re: Wet field (natural grass), who does it favor?

I think that’s a myth. Logically it makes no sense. Both teams play in the same conditions.

Lmao you guys never learn anything I swear. This was chanted all week pre-Auburn then when reality hit during the game everyone was like well duh of course your offense is going to struggle on a wet field. A wet field has always favored the defense. Offensive players are the ones cutting and slipping, the defense has the advantage of angles to makeup for the cuts. The offensive line can’t get traction and the offense tends to be funneled because lateral movement is restricted. The only weather event that favors offense is dry cold that’s it, every other inclement weather favors defense.

Clyde

It favors Clyde

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Lmao you guys never learn anything I swear. This was chanted all week pre-Auburn then when reality hit during the game everyone was like well duh of course your offense is going to struggle on a wet field. A wet field has always favored the defense. Offensive players are the ones cutting and slipping, the defense has the advantage of angles to makeup for the cuts. The offensive line can’t get traction and the offense tends to be funneled because lateral movement is restricted. The only weather event that favors offense is dry cold that’s it, every other inclement weather favors defense.

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It's even more so with an offense like LSU's this year...

I mean even if, in theory, the wet field puts defensive backs at a disadvantage against receivers because the receivers know where they are going to make cuts...so what?

It's not like there have been many passes this season where my reaction was "Man, that coverage was so good that the LSU receiver was unable to get any separation and Burrow was unable to place the ball in a spot where the receiver could get to it, if only the field conditions were changed so that we had some advantage over these defensive backs!"

I'm sure there are a couple, but I literally can't think of a single pass this season where an extra few inches of separation would've made much difference.

On the other hand, I can think of a ton of completions that would've gone differently if the wide receiver had slipped during the route.

You’re right and of course there are other factors like a heavier wet ball but the bottom line is there’s extensive data on this. I mean even if you don’t watch a lot of football or are just making up these theories like our fans are doing there’s over 100 years of history to look at and see that bad weather creates lower scores period. Yes there are a handful of outlier games but did anyone watch New England vs Dallas? Didn’t you see the top passing offense and the greatest passer ever combine for 22 points Sunday? This isn’t even debatable yet only on the Rant will you see threads where the majority concludes the exact opposite of reality is the truth.