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As always, only games vs FBS teams are factored in these numbers.
Offense:
Yards per play: 63rd (5.78 YPP)
Points per game: 78th (25.6 PPG)
Passing yards per game: 38th (260.3 YPG)
Passing completion percentage: 55th (61.1%)
Passing yards per attempt: 40th (7.9 YPA)
Passer rating: 31st (145.9)
Rushing yards per game: 121st (104.67 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt: 109th (3.49 YPA)
Sacks given up per game: 125th (4 per game) -- Only 11 in the last 5 games, however (2.2 per game)-- HUGE improvement
3rd down conversion %: 128th (27.3%)
4th down conversion %: 88th (46.7% -- 7 for 15)
TFLs allowed per game: 121st (7.89 per game)
Red Zone TD %: 103rd (50% TD rate, 19 TDs in 38 chances)
Red Zone Scoring %: 118th (27 scores in 38 chances)
Field goal %: 119th (10 out of 18)
PAT %: 108th (33 out of 35)
Defense:
Yards per play allowed: 21st (4.94 YPP)
Points per game allowed: 27th (21.3 PPG)
Passing yards per game allowed: 52nd (220.3 YPG)
Passing completion percentage allowed: 41st (57.9%)
Passing yards per attempt: 60th (7.3 YPA)
Passer rating allowed: 41st (126.82)
Rushing yards per game allowed: 14th (109.67 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt allowed: 11th (3.01 YPA)
Sacks per game: 4th (3.89 sacks per game)
3rd down % allowed: 60th (39.13% allowed)
4th down % allowed: 123rd (70.59% allowed)
TFLs per game: 3rd (9.11 per game)
Red Zone td % allowed: 17th (50% allowed -- 15 TDs in 30 chances)
Red Zone Scoring % allowed: 63rd (83.3% allowed -- 25 scores in 30 chances)
Punting: 17th (44.9 Yard average)
Team Stats:
Penalties: 107th (7.4 penalties per game)
Penalty yards: 90th (62.4 Yards per game)
Turnover margin: 12th (0.78 per game -- 17 takeaways, 10 giveaways)
Time of possession: 75th (29:32 per game)
Number of offensive plays: 77th
Advanced metrics:
Overall SP+: 27th
Offensive SP+: 61st
Defensive SP+: 16th
Special Teams SP+: 79th
Sagarin Ranking: 32nd
Massey Rankings: 37th
Takeaways:
Well, it finally happened. Took 9 weeks, but it finally happened. Miami's offense finally carried the defense to a win. Not to say that the defense was awful...it wasn't great, but it wasn't an abomination. But the offense finally broke out and put up some huge numbers, of course most notably 52 offensive points, tied for the most we've ever scored in an ACC game. As you'd expect, the offensive metrics rose a little, and the defensive metrics slid a little. Biggest jumps were in PPG (from 99th to 78th) and Passer Rating (from 56th to 31st -- pretty expected when your QB throws 6 TDs and 0 INTs). But Miami put up 8.16 YPP, the biggest number for an FBS game all year (Bethune was only 8.31), and that was also the best number in a P5 game since Duke in 2016. So you can say the offense came to play. Now, as was discussed many times on here, especially by @Liberty City El, the Louisville defense was/is absolutely catastrophic. So, one can say we did what we *should* have done. But still, considering we rarely do what we should do to these 2nd rate teams, I'll take it happily. The offense was explosive, efficient, and dropped a 50-burger in about 3 quarters. Not much to complain about this week. I'd also be remiss when discussing the offense if I failed to mention #15. Fellas.....I don't wanna say this too loud. But we got ourselves a QB. Since he relieved Kosi in the Pitt game, all he's done is complete 60% of his passes for 9.2 YPA, 9 TDs and 0 INTs. Oh, and 2 road wins and the best offensive performance we've seen in 4 years. Not too shabby. His individual numbers for the season are now:
67.0% completions (21st nationally)
8.8 YPA (14th nationally)
164.83 rating (9th nationally)
He's certainly had his bumps this year. He was absolutely not prepared for what he saw in Orlando against the sheep****ers. And neither was his offensive line. But the injury/benching may have been a blessing in disguise for him. It seems to be like the game has slowed down a lot. His pocket presence looks to be much improved. He's poised. He's willing to take off now. He's going through his reads. He's DEADLY accurate with the football. He is throwing the ball with confidence and precision down the field. It sure as **** helps when his offensive line gives him more than a nanosecond to throw the ball, so they deserve a lot of credit here too. And Enos had him a lot more in the gun and has scrapped a lot of the slow developing play-action plays we ran from under center, so that's helping a lot as well. But he is CLEARLY the best QB on this team, and well on his way to becoming an upper-echelon college QB. Enos may not be the best coordinator, but we know he can coach QBs, and Williams is only going to get better and better. If the OL continues to gel, the rest of this year and especially next year may be fun.
On defense, not much needs to be said. The defense gave up some big plays, but Louisville has been doing that to teams all year. They really do have an excellent offense and excellent coaching on that side. I LOVED the Satterfield hire when they made it, and he's done nothing but impress. Coming off the emotional, intense battle against FSU, I knew the defense wouldn't be able to fully match that intensity. And they didn't. But they made enough plays when they needed to, they took the ball away twice, 3 more sacks...overall a decent performance. But this is what good teams do. When one unit isn't playing their A+ game, the other unit steps up. Well, this was the first time we saw our A game from the offense. Enos should've been buying Baker drinks every week all year....well this is the first time that Baker needed to pick up the check. 2 more games left...let's go drop 50 on FIU and go kick the **** out Duke (we owe them from last year). 8-4 with a 5 game winning streak headed to a halfway decent bowl would be some nice momentum headed to next year.
