re: Texas Tech run defense (by the numbers)

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Do you really not understand the difference in being held below their average by teams like Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss and even Arkansas vs. being held below the average by aTm?

I'll give you a hint:

YPC against:

Alabama (2.38)
Florida (3.39)
Ole Miss (3.41)
Arkansas (3.77)

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Yes, I do. Those would be the teams you could say held us in check. The difference is reflected in the averages you yourself just posted. The better the rush defense on average, the lower our actual ypc. aTm gives up a lot of yards on the ground each game, and gave up more than usual against us. I doubt they are happy with that performance.

Can you please just say that you had to backtrack from that original statement because of a poor choice of words?

The difference you are talking about is not material, they did not hold us in check because we ran on them and won the game because of it. We are a running team, ran for almost exactly our average production on the year, ran for over 5 a try 47 times, held the ball for 5 minutes more than they did and beat them.

I will concede to the fact that as compared to our season average YPC, we were held to about 88% of that in the aTm game. I will not however concede that stat has any meaning whatsoever, and that our definitions of being in-check are much different. Thats like saying, "Man I really held that Floyd Mayweather in check he usually knocks people out in the second round and thats exactly when I did! I usually get knocked out in the first round so I held that fool in check....relatively speaking, of course."

The entire definition of "In check" comes from Chess as far as I am concerned. When you are in check, you are subdued, you are under control and you have lost because of a superior effort/strategy.

Busta Rhymes wouldn't have proclaimed "Woo Hah!" if all he had done was allow a group to do slightly worst than they typically do, while he also performed more poorly than usual which was pretty poor to start with.