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Texas Tech run defense (by the numbers)
Posted on 12/7/15 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 12/7/15 at 12:58 pm
I'm sure y'all have talked about this a little bit on here, but it really is hard to understate just how bad the TT run defense is. I watched them in person this year, and that is one of the worst form-tackling teams I've seen in ages. Here are some numbers from the season that should get y'all pretty dang excited to watch Fournette run for 300+ in the bowl game. In parentheses by the team name is the rank of that team's rush offense.
Texas Tech 2015 Run Defense by game
Sam Houston St. (9, FCS) - 46 rushes, 317 yards, 6.9 ypc, 5TDs (Donavan Williams: 12 car, 99 yds, 4TD)
UTEP (99) - 46 rushes, 227 yards, 4.9 ypc, 1TD (Aaron Jones: 17 car, 139 yds, TD
Arkansas (39) - 43 rushes, 228 yards, 5.3 ypc, 1TD (Alex Collins: 28 car, 170 yds, TD)
TCU (24) - 47 rushes, 247 yards, 5.3 ypc, 3TDs (Aaron Green: 28 car, 162 yds, 2TD)
Baylor (5) - 52 rushes, 368 yards, 7.1 ypc, 5TDs (Shock Linwoods: 20 car, 221 yds, 2TD)
Iowa State (53) - 45 rushes, 315 yards, 7.0 ypc, 3TDs (Mike Warren: 23 car, 245 yds)
Kansas (121) - 40 rushes, 145 yards, 3.6 ypc, 1TD (De'Andre Mann: 15 car, 107 yds)
Oklahoma (17) - 57 rushes, 405 yards, 7.1 ypc, 7TDs (Samaje Perine: 23 car, 201 yds, 4TD; Joe Mixon: 16 car, 154 yds, 2TD)
Oklahoma State (110) - 36 rushes, 184 yards, 5.1 ypc, 3TDs (JW Walsh: 8 car, 80 yds, TD; Raymond Taylor: 5 car, 58 yds, 2TD)
West Virginia (16) - 57 rushes, 300 yards, 5.3 ypc, 4TDs (Wendell Smallwood: 22 car, 163 yds, TD; Rushel Shell: 14 car, 111 yds, 2TD)
Kansas State (74) - 34 rushes, 123 yards, 3.6 ypc, 3TDs (Charles Jones: 18 car, 99 yds)
Texas (20) - 48 rushes, 403 yards, 8.4 ypc, 6 TDs (Chris Warren: 25 car, 276 yds, 4TD; Tyrone Swoopes: 15 car, 98 yds, 2TD)
In total: six 300+ yard games, two 400+ yards games, nine 3+TD games, four 5+TD games, eleven 100+ yd rushers, five 200+ yd rushers, eight 2+ TD rushers)
The only two teams who didn't rush for 5 ypc against were the 74th, 99th, and 121st ranked rushing offense. Texas Tech finished with the 125th ranked rush defense, and every team they faced who has a top 20 rushing offense ran for at least 300. LSU is ranked 10th. Fournette, Williams, and Guice should have an absolute field day if Tech doesn't get their stuff figured out before the bowl game.
Texas Tech 2015 Run Defense by game
Sam Houston St. (9, FCS) - 46 rushes, 317 yards, 6.9 ypc, 5TDs (Donavan Williams: 12 car, 99 yds, 4TD)
UTEP (99) - 46 rushes, 227 yards, 4.9 ypc, 1TD (Aaron Jones: 17 car, 139 yds, TD
Arkansas (39) - 43 rushes, 228 yards, 5.3 ypc, 1TD (Alex Collins: 28 car, 170 yds, TD)
TCU (24) - 47 rushes, 247 yards, 5.3 ypc, 3TDs (Aaron Green: 28 car, 162 yds, 2TD)
Baylor (5) - 52 rushes, 368 yards, 7.1 ypc, 5TDs (Shock Linwoods: 20 car, 221 yds, 2TD)
Iowa State (53) - 45 rushes, 315 yards, 7.0 ypc, 3TDs (Mike Warren: 23 car, 245 yds)
Kansas (121) - 40 rushes, 145 yards, 3.6 ypc, 1TD (De'Andre Mann: 15 car, 107 yds)
Oklahoma (17) - 57 rushes, 405 yards, 7.1 ypc, 7TDs (Samaje Perine: 23 car, 201 yds, 4TD; Joe Mixon: 16 car, 154 yds, 2TD)
Oklahoma State (110) - 36 rushes, 184 yards, 5.1 ypc, 3TDs (JW Walsh: 8 car, 80 yds, TD; Raymond Taylor: 5 car, 58 yds, 2TD)
West Virginia (16) - 57 rushes, 300 yards, 5.3 ypc, 4TDs (Wendell Smallwood: 22 car, 163 yds, TD; Rushel Shell: 14 car, 111 yds, 2TD)
Kansas State (74) - 34 rushes, 123 yards, 3.6 ypc, 3TDs (Charles Jones: 18 car, 99 yds)
Texas (20) - 48 rushes, 403 yards, 8.4 ypc, 6 TDs (Chris Warren: 25 car, 276 yds, 4TD; Tyrone Swoopes: 15 car, 98 yds, 2TD)
In total: six 300+ yard games, two 400+ yards games, nine 3+TD games, four 5+TD games, eleven 100+ yd rushers, five 200+ yd rushers, eight 2+ TD rushers)
The only two teams who didn't rush for 5 ypc against were the 74th, 99th, and 121st ranked rushing offense. Texas Tech finished with the 125th ranked rush defense, and every team they faced who has a top 20 rushing offense ran for at least 300. LSU is ranked 10th. Fournette, Williams, and Guice should have an absolute field day if Tech doesn't get their stuff figured out before the bowl game.
