RomeoJunior
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If you're dealing with OFD (Offensive Football Depression),....just close this thread now...
I'm not even the biggest fan of Diaz yet,....but lies are lies,...and I just thought I'd give Richt's team a comprehensive look stat-wise so the constant 1-liners his detractors can be heard and/or dispelled.
Look,...the guy is far from some grade A, defensive savant in CFB because that requires time at the top to prove. But for 2018,....it's clear that Manny's defense was successful and overcame trashy play on offense and STs.
A poster every now and then alleges that Manny's D. . . .
Suggesting that Miami is the only team in the nation ranked defensively that had "crap competition."
A simple, levelheaded retort to follow with is "well why don't we look at things comprehensively, instead of singling out games, to answer the question of whether this defense failed when it did on it's own, or got enough help to justify it should've done much better??"
So what happens when we stop plucking details from this game or that game and look at EVERYTHING, you see that out of 65 total Power 5 Teams, this is how we stacked up on offense since we were 10-0 last year...AND MIND YOU THIS IS EVEN WITH DEFENSIVE HELP (Shown Later On Down Below). . . .
More 2018 Horrifying Stats For UM
Out of 129 FBS Teams....
5) Although we were tied for 9th in Turnovers Gained (2 per game), we were also tied for 116th worst in Turnover Lost per game (2 per game).
6) We were 114th in Passing Efficiency (112.2) (**Northern Ill, Mich St., UCal)
7) We were also 119th in the nation in 1st down conversions (17.08 per game)....
8)....and 120th in the nation in passing 1st down conversions per game (6.84) (**Pitt)
Then, someone like @cmike73 proudly points out that...
...but he's completely oblivious to all of the time Richt ran the ball and chewed the clock whenever he could in the 2nd half of 7 or so games we won, misconstruing that stat!
When we look at the 6 games we lost like @cmike73 and Manny's other detractors like to do....
9) Our average time of possession was 27 minutes 18 seconds (which would've ranked 119th in the nation), and
10) We were able to run 61 offensive plays per game (which would've ranked 127th in the nation)
Conclusion: If you're trying to argue that our offense was given opportunities by the defense, that's pretty **** easy in a separate thread.
But if you're trying to sell some narrative that the offense held onto the ball plenty enough time for the defense to perform much better, it's a completely false narrative, as the stats show. If anything, I'm left to wonder why the D didn't fold up midseason and how they were still able to rank where they did, knowing STs and the Offense was going to keep performing amongst the worst in college football.
Again,...let's not act like Diaz is on Rex Ryan's level, defensively. But let's also not make up false narratives to help you not believe in the guy. If you don't like his style of play or trust his gameplanning, that's perfectly fine.
But if you feel like Diaz' defense should've performed much better given the up above,...there's one simple question: Why??
** -- only these bowl-eligible teams were worse
I'm not even the biggest fan of Diaz yet,....but lies are lies,...and I just thought I'd give Richt's team a comprehensive look stat-wise so the constant 1-liners his detractors can be heard and/or dispelled.
Look,...the guy is far from some grade A, defensive savant in CFB because that requires time at the top to prove. But for 2018,....it's clear that Manny's defense was successful and overcame trashy play on offense and STs.
A poster every now and then alleges that Manny's D. . . .
Suggesting that Miami is the only team in the nation ranked defensively that had "crap competition."
A simple, levelheaded retort to follow with is "well why don't we look at things comprehensively, instead of singling out games, to answer the question of whether this defense failed when it did on it's own, or got enough help to justify it should've done much better??"
So what happens when we stop plucking details from this game or that game and look at EVERYTHING, you see that out of 65 total Power 5 Teams, this is how we stacked up on offense since we were 10-0 last year...AND MIND YOU THIS IS EVEN WITH DEFENSIVE HELP (Shown Later On Down Below). . . .
More 2018 Horrifying Stats For UM
Out of 129 FBS Teams....
5) Although we were tied for 9th in Turnovers Gained (2 per game), we were also tied for 116th worst in Turnover Lost per game (2 per game).
6) We were 114th in Passing Efficiency (112.2) (**Northern Ill, Mich St., UCal)
7) We were also 119th in the nation in 1st down conversions (17.08 per game)....
8)....and 120th in the nation in passing 1st down conversions per game (6.84) (**Pitt)
Then, someone like @cmike73 proudly points out that...
...but he's completely oblivious to all of the time Richt ran the ball and chewed the clock whenever he could in the 2nd half of 7 or so games we won, misconstruing that stat!
When we look at the 6 games we lost like @cmike73 and Manny's other detractors like to do....
9) Our average time of possession was 27 minutes 18 seconds (which would've ranked 119th in the nation), and
10) We were able to run 61 offensive plays per game (which would've ranked 127th in the nation)
Conclusion: If you're trying to argue that our offense was given opportunities by the defense, that's pretty **** easy in a separate thread.
But if you're trying to sell some narrative that the offense held onto the ball plenty enough time for the defense to perform much better, it's a completely false narrative, as the stats show. If anything, I'm left to wonder why the D didn't fold up midseason and how they were still able to rank where they did, knowing STs and the Offense was going to keep performing amongst the worst in college football.
Again,...let's not act like Diaz is on Rex Ryan's level, defensively. But let's also not make up false narratives to help you not believe in the guy. If you don't like his style of play or trust his gameplanning, that's perfectly fine.
But if you feel like Diaz' defense should've performed much better given the up above,...there's one simple question: Why??
** -- only these bowl-eligible teams were worse
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