re: Arnett is our top guy

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Wow a guy that finished with a not so highly rated defense is our number 1 guy. Well Alright back the truck up and pay the man Signed Scott woodard.

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First of all, in 2019, in a real, non-asterisk year, he led San Diego State to the #2 scoring defense in the country.

Then let's talk about his Mississippi State improvement:

In 2019, Mississippi State had the 12th ranked scoring defense in the SEC for SEC games only (so I can compare apples to apples with 2020). In 2020, they had the 6th.

This is with the worst offense in the conference leaving them out to dry constantly, a head coach that doesn't care about defense, and a serious talent depletion from the prior year.

Other conference ranks for them from 2019 > 2020:

Scoring Defense: 12th > 6th
Total Defense: 11th > 4th
Opp 3rd Down %: 10th > 5th
Opp Red Zone %: 10th > 5th
TFL: 11th > 7th

There is a reason they gave him a raise and extension and a reason other schools want him. He's a very good coach.