re: Official LSU/Alabama Stats Thread

red zone passing efficiency
Lee 12-18-0 9 TDs 285.34 5th in NCAA
McCarron 16-34-0 5 TDs 133.89 93rd in NCAA

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red zone conversions
LSU 2nd in NCAA
Alabama 46th in NCAA

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aj experience 8-0 ,,,jarret lee experienced