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Week 9 Stat Roll

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As always, only games vs FBS teams are factored in these numbers.

Offense:

Yards per play: 79th (5.49 YPP)
Points per game: 104th (21.6 PPG)
Passing yards per game: 39th (254.0 YPG)
Passing completion percentage: 54th (60.9%)
Passing yards per attempt: 55th (7.5 YPA)
Passer rating: 55th (136.12)
Rushing yards per game: 120th (100.7 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt: 113th (3.48 YPA)
Sacks given up per game: 128th (4.71 per game) -- Given up 3, 3, and 2 sacks the last 3 weeks and STILL 128th in the country
3rd down conversion %: 128th (25.9%)
4th down conversion %: 97th (41.7% -- 5 for 12)
TFLs allowed per game: 123rd (8.5 per game)
Red Zone TD %: 113th (48.28% TD rate, 14 TDs in 29 chances)
Red Zone Scoring %: 125th (19 scores in 29 chances)
Field goal %: 122nd (7 out of 14)
PAT %: 113th (23 out of 25)

Defense:

Yards per play allowed: 20th (4.85 YPP)
Points per game allowed: 29th (22.1 PPG)
Passing yards per game allowed: 47th (211.9 YPG)
Passing completion percentage allowed: 24th (55.6%)
Passing yards per attempt: 41st (6.9 YPA)
Passer rating allowed: 37th (122.35)
Rushing yards per game allowed: 19th (112.57 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt allowed: 14th (3.13 YPA)
Sacks per game: 13th (3.29 sacks per game)
3rd down % allowed: 81st (41.1% allowed)
4th down % allowed: 124th (81.8% allowed)
TFLs per game: 23rd (7.4 per game)
Red Zone td % allowed: 24th (52.2% allowed -- 12 TDs in 23 chances)
Red Zone Scoring % allowed: 117th (91.3% allowed -- 21 scores in 23 chances)
Punting: 21st (44.6 Yard average)

Team Stats:

Penalties: 118th (8 penalties per game) -- 3 games in a row with 4 or less penalties. Season-low 3 on Saturday. Definitely improving.
Penalty yards: 92nd (63.1 Yards per game)
Turnover margin: 34th (0.43 per game -- 12 takeaways, 9 giveaways)
Time of possession: 62nd (30:03 per game)
Number of offensive plays: 94th (452 plays)

Advanced metrics:

Overall SP+: 30th
Offensive SP+: 71st
Defensive SP+: 15th
Special Teams SP+: 83rd
Sagarin Ranking: 50th
Massey Rankings: 56th

Takeaways:

The offensive numbers continue to plummet after another abysmal performance on Saturday. The win was great, but when you're gifted 3 turnovers in the first half of a football game, one at your opponent's 35 and another at your opponent's 17, you need to build a big lead (Hey, isn't that what VT did to us?)….instead, Miami only turned those 3 turnovers into 10 points, and the rest of the game was a complete washout until the last drive. Miami finished 84th last year in YPP and 89th in scoring offense, and we all thought there was no way anybody could be as bad as Richt and the Rosier/Perry carousel. Well, at 79th and 104th....it's just as bad, if not worse. Miami does literally NOTHING well on offense. Every single stat is either average, or among the worst in the entire country. It's got to be said that at this point, Dan Enos has been nothing short of an abject failure. Now, the kids are to blame as well. We know all of the issues, but the bottom line is the OC is the head of the snake, it's his job to squeeze all productivity positive out of an offense, and there has been very little. So, it's on him. This is basically the same team as last year, AGAIN. A pitiful offense with spotty QB play sputtering weekly, with a few explosive plays mixed into an overall bowl of diarrhea. Saturday was yet ANOTHER game where the defense clearly outplayed the offense. I will not go overboard in my praise for the defense, as it's certainly had its moments of ineptitude, but Dan Enos should be running out of gift ideas for Blake Baker at this point. This is now 3 games in a row where the offense has been absolutely tragic. The one silver lining here, possibly, is that it looks like the Kosi Perry Experiment is over for the 14th time. Jarren Williams is certainly not a world-beater, but let's be honest here, he's clearly the better QB. Neither of these kids are going to do much behind this OL and with this unimaginative, mind-numbing scheme, but Williams is at least accurate with the football and can move the sticks. Perry's singular upgrade is his escapeability in the pocket, which he showed a couple times to avoid sacks, but he still has zero pocket presence in the ability to feel a rush and keep his eyes downfield. Both sacks he took Saturday were pure panic jobs where he was pressured, and tried to locate the rush with his eyes, stood still in the pocket, and took a sack. He's a better player this year than last, he's willing to take shots downfield, but he's not the better option here. Clearly Williams will start against FSU, and should have some success considering their inability to rush the passer.

Get ready for a pillow fight on Saturday in Tallahassee. I expect another low scoring affair, and another 1 score game, just like Miami has been playing basically every single week. Let's hope the ball continues to bounce our way.

