCoug

6/22/22 2:27pm

That's a good point. Often 3rd and long resulted in 4th and short, which would then be converted,

IdahoCoug

6/22/22 2:34pm

I lied above, forgot to filter out timeouts that get logged twice. we were 16/24. only 4 were 3rd and long, on those 4

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