SEC Defense National Rankings - Bama Edition

Good stats

The only catch there is that we will have to hang our statistical hats on the Miss State game otherwise our offense is pretty much in the same untested boat as theirs. The abysmal production against AU doesn't look good on paper but we've got the whole CEO/No CLM thing going for us there.

Lol, these are averages. Bama would of had to put up 1000 yards against each team to single handedly put them at the bottom

Yeah, our offense is in a similar boat, but hard to compare becuase of the coaching change and small sample size. We know Bama has a good defense and will be a challenge. I was more interested in whether their offense was really as good as their numbers indicate.

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BAMAs defense to this is they want to see these numbers BEFORE they played. The numbers you've posted here are inflated because.......

Well, they've already played BAMA and they've rolled up so many yards that it inflated those defensive numbers.

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Not 100% true. Look how many yards Tennessee and A&M put up against each other for instance, before playing bama.

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We ran for 6.9 yards per carry on an Auburn defense giving up 3.7 per carry.

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Under Miles when we were much more predictable and refused to line up in spread formations.

Misconception. We ran more "spread" formations under CLM, the difference is, that our formations no longer telegraph the play. For example, every time we lined up in 22 personnel with twins to one side and a TE on each side of the line, it was almost guaranteed to be a toss dive. CEO put an end to the predictability.

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The abysmal production against AU doesn't look good on paper

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Etling has to play better than he did vs Au or we lose.

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So, they have really been dominating the worst defenses in the SEC to this point. The other incredible thing I saw was that they have at least one defensive/special teams touchdown in EVERY SINGLE GAME they have played this year.

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That is not totally correct. They have at least 1 non offensive TD. Against Kent State they had a punt return for a TD. Kent State did not turn the ball over. Actually 0 turnovers in that game.


If you look at SEC teams only, Alabama defense is giving up 319.4 YPG and 19.4 PPG and their offense is averaging 508.4 YPG and 30.2 PPG

If you look at SEC teams only, Alabama is giving up 424.33 YPG and 27 PPG and their offense is averaging 486.67 YPG and 29.67 PPG

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84. Arkansas 428.0 yds/game;
96. Texas A&M 439.4 yds/game; LOL Chavis
107. Ole Miss 455.9 yds/game;

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In the Alabama game:
Arkansas 517 yards allowed; 20.8% higher than average
Texas A&M 451 yards allowed; 2.6% higher than average
Ole Miss 492 yds/game; 7.9% higher than average

Average without the Alabama game:
73. Arkansas 415.3 yds/game;
94. Texas A&M 437.5 yds/game; LOL Chavis
105. Ole Miss 449.9 yds/game;

Not a big change except for Arkansas. Ole Miss's offense outscored Bama 36-27. Bama had 2 foumbles that turned into touchdowns and a punt return for a TD.

If LSU can avoid turnovers, we can definitely win but I think it'll be a war.

ETA: started this much earlier but got called away.