Lastly, just a couple positives to highlight (there's not many). For one, the OL played a little better on Saturday. The QBs were pressured, but it was less than what we've seen previously, and especially considering what Pitt had done to virtually every offense they'd played until now, you have to applaud the OL. Baby steps. They're still horrendous, but at least it wasn't a complete catastrophe. Also the penalties have decreased significantly. Miami had a season low in penalties on Saturday (3) after only having 4 both of the last 2 weeks. Step in the right direction after the terrible start to the year. And 2 of the 3 turnovers were forced....McCloud made a fantastic play on the pick, and Bolden forced another. That needs to continue. FSU has given it away 11 times in 8 games. Would be nice to see the chain 2+ times this weekend.
 
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this team is all over the place. give up sacks left and right to cmu, but hold the team with more sacks than anyone in fbs to their worst all season. even with week-to-week improvement (which is still inconclusive), the ol performance in pass protection is really mind-boggling.
 
pacusmc said:
It’s gonna be a long Saturday.
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It's RIVALRY game so I expect Miami's offense to play much better than Saturn past. Also, Miami played better than the VAST MAJORITY of Miami fans expected against No. 6 Florida. And PLEASE spare me your TRIPE about if Miami played mighty Florida now, it would be a different game. Because the past is past! So there.

Again, as several CIS dudes have mentioned previously, Miami played Good Ol' Boy Jimbo's Top 10 squads better than expected. And that was with Mr. Golden Showers on the sidelines.
 
The one thing that I will say is that it does look like this team hasn't quit on the season, which is encouraging to see, especially from the defense. It has to be frustrating to give up less than 20 points in 5 of 8 games, only to see your offense not be able to do anything. That should be enough for most schools in the country to be better that 4-4. Keep in mind that GT scored a special teams TD and recovered a fumble in the endzone, so they only scored 14 on the D, with 7 coming in overtime.

Also, it's nice to see that this team is playing more disciplined, at least penalty wise.

Lastly, we finally got a punter who is competent, actually pretty good, and our special teams is still among the worst in the country. Can't make this stuff up
 
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we suck on money downs, redzone, and any other key metric that translate to wins, we are the Miami Dolphins
 
The defense on 3rd down and 4th down is by far the biggest eye-opening stat that sticks out. The defense can pile up a lot of decent metrics but those 2 are horrific. The defense being that bad on 3rd and 4th down but still having "decent" rankings in most other areas points to a bend-don't break defense. The defense this year is not a havoc creating aggressive unit like I expected. I'd fire Baker before Enos personally. It's Manny's defense that required Manny's involvement to turn around. Fire Baker and hire a guy who recruits well and can coach special teams.


The offense has it's own much worse issues. The offense is putrid no doubt and Enos has been a bad play caller who struggles to change his scheme to suit his personnel but many fans are severely overrating what he is working with. There is next to zero leadership or experience on that side of the ball that guys can lean on. Dallas, Osborn, Jordan, and Gaynor are basically it for guys pulling their weight and leading by their play on the field - 2 of them aren't even experienced.

Jeff Thomas is apparently still a malcontent.
Perry has improved slightly but his best attributes today might be his ability to create a spark and support his teammates. He is what he is as a QB.
Williams has been injured, has poor pocket presence, and sometimes struggles to throw guys open, especially deep.
Hightower is a quitter and gone.
Lingard is either still hurt or planning to leave the team (maybe both).
Donaldson - who should be leading the offensive line is fat, likely lazy, and slow. He now requires John Campbell to take a lot of his snaps.
Kennedy (Richt target) is 3rd string even though he was supposed to be the starting left tackle.
Zion is a 2 star true freshman who had to gain 60 pounds.
Clark is a true freshman.
Herbert does what?
Dykstra does what?
Mahoney, Milo, Boulware, Brown, and Reed left.
Mallory can't block.
George can't get on the field over walk-ons.


This team received a lot of hype in the offseason but on offense this is truly a rebuild. Kennedy being a bust, missing on getting Parker Braun to transfer to Miami, and having guys like Boulware, Reed, and Mahoney leave has left the cupboard bare. Enos is coaching with a lot of leftover crap and drama, dumping him just puts the offense back into a rebuild yet again. Everyone loves point to freshmen starting on the offensive line at other programs but they don't ever care to look at who that guy is playing beside and in front of - usually freshmen offensive linemen have Seniors and Juniors (often redshirted ones) to lean on. Miami has Tommy Kennedy, Herbert, and Donaldson.

I personally like the scheme Enos runs - I hate the playcalling and the refusal to double down on what has worked (spread, RPO, read option, wildcat, shotgun) and trash what hasn't worked. No matter what we as fans think 2020 freshmen aren't turning this offense around, it's the guys on the team today (or transfers) who will be leading the team in 2020.
 
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Looking at those offensive stats.

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Patreek said:
The defense on 3rd down and 4th down is by far the biggest eye-opening stat that sticks out. The defense can pile up a lot of decent metrics but those 2 are horrific. The defense being that bad on 3rd and 4th down but still having "decent" rankings in most other areas points to a bend-don't break defense. The defense this year is not a havoc creating aggressive unit like I expected. I'd fire Baker before Enos personally. It's Manny's defense that required Manny's involvement to turn around. Fire Baker and hire a guy who recruits well and can coach special teams.


The offense has it's own much worse issues. The offense is putrid no doubt and Enos has been a bad play caller who struggles to change his scheme to suit his personnel but many fans are severely overrating what he is working with. There is next to zero leadership or experience on that side of the ball that guys can lean on. Dallas, Osborn, Jordan, and Gaynor are basically it for guys pulling their weight and leading by their play on the field - 2 of them aren't even experienced.

Jeff Thomas is apparently still a malcontent.
Perry has improved slightly but his best attributes today might be his ability to create a spark and support his teammates. He is what he is as a QB.
Williams has been injured, has poor pocket presence, and sometimes struggles to throw guys open, especially deep.
Hightower is a quitter and gone.
Lingard is either still hurt or planning to leave the team (maybe both).
Donaldson - who should be leading the offensive line is fat, likely lazy, and slow. He now requires John Campbell to take a lot of his snaps.
Kennedy (Richt target) is 3rd string even though he was supposed to be the starting left tackle.
Zion is a 2 star true freshman who had to gain 60 pounds.
Clark is a true freshman.
Herbert does what?
Dykstra does what?
Mahoney, Milo, Boulware, and Reed left.
Mallory can't block.
George can't get on the field over walk-ons.


This team received a lot of hype in the offseason but on offense this is truly a rebuild. Kennedy being a bust, missing on getting Parker Braun to transfer to Miami, and having guys like Boulware, Reed, and Mahoney leave has left the cupboard bare. Enos is coaching with a lot of leftover crap and drama, dumping him just puts the offense back into a rebuild yet again. Everyone loves point to freshmen starting on the offensive line at other programs but they don't ever care to look at who that guy is playing beside and in front of - usually freshmen offensive linemen have Seniors and Juniors (often redshirted ones) to lean on. Miami has Tommy Kennedy, Herbert, and Donaldson.

I personally like the scheme Enos runs - I hate the playcalling and the refusal to double down on what has worked (spread, RPO, read option, wildcat, shotgun) and trash what hasn't worked. No matter what we as fans think 2020 freshmen aren't turning this offense around, it's the guys on the team today (or transfers) who will be leading the team in 2020.
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A critical important example of Baker's incompetence. He tends to play ZONE COVERAGE on 3rd and 4, or 3rd and 5, or 3rd and 6 ( It's been that way all season long. ). And opposing teams have converted more than " 52 % " of the time. In other words, his calls allows for a comfy cushion and opposing receivers convert.

This happened on Pitt's final made FG drive. 3rd and 6, Pitt EASILY converts. EASILY CONVERTS and keeps chains chugging along. Yikes. BUT, again BUT, Baker FINALLY WOKE UP and went man on Pitt's 3rd and 4, when Pitt had the ball inside the six yard line. NO CONVERSION, and another FG. WHY? THERE WAS TIGHT COVERAGE on the play. Also, Pitt threw at Ivory, but he was in great coverage!

The bottom line" it's these little decisions by both Enos and Baker which have HURT MIAMI this season. Again, both are too STUBBORN and don't seem to be Miami guys and all that. huh.
 
We have to try something different one 3rd down and in the red zone. I’m sorry to bring it up but maybe you need to implement some packages for Tate.
 
Speaking of Bakers COMFORTABLE zone coverage and critical SHORT-YARDAGE 3rd downs. I distinctly recall where Florida converted something like a 3rd and 4, or was it 3rd and 5. That was the play on Bandy's side of the field. After the play he's YELLING at the sidelines and has his hands out in a plea or something. I'm guessing Bandy was PIZZED about the coverage call ( And ****ED at that F'in Baker, too! ). Florida's receiver had WAY TOO MUCH cushion on Baker's blunder, and Bandy was extremely UPSET about the defensive call!
 
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1hurricane said:
We have to try something different one 3rd down and in the red zone. I’m sorry to bring it up but maybe you need to implement some packages for Tate.
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I hate to break the bad news about your boy, Tate. But the transfer is an INSIGNIFICANT piece of the Hurricane offensive offensive puzzle, at this late juncture in the season. And he MAY NOT return to finish out the season. OUCH.
 
mackjones said:
I hate to break the bad news about your boy, Tate. But the transfer is an INSIGNIFICANT piece of the Hurricane offensive offensive puzzle, at this late juncture in the season. And he MAY NOT return to finish out the season. OUCH.
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He’s not my boy!! And I could care less if he transferred. My concern is about fixing our 3rd down and red zone problems.
 
1hurricane said:
We have to try something different one 3rd down and in the red zone. I’m sorry to bring it up but maybe you need to implement some packages for Tate.
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I like the idea in theory of having a package of plays for Tate. Unfortunately he had that at Ohio State and it didn't work. The guy is a great athlete, hardworker, etc... but he just isn't the weapon he should be. Unless he is playing Rutgers in garbage time with Ohio State players surrounding him Tate Martell really hasn't been much to talk about with regards to college football.

His most successful plays for Miami were when he was used as a decoy (Dallas in the Wildcat, and faking jet sweeps to Tate).
 
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