Think it was you who mentioned possessions in regards to Mario and explosives, sorry if I am wrong, just adding here for reference..7 drives for 42 points against Stanford
7 drives for 49 points against FAMU.
I literally pretend like FAMU didn’t even happen. That is legitimately a high school team, no bull****.
But just for funsies, Darian Mensah has played in 14 drives and we have scored 91 points. LMAO.
That’s 6.5 points per drive. Anything above 4 is literally historic. Somewhere in the high 3’s leads the country every year. 3.8, 3.9…that’ll be best in America year over year. We are at 6.5 when Mensah plays
Just silly.
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Yep, that was me. That’s wild, I didn’t even realize it was that drastic. Mario 100% talked about it, though. Great post, thank you.
For sure, all the analytics guys and offensive guys also seem to care about two things and say that will win majority of games, explosive plays and turnovers. With limited possessions, explosives become more valuable so Mario is definitely hip on the latest trends but with two high and now 3 high safeties putting a cap on things, makes it that much harder as that trend makes the rounds..
Everyone cant have a light box like they are Seahawks/'23 mich/Ravens but most people arent patient now to pound it down field, which made our '25 team a pain to deal with because we were very comfortable with it because that was our path to victory..