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 12:59 pm
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Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:00 pm to Dawgsontop34
Aggy was bad too, yet they managed to crowd the box enough to keep LSU in check, relatively.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:02 pm to Dawgsontop34
Buga finna eat????
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:03 pm to Dawgsontop34
only problem is most of those teams could complete forward passes. Tech will completely sell out to stop the run and Harris and Wr's will have to win 1on1 matchups
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:04 pm to chipdouglas96
we only put up 327 yds vs a&m and they suck on D
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:08 pm to Dawgsontop34
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Dawgsontop34
One of my favorite posters. Appreciate the info
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:10 pm to chipdouglas96
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a&m and they suck on D
Yeah, and they're not very good on defense.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:17 pm to chipdouglas96
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we only put up 327 yds vs a&m and they suck on D
Cam decided to prove a point to all of the naysayers by airing it out. Everyone saw how horrible Harris is, so now Cam and Les will feel justified in going back to ground and pound.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:18 pm to RB10
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Aggy was bad too, yet they managed to crowd the box enough to keep LSU in check, relatively.
We ran for 244 against aTm,and our season average was 246.
ETA: their season average (after LSU) was 205 ypg, so we put up ~20% more yards than they did on average.
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:20 pm to RB10
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Aggy was bad too, yet they managed to crowd the box enough to keep LSU in check, relatively.
Aggy was bad....Texas Tech is atrocious. We still ran the ball effectively against them, it was the forward pass that was an issue against them, anyways.
We could beat Tech by literally not throwing the ball a single time. That's how bad they are at tackling.
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:23 pm to OceanMan
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We ran for 244 against aTm,and our season average was 246.
Aggy was giving up 205 per game and 5.1 per carry. They held the best rushing attack in the conference to 245 yards and 5.1 per carry.
They held LSU in check.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:25 pm to Dawgsontop34
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Oklahoma (17) - 57 rushes, 405 yards, 7.1 ypc,
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:26 pm to chipdouglas96
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only problem is most of those teams could complete forward passes.
Texas?
That's my biggest response to all of the doubts. Texas has a worse passing offense than LSU, and their running back was a true freshman 3rd string guy playing in his second career game. That makes me feel confident in LSU's rushing ability.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:29 pm to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:29 pm to RB10
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5.1 per carry
This is not being held in check.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:30 pm to rlebl39
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This is not being held in check.
When you average 5.8 on the season it is.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:31 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Yeah, and they're not very good on defense.
They have the 4th ranked passing defense, LSU is 46th.
Texas Tech has the 113th ranked passing defense.
Tech gave up more than 1 yard extra per carry, 25 more rushing tds and 800 more yards on the ground than tamu on the season.
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:31 pm to chipdouglas96
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only problem is most of those teams could complete forward passes.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:31 pm to chipdouglas96
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only problem is most of those teams could complete forward passes. Tech will completely sell out to stop the run and Harris and Wr's will have to win 1on1 matchups
We could run the ball on every down and not have to punt once.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 1:32 pm to RB10
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Aggy was bad too, yet they managed to crowd the box enough to keep LSU in check, relatively.
That is a big negative.
We insisted on throwing the ball for three quarter before we said "F-it" and ran the ball straight at the Aggie.
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