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Why We Beat Bama With Kicking Game
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:12 am
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:12 am
LINK
The above is a great ( although long) article that outlines Bama's kicking woes over the years. As a hater of Bama and a coach of kickers, this article gives me the feelings. To give you the 5 cent version...Bama FG kickers suck.
Year FGA FGM Bama% NCAA%
2007 34 25 74% 73%
2008 30 20 67% 71%
2009 35 30 86% 74%
2010 25 19 76% 76%
2011 36 23 64% 72%
2012 20 15 75% 72%
2013 20 13 65% 75%
2015 33 23 70% 74%
2016 29 22 76% 75%
2017 28 19 68% 75%
Keep it close and put your faith in Tracy's 92% FG accuracy.
The above is a great ( although long) article that outlines Bama's kicking woes over the years. As a hater of Bama and a coach of kickers, this article gives me the feelings. To give you the 5 cent version...Bama FG kickers suck.
Year FGA FGM Bama% NCAA%
2007 34 25 74% 73%
2008 30 20 67% 71%
2009 35 30 86% 74%
2010 25 19 76% 76%
2011 36 23 64% 72%
2012 20 15 75% 72%
2013 20 13 65% 75%
2015 33 23 70% 74%
2016 29 22 76% 75%
2017 28 19 68% 75%
Keep it close and put your faith in Tracy's 92% FG accuracy.
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:14 am to Barrister
They benched their graduate transfer after he missed two extra points in a game.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:16 am to Barrister
LSU's best chance. It coming down to a defensive/kicking game.
Posted on 10/23/18 at 10:22 am to TheWalrus
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They benched their graduate transfer after he missed two extra points in a game.
Yep, he had another missed PAT and missed a short FG in their season opener. I wonder if the Bama kicking curse will jinx Reichard next year. Will is a great person and a stud kicker. He should be the piece of the puzzle that rights their historically bad kicking game....but I dunno. I know it is unlucky to be superstious but that place is just a back hole for good kickers.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 11:30 am to Fewer Kilometers
We evaluate kickers and punters. Here is our link: LINK
The FAU Kicker and Punter Index -- ratings for the Alabama vs. LSU game
Kickers: out of 93 punters ranked nationally:
LSU -- #1 Cole Tracy 21 of 23
Alab -- #81 Joseph Bulovas 8 of 12
Punters: Advantage: LSU both punters w/ higher rating than Alabama punters
Alab -- 0.386 16 punts Skyler DeLong
Alab -- 0.451 2 punts Mike Bernier
LSU -- 0.598 33 punts Zach Von Rosenberg
LSU -- 0.517 9 punts Josh Growden
The FAU Kicker and Punter Index -- ratings for the Alabama vs. LSU game
Kickers: out of 93 punters ranked nationally:
LSU -- #1 Cole Tracy 21 of 23
Alab -- #81 Joseph Bulovas 8 of 12
Punters: Advantage: LSU both punters w/ higher rating than Alabama punters
Alab -- 0.386 16 punts Skyler DeLong
Alab -- 0.451 2 punts Mike Bernier
LSU -- 0.598 33 punts Zach Von Rosenberg
LSU -- 0.517 9 punts Josh Growden
Posted on 10/25/18 at 11:41 am to FAUkickerpunter
The big problem is that we are kicking field goals and punting way more than they are.
This must be reversed to have any shot!!
This must be reversed to have any shot!!
Posted on 10/25/18 at 11:51 am to bigosports
No doubt you have the better kicking game. We even used our backup punter. IF this is a lower scoring, defensive, flip the field old school type game, advantage LSU.
As for our FG kicking, well, I have faith Bulovas will be right on time...
As for our FG kicking, well, I have faith Bulovas will be right on time...
Posted on 10/25/18 at 12:13 pm to Barrister
We have more TD's (58) than you have TD's (26) and FG's (21) combined.
We're also #14 in punt returns (LSU #48), and #18 in kickoff returns (LSU #102).
We're also #14 in punt returns (LSU #48), and #18 in kickoff returns (LSU #102).
Posted on 10/25/18 at 12:26 pm to FAUkickerpunter
That’s pretty cool, was that started for a particular class? Is there an NFL version?
This post was edited on 10/25/18 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 10/25/18 at 3:19 pm to TheWalrus
Thanks a lot! I'm an business statistics instructor and administrator at FAU. I had the idea for creating a punter index as I noticed the average punting distance was not always an accurate measure of punter quality. We had students build a website prototype for a class project. Also, we hope to have the data gathering and our social media administered by students starting next year. This will be a great project to gain experience for many different fields in business.
Posted on 10/25/18 at 3:28 pm to Barrister
Bama hasn’t had a kicker since the Reagan Administration
Posted on 10/25/18 at 3:31 pm to FAUkickerpunter
Interesting, I took a look at the methodology.
I really like how punts are calculated because a lot of people use “net” punting yardage as the key statistic. But then a punt from the 40 downed at the 1 will probably lower a punter’s net yardage when it is actually the “perfect punt.”
My main question with the field goal scoring is I didn’t see anything about hashmark factored in. A kick from the far right or left hash is much more difficult than one down the middle. But I assume this is a data limitation because gamecasts usually don’t mention what hash the kick is from, so that would probably take a lot of man hours to figure out. But just a thought on taking this to the next level.
Then if we really want to go way deeper, weather conditions and field conditions come to mind. Again that would probably take a lot of human judgment.
Slow day at work for me obviously... thanks for sharing.
I really like how punts are calculated because a lot of people use “net” punting yardage as the key statistic. But then a punt from the 40 downed at the 1 will probably lower a punter’s net yardage when it is actually the “perfect punt.”
My main question with the field goal scoring is I didn’t see anything about hashmark factored in. A kick from the far right or left hash is much more difficult than one down the middle. But I assume this is a data limitation because gamecasts usually don’t mention what hash the kick is from, so that would probably take a lot of man hours to figure out. But just a thought on taking this to the next level.
Then if we really want to go way deeper, weather conditions and field conditions come to mind. Again that would probably take a lot of human judgment.
Slow day at work for me obviously... thanks for sharing.
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