- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Does everyone know our Defense is ranked 8th in the country
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:32 pm to SOL
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:32 pm to SOL
quote:
Link
I had to do it myself in excel but i copied the data directly from the NCAA website, here is the top 25
Games, plays, yards, yards/play
Texas 11 727 2626 3.6
Alabama 11 665 2477 3.7
Florida 11 649 2528 3.9
TCU 11 655 2627 4.0
Ohio St. 12 774 3150 4.1
North Carolina 11 707 2878 4.1
Nebraska 11 758 3094 4.1
Oklahoma 11 756 3173 4.2
Iowa 12 794 3440 4.3
Penn St. 12 762 3325 4.4
Clemson 11 736 3266 4.4
Oregon 11 803 3564 4.4
Virginia Tech 11 719 3306 4.6
Boston College 11 770 3544 4.6
LSU 11 761 3544 4.7
Mississippi 11 733 3420 4.7
Air Force 12 732 3417 4.7
Utah 11 744 3505 4.7
Texas Tech 11 813 3843 4.7
Cincinnati 10 709 3358 4.7
Oklahoma St. 11 755 3592 4.8
Tennessee 11 724 3445 4.8
Middle Tenn. 11 804 3849 4.8
Missouri 11 783 3749 4.8
0
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:33 pm to LSUMafia
quote:
LSU is 15th in yards per play
where'd you rank it out?
i wanna look up our O's ypp
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:34 pm to uway
In that stretch, MSU put up 24 points on us. I know 7 came after a blocked punt and short field, but still.
There was a time when LSU's defense gave up 20+ points once or twice in an entire season. This year, Teams didn't try very hard to score on us. Look at UF?
This season we gave up:
23 - UW
24 - MSU
24 - Bama
25 - OM (even though they got NO points from their pick 6 that was called back)
Our defense is good, don't get me wrong. We just are used to better overall performance. This is a Decent to Good defense, but not a top defense, period.
There was a time when LSU's defense gave up 20+ points once or twice in an entire season. This year, Teams didn't try very hard to score on us. Look at UF?
This season we gave up:
23 - UW
24 - MSU
24 - Bama
25 - OM (even though they got NO points from their pick 6 that was called back)
Our defense is good, don't get me wrong. We just are used to better overall performance. This is a Decent to Good defense, but not a top defense, period.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:35 pm to Lsupimp
quote:
IF, our Offense was competent, I would bet the D would be a lot better.
Funny how that works
If our defense wouldn't let the opposing team drive 60 yards downfield before stopping them, then maybe our offense wouldn't have to put together 85 yard drives to score, and they wouldn't be ranked 106th.
Funny how it works both ways.
Our defense has been good this year, not great. In the 3 games we played against teams worth a shite (Florida, Bama, and Ole Miss), our opposition gashed us up the middle. We couldn't stop the Florida dive play, we couldn't stop Ingram, and we couldn't stop McCluster.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:35 pm to barry
Our point of attack needs improvement. Defensive Line improves and the yardage allowed will improve. We have a great secondary and good linebackers. If the DL is not getting sacks or plugging runs teams are going to get yardage. As the field gets shorter secondaries and linebackers have more of an effect. I know that sounds weird but they don't have to worry about deep threats when teams are at the 15 yard line. The DBs can play up and the linebackers can play closer to the line and less in pass coverage.
LSU's DL should be better next year and you will see an improvement in yardage given up.
LSU's DL should be better next year and you will see an improvement in yardage given up.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:35 pm to barry
quote:
Cause i sure see a lot of, "The jury is still out on Chavis" and "3rd and Chavis" comments
Did you miss the last three games? Specifically, did you miss the first half against La Tech and Ole Miss?
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:
where'd you rank it out?
i wanna look up our O's ypp
I did it in excel, we are 90th with 5.14yards per play on O
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:38 pm to SlowFlowPro
SFP, I just took our stats from the NCAA website. I am actually in agreement with you. Stats are lies. Just like Wins don't mean a coach is good. I love the ignorance people show with stats.
You have to look at them as a whole, and even then, watching the actual games tells you more.
LSU has a good defense, but the style of defense keeps low scores, but hurts our offense at the same time. Our TO ratio for the season is only high because our offense doesn't really turn it over, they just go 3 or 6 and out. This is not a very good defense, just good.
You have to look at them as a whole, and even then, watching the actual games tells you more.
LSU has a good defense, but the style of defense keeps low scores, but hurts our offense at the same time. Our TO ratio for the season is only high because our offense doesn't really turn it over, they just go 3 or 6 and out. This is not a very good defense, just good.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:43 pm to LSUMafia
our D is based around stopping teams in the red zone
it's a risky D, as you're praying all game that you don't give up the big play
if you do give up the big play, it's a fail (we do this)
this D will allow offenses to dominate time of possession, allow opposing Ds to rest, and puts a ton of pressure on your D once it gets to the red zone (along with tiring them out).
it does keep scores lower by forcing offenses to eat clock (see: florida)
it's a risky D, as you're praying all game that you don't give up the big play
if you do give up the big play, it's a fail (we do this)
this D will allow offenses to dominate time of possession, allow opposing Ds to rest, and puts a ton of pressure on your D once it gets to the red zone (along with tiring them out).
it does keep scores lower by forcing offenses to eat clock (see: florida)
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
The worst part of this D is our D stays on the field way too much meaning we have less time with the ball on offense and run less plays. I would rather have a team that gets off the field on 3rd down more.
Posted on 11/24/09 at 1:51 pm to Tiger Ryno
This is what happens when you try and interject something positive onto the board.
Page 3 of 3
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News