Oh, and Lou Hedley continues to be my hero.
Offense:
Yards per play: 63rd (5.78 YPP)
Points per game: 78th (25.6 PPG)
Passing yards per game: 38th (260.3 YPG)
Passing completion percentage: 55th (61.1%)
Passing yards per attempt: 40th (7.9 YPA)
Passer rating: 31st (145.9)
Rushing yards per game: 121st (104.67 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt: 109th (3.49 YPA)
Sacks given up per game: 125th (4 per game) -- Only 11 in the last 5 games, however (2.2 per game)-- HUGE improvement
3rd down conversion %: 128th (27.3%)
4th down conversion %: 88th (46.7% -- 7 for 15)
TFLs allowed per game: 121st (7.89 per game)
Red Zone TD %: 103rd (50% TD rate, 19 TDs in 38 chances)
Red Zone Scoring %: 118th (27 scores in 38 chances)
Field goal %: 119th (10 out of 18)
PAT %: 108th (33 out of 35)
Defense:
Yards per play allowed: 21st (4.94 YPP)
Points per game allowed: 27th (21.3 PPG)
Passing yards per game allowed: 52nd (220.3 YPG)
Passing completion percentage allowed: 41st (57.9%)
Passing yards per attempt: 60th (7.3 YPA)
Passer rating allowed: 41st (126.82)
Rushing yards per game allowed: 14th (109.67 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt allowed: 11th (3.01 YPA)
Sacks per game: 4th (3.89 sacks per game)
3rd down % allowed: 60th (39.13% allowed)
4th down % allowed: 123rd (70.59% allowed)
TFLs per game: 3rd (9.11 per game)
Red Zone td % allowed: 17th (50% allowed -- 15 TDs in 30 chances)
Red Zone Scoring % allowed: 63rd (83.3% allowed -- 25 scores in 30 chances)
Punting: 17th (44.9 Yard average)
Team Stats:
Penalties: 107th (7.4 penalties per game)
Penalty yards: 90th (62.4 Yards per game)
Turnover margin: 12th (0.78 per game -- 17 takeaways, 10 giveaways)
Time of possession: 75th (29:32 per game)
Number of offensive plays: 77th
Advanced metrics:
Overall SP+: 27th
Offensive SP+: 61st
Defensive SP+: 16th
Special Teams SP+: 79th
Sagarin Ranking: 32nd
Massey Rankings: 37th
Takeaways:
Well, it finally happened. Took 9 weeks, but it finally happened. Miami's offense finally carried the defense to a win. Not to say that the defense was awful...it wasn't great, but it wasn't an abomination. But the offense finally broke out and put up some huge numbers, of course most notably 52 offensive points, tied for the most we've ever scored in an ACC game. As you'd expect, the offensive metrics rose a little, and the defensive metrics slid a little. Biggest jumps were in PPG (from 99th to 78th) and Passer Rating (from 56th to 31st -- pretty expected when your QB throws 6 TDs and 0 INTs). But Miami put up 8.16 YPP, the biggest number for an FBS game all year (Bethune was only 8.31), and that was also the best number in a P5 game since Duke in 2016. So you can say the offense came to play. Now, as was discussed many times on here, especially by @Liberty City El, the Louisville defense was/is absolutely catastrophic. So, one can say we did what we *should* have done. But still, considering we rarely do what we should do to these 2nd rate teams, I'll take it happily. The offense was explosive, efficient, and dropped a 50-burger in about 3 quarters. Not much to complain about this week. I'd also be remiss when discussing the offense if I failed to mention #15. Fellas.....I don't wanna say this too loud. But we got ourselves a QB. Since he relieved Kosi in the Pitt game, all he's done is complete 60% of his passes for 9.2 YPA, 9 TDs and 0 INTs. Oh, and 2 road wins and the best offensive performance we've seen in 4 years. Not too shabby. His individual numbers for the season are now:
67.0% completions (21st nationally)
8.8 YPA (14th nationally)
164.83 rating (9th nationally)
He's certainly had his bumps this year. He was absolutely not prepared for what he saw in Orlando against the sheep****ers. And neither was his offensive line. But the injury/benching may have been a blessing in disguise for him. It seems to be like the game has slowed down a lot. His pocket presence looks to be much improved. He's poised. He's willing to take off now. He's going through his reads. He's DEADLY accurate with the football. He is throwing the ball with confidence and precision down the field. It sure as **** helps when his offensive line gives him more than a nanosecond to throw the ball, so they deserve a lot of credit here too. And Enos had him a lot more in the gun and has scrapped a lot of the slow developing play-action plays we ran from under center, so that's helping a lot as well. But he is CLEARLY the best QB on this team, and well on his way to becoming an upper-echelon college QB. Enos may not be the best coordinator, but we know he can coach QBs, and Williams is only going to get better and better. If the OL continues to gel, the rest of this year and especially next year may be fun.
On defense, not much needs to be said. The defense gave up some big plays, but Louisville has been doing that to teams all year. They really do have an excellent offense and excellent coaching on that side. I LOVED the Satterfield hire when they made it, and he's done nothing but impress. Coming off the emotional, intense battle against FSU, I knew the defense wouldn't be able to fully match that intensity. And they didn't. But they made enough plays when they needed to, they took the ball away twice, 3 more sacks...overall a decent performance. But this is what good teams do. When one unit isn't playing their A+ game, the other unit steps up. Well, this was the first time we saw our A game from the offense. Enos should've been buying Baker drinks every week all year....well this is the first time that Baker needed to pick up the check. 2 more games left...let's go drop 50 on FIU and go kick the **** out Duke (we owe them from last year). 8-4 with a 5 game winning streak headed to a halfway decent bowl would be some nice momentum headed to next year.
Oh, and Lou Hedley continues to be my hero.
