Because we played a weak *** schedule?
Rush yards per game
CMU #42
VaTech #49
LaTech #52
FIU #63
GT #72
Duke #79
FSU #93
Florida #109
UVA #117
Pitt #118
4 non P5 teams on the schedule will help. But I know, I’m wrong because you know more.
And you can beat that TFL drum all you want but it means something In this defense. The defense is designed to cause chaos up front to force TOs. So the lack of TFLs is directly coorelated to the lack of turnovers forced which was 20, down from 25 in ‘18 and 31 in ‘17.
I could keep going but I gotta put the kids to bed. Feel free to debunk
You should add UNC who was #38, and Louisville who was #24. That would make 9 out of 12 games that were opponents we played the previous year.
I'll list our performance in rushing yards vs their season average in rushing YPG. Green means we held them under their average, red means they performed better against us.
Louisville - 60 yards
UNC - 91 yards
CMU - 150 yards
VATech - 23 yards
LaTech - 8 yards
FIU - 28 yards
GaTech - 55 yards (Our worst run defense of the year)
Duke - 19
FSU - 109 (They had 31 yards) LMFAO FVCK FSU
UF- 79 (They had 50 yards) LOL FVCK YALL TOO
UVA - 47
Pitt - 58
Our 2 biggest rivals combined for 81 yards man..
So...next year, we'll be playing:
-Michigan St who had a worse run offense than UF and FSU
-UAB who's run offense ranks between GT/Duke (So below average)
-Temple who's between FSU and UF
-Wake Forest who's between VaTech and LaTech
-Wagner to replace Bethune.
So I'll ask the same question that I always ask when people say "We didn't play anyone".
Are we going to bash our defense for what they didn't do against schools we didn't play?