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Stat of the Day: Yards Per Play Allowed

The top three look familiar... Hell, they all do.

Natl. RankTeam G Rush Yards Pass Yards Plays Total Yards Yards/Play Yards/G
1 Texas 7 289 1360 461 1649 3.58 235.6
2 Alabama 8 534 1408 503 1942 3.86 242.8
3 Florida 7 662 945 415 1607 3.87 229.6
4 Oklahoma 7 491 1363 475 1854 3.90 264.9

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Except one team forgot to recruit on the offensive side of the ball.

"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown

by TXStampede on Oct 26, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

think he is referring to bama

by MJY6087 on Oct 26, 2009 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They a have great RB and WR

But it just goes to show how important the QB position is.

by aaronlybrand on Oct 27, 2009 12:08 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

'have a'

Mobile typing is tough for some.

by aaronlybrand on Oct 27, 2009 12:09 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

Bama has good offensive talent. They’re just young, with a mediocre QB.

I actually prefer our D against Florida’s O. If you can look pas the Tebow hype, you’ll realize that there’s not much there.

by bigdukesix on Oct 27, 2009 1:56 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OU

With a defense like that no way they should have lost to both BYU and Miami. Ok ok ok, good point. They lost their Heisman trophy QB and their all-american TE and 4 offensive lineman but c’mon, reload and repair. Is that Stoops’ achilles heel?

"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown

by TXStampede on Oct 27, 2009 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm confused.

I know stats are for losers (Coach Boom 3:16), but three of those four teams are undefeated.

by tdwalsh on Oct 27, 2009 12:20 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Woooo!!!!

SEC DEFENSE IS TEH AWESOME!!!!!

"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."

by bendj on Oct 27, 2009 1:07 AM CDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

One other point of consideration....

This would apply to Bama more than Florida…

But we often have a team blown out and have our 2nd or 3rd string D in the game. Bama can’t afford to do that very often because a blowout to them is a 10 pt lead.

Florida I imagine has let their 2nd & 3rd stringers play more in some of their blowouts.

by Orangechipper on Oct 27, 2009 8:19 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good point...

While you could go through all the game logs and track a defense’s efficiency in ‘crunch periods’ when the game was still in doubt, the easiest answer is ‘underestimate the Texas defense at your own peril!’

by Rickyspub on Oct 27, 2009 8:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It would appear...

…that we don’t want to play Florida, unless we can figure out how to run the ball. I really want a shot at Florida – both to knock Tebow off, and to show that the best team in the Big XII went to Tempe last January, and not Miami as some would have us believe.

That having been said, in looking at these numbers, it seems to me that we have a better shot at winning a game against Alabama, who gives up more passing yards than any of the other three teams listed.

Really? Does my signature suck?

by adt2 on Oct 27, 2009 9:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Interestingly while Texas does way better (allowing 90.0 yds/g) against bad teams,

Both Bama and UF do worse. Or you could say they do better against good teams. Bad teams = losing record. Texas has played 2/7, UF 4/7, and Bama 4/7.

Also UF’s offense gains more yards against winning teams than losing teams. They’ve also played fewer winning teams than UT or Bama though so I imagine sample sizes have something to with that.

Other things I found interesting:

  • Florida gained 45% of their passing yards in their 2 non-cons
  • UT has more offensive plays than either SEC team even though Bama’s had 8 games
  • The Mizzou game was the first game in conference that UT averaged more than 5 yds/play on offense.
  • Arkansas did a great job against both UF and Bama’s rushing. Holding them to ~135 yards each.
  • Offensively we match up slightly better with Bama / Defensively slightly better with UF.

by ajax77777 on Oct 27, 2009 3:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs


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