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Miss. State (5-7, no bowl)
Georgia (7-5, Independence bowl)
Auburn (7-5, Outback bowl)
Ole Miss (8-4, Cotton bowl)
Penn State (1st bowl loss ever under Miles)

Those are games we lost or were trailing, so many of those yards were picked up against prevent defenses. Not exactly an outstanding resume. I notice you purposefully left out:

Washington - 172 yards (5-7, no bowl)
Vandy - 138 yards (2-10, no bowl)
ULL - 165 yards (6-6, no bowl)
Fla - 96 yards (11-1, SECGC, Sugar bowl)
Tul - 163 yards (3-9, no bowl)
Ark - 179 yards (7-5, Liberty Bowl)

What about Bama?

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Posted by therocketscientist

too far away from Tiger Stadium

Member since Mar 2007

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Posted on 9/24/10 at 4:04 pm to TexasTiger89

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Those are games we lost or were trailing, so many of those yards were picked up against prevent defenses.

That is why spouting stats one year removed from a game is so useless. Many times a team struggles on offense, but the QB gets 1 big gain throughout the game, and then a bunch of completions underneath the prevent zone coverage in the 4th QTR, and than wah lah...all of a sudden has 200 yards of passing and an ok completion percentage, but produced umpteen 3-and-outs throughout the first 3 QTRS.

Stats in a vacuum is a very misleading thing. We have seen this time after time after time.

This post was edited on 9/24/10 at 4:06 pm

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Posted by RobbBobb

Matt Flynn, BCS MVP

Member since Feb 2007

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Posted on 9/24/10 at 8:33 pm to TexasTiger89

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What about Bama?

Incomplete game. JJ had 114 yds in 2.5 qtrs. That translates to roughly 183 yds for a complete game. Not enough to qualify for that magical 200 yd game.

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