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re: Scott Woodward intro press conference tomorrow @ noon
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:02 pm to Mickey Goldmill
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:02 pm to Mickey Goldmill
The best way to judge an offense is based on yards per play and red zone scoring. Yards per play generally determines the effectiveness of an offense as it is evaluating its success on every given play. Red zone scoring is important for obvious reasons, a good offense will score in the red zone. Here is how LSU has been ranked nationally in those two metrics from 2011 to present:
Yards Per Play:
2018 - 83
2017 - 34
2016 - 13
2015 - 11
2014 - 71
2013 - 74
2012 - 74
2011 - 36
Red Zone Scoring:
2018 - 36
2017 - 103
2016 - 70
2015 - 56
2014 - 102
2013 - 47
2012 - 29
2011 - 5
Take a year like 2011, when LSU's offense was running like a well-oiled machine. 5th in red zone offense and 36th in yards per play, pretty good when you look back on how much they relied on the run. Contrast that with 2018. As the poster above did, he immediately went to passing stats thinking it would show a successful offense. But in reality, the team was in the bottom quarter of YPP. Red zone scoring pretty good, getting a reliable kicker really skews LSU toward the top in that category.
If you really want to see something depressing, take a look at the offensive touchdowns per game over the same time period.
2018 - 52
2017 - 74
2016 - 53
2015 - 32
2014 - 87
2013 - 18
2012 - 74
2011 - 19
Under Miles there were peaks and valleys, with the peaks being well into the top third to quarter of all teams. The problem is as of late it's just stagnant mediocrity, no peaks whatsoever and hovering in the valleys that LSU hoped to bounce back from.
Yards Per Play:
2018 - 83
2017 - 34
2016 - 13
2015 - 11
2014 - 71
2013 - 74
2012 - 74
2011 - 36
Red Zone Scoring:
2018 - 36
2017 - 103
2016 - 70
2015 - 56
2014 - 102
2013 - 47
2012 - 29
2011 - 5
Take a year like 2011, when LSU's offense was running like a well-oiled machine. 5th in red zone offense and 36th in yards per play, pretty good when you look back on how much they relied on the run. Contrast that with 2018. As the poster above did, he immediately went to passing stats thinking it would show a successful offense. But in reality, the team was in the bottom quarter of YPP. Red zone scoring pretty good, getting a reliable kicker really skews LSU toward the top in that category.
If you really want to see something depressing, take a look at the offensive touchdowns per game over the same time period.
2018 - 52
2017 - 74
2016 - 53
2015 - 32
2014 - 87
2013 - 18
2012 - 74
2011 - 19
Under Miles there were peaks and valleys, with the peaks being well into the top third to quarter of all teams. The problem is as of late it's just stagnant mediocrity, no peaks whatsoever and hovering in the valleys that LSU hoped to bounce back from.
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:10 pm to Damone
it seems that your complaints toward O are very personal
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:13 pm to tomato patch
Sorry statistics hurt your feelings
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:22 pm to Damone
quote:
Under Miles there were peaks and valleys, with the peaks being well into the top third to quarter of all teams. The problem is as of late it's just stagnant mediocrity, no peaks whatsoever and hovering in the valleys that LSU hoped to bounce back from.
We just had one of the worst OLs I can ever remember at LSU, and that's a pretty big contributor to how good an offense can be usually. As much as we want to blame coaching (or current coaches), they didn't really set themselves up for that kind of awfulness or how to deal with it. We wanted to start throwing the ball more and bring the offense further into 21st century, however the OL wasn't built to really handle that. On the flip side, we couldnt really lean on the running game like we would otherwise because, well, we had no great backs (this I think you can put a bit of blame on Orgeron & Co for recruiting misses).
We'll see how this year turns out, I think E is getting the help he needs from Brady and potential work arounds for a not-so great OL. However, the OL SHOULD be at least a bit more average this year than last I would hope.
This post was edited on 4/22/19 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:23 pm to Damone
it is that your complaints get super redundant
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:31 pm to lsupride87
quote:
Why don’t you actually lost total offensive stats?
And why don’t you post it per game since he same number of games weren’t played for each season
Well I assumed you were more concerned about the passing game since thats all we ever talk about. Wasn't trying to spin or hide anything. Legit didn't even look at the total stats.
But here are the basics, total yards per game and scoring per game:
2014: 387 / 27.6
2015: 437 / 32.8
2016: 423 / 28.3
2017: 411 / 27.2
2018: 402 / 32.4
Posted on 4/22/19 at 5:59 pm to Mickey Goldmill
So in Orgerons two years we have had the lowest scoring season, and then the second highest scoring, albeit aided by a 7 OT game
Hard for me to even hint at saying had shows signs of improving the offense
Hard for me to even hint at saying had shows signs of improving the offense
Posted on 4/22/19 at 6:02 pm to sicboy
So anyway....super excited to see Woodward’s press conference tmrw. This guy could really change the culture at LSU for the better in a big way.
Easily the best AD since Bob Broadhead
Easily the best AD since Bob Broadhead
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