chaosblade
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How on earth is Ole Miss behind Kentucky in YPP? #60? That's really surprising to me.
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College Football 2013 |Week 8| The best X-loss teams in the nation
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How on earth is Ole Miss behind Kentucky in YPP? #60? That's really surprising to me.
Maybe going fast means smaller chunks of yards at a time? But really, looks like going apeshit on the horrible Miami of Ohio boosts them. But damn, they averaged 5 ypp against South Carolina.
A&M's highest YPP came against Alabama (hey, apparently, having a 1 play for 95 yards will furk you up)
:lol, take away that one play, and Alabama's tied with Oregon on Defensive YPP. Mike Evans should be a Top 5 pick.
theprodigy
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he should fix it then, if Oregon is #5
funny, going fast makes Oregon's defense look worse than they really are
Something along the line of SaltyBet?
Oh yeah, might as well post a photo from my seat. I need to make more money, to afford more tickets. Stupid decade long waiting list...
chicko1983
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I Push Fat Kids said:
Stats are not the best indication of ability in college football because no two teams have the same schedule. And then you can't go back into previous years as teams differ so much each year.
Also, you are talking about Yards per play, is that a defensive or offensive stat?
You can only really base the current teams against each other and from what I have seen, Oregon have the weakest defense of the four.
I Push Fat Kids said:
So now you rank them as having the third best defense out of the four, which isnt too far different than my opinion.
I'd argue that Ohio St's opponents have so far been better than Oregon. Wisconsin has the best offense of all the teams that either team has played. They scored 24pts against Ohio St which is a good indication to me that Ohio St have a good defense.
I'm yet to see Oregon under the same sort of offensive pressure that OSU got from Wisconsin (two awesome running backs and an awesome wide receiver).
Washington has a decent offense but not as good as Wisconsin. They provided Oregon a pretty good work out and scored 24pts against them.
Based on what I have seen Ohio St has a better defense than Oregon but worse than Alabama and FSU.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Looks like Shaw isn't playing against Mizzou. If so they should cruise until they play JFF and Evans, but upsets aren't exactly out of the ordinary at the moment.
It's both, since the offense earns YPP and the defense gives up YPP.
In either case you have to factor in the quality of the opposing offense/defense though. Baylor, for example, looks really good in terms of how few yards they've given up but the best team they've played on offense is KSU, who is 46 in YPP and 76 in YPG. Second best is WVU, 84 in YPP and 78 in YPG. Easy to pad stats against cupcakes, on both offense and defense.
It's both, since the offense earns YPP and the defense gives up YPP.
In either case you have to factor in the quality of the opposing offense/defense though. Baylor, for example, looks really good in terms of how few yards they've given up but the best team they've played on offense is KSU, who is 46 in YPP and 76 in YPG. Second best is WVU, 84 in YPP and 78 in YPG. Easy to pad stats against cupcakes, on both offense and defense.
chicko1983
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Cheers for the clarification.
Yes, I agree you have to base it on the quality of the opposition.
Wisconsin and Northwestern (two best teams Ohio State have played) have better offenses than Washington and Washington State (two best teams Oregon have played).
Yet OSU gave up less points to those teams compared to what Oregon gave up.
chaosblade
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Wisconsin is in the top 10 on offense, but Northwestern is actually ranked lower than both Washington teams (well, better than Washington St. on YPP, not YPG, but that's probably distorted due to the Air Raid).
But then you have to determine the competition of those teams and it becomes a messy tangled web of who-gives-a-shit-let's-just-see-what-happens.
But then you have to determine the competition of those teams and it becomes a messy tangled web of who-gives-a-shit-let's-just-see-what-happens.
chicko1983
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yep, its a huge messy tangled web that is for sure.
I only base my opinion on what I have seen. And from what I have seen, Ohio St have a better defense than Oregon.
I can't articulate exactly why I think that, but its got something to with the balance of Ohio St's defense. It doesn't rely on a couple of players but many good players, hence why they defended well against Wisconsin who can run (with Guiton, Gordon etc) and throw with Abbredaris. If they had a decent QB, and not a choker like Save (or whatever his name is) Wisconsin would be one of the best offenses in CFB.
bucknuticus
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I think Methane thinks that JFF is Jameis.
BertramCooper
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Given Johnny's family, I'm guessing he's probably been an asshole his entire life.
Well, I can't imagine this lasts as I can't see us going undefeated, but if before the season you had offered me a season which saw us hit the top 10 at some point regardless of final standing I'd probably have taken it without a second thought.
True freshman QBs, shallow OL, young first time head coach, and our fifth defensive coordinator in 5 years? At 7-0 right now we're playing with house money for the rest of the season. I think I'll probably be satisfied with anything better than 0-5 to finish the season at this point.
True freshman QBs, shallow OL, young first time head coach, and our fifth defensive coordinator in 5 years? At 7-0 right now we're playing with house money for the rest of the season. I think I'll probably be satisfied with anything better than 0-5 to finish the season at this point.
Usually if concussion symptoms persist or if someone gets two very quickly, they shut someone down for the remainder of the year at a minimum. I would be surprised if we see him again this season.
I think the fact he is so humble helps balance out his big personality. He's playing great but never answers the questions about his individual success with any talk of himself -- it's always about his OL, his receivers, his defense, etc. Really refreshing.
I don't see Arkansas on there. That can't be right. Burt, what is going on here?!
Sorry, he's our 3rd string at the moment. We do have a 5th string ginger QB you can have. I'll even thrown in a senior CB with starting experience.
DONE. NO GIVE BACKS.
And you'll find one John Fulton in your inbox in the morning. *snicker*
Whoa... I am stunned into silence by his incredible ginger-ness.DONE. NO GIVE BACKS.
And you'll find one John Fulton in your inbox in the morning. *snicker*
This guy is clearly the result of an experiment to splice the DNA of Brandon Weeden and Andy Dalton to create the ultimate ginger QB.
That 1st picture, he barely has enough flesh tone in his skin, to stand out from the white background.
Exactly. I would pay money to the person who finds a post-game interview with Jameis where he credits only himself. Every single interview, every single one, the interviewer ALWAYS tries to get Jameis to talk about himself. He always credits his receivers and guys around him much more than himself. It's extraordinarily refreshing.
Prime example: Clemson post-game interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJywFHwWKc
For a guy who's shot to stardom overnight, his humbleness and confidence is astounding.
BertramCooper
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:jnc
Affeinvasion
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Sometimes I really like Brian Kelly's dry sense of humor.
From Sunday's teleconference:
Q. 5‑2, not ranked. One of the handful of times in Notre Dame that's happened. Any thoughts on that?
COACH KELLY: Must be a conspiracy.
From Sunday's teleconference:
Q. 5‑2, not ranked. One of the handful of times in Notre Dame that's happened. Any thoughts on that?
COACH KELLY: Must be a conspiracy.
Frustrated_Grunt
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I know those of us still at Death Valley at that point were happy. After that slaughter we were willing to celebrate anything.
bucknuticus
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Carlos Hyde has not had a negative or no gain run this entire season, meanwhile Michigans Fitz Toussaint has 11 of his 32 go for no gain or negative yards against Indiana.
Tuesdays at ~7:00 AM central.
I cannot wait to read the Clemsoning.
Yeah, but UGA lost to Vandy. That still stings, no matter what you've done before.
Ouch.
I believe my exact quote at that point was "Sammie Coates goddamn"
It's in anticipation of their loss to BYU. You don't get to be ranked if you lose to BYU this year.
A Reddit user is claiming they have a source that UGA has fired Grantham. Remaining highly skeptical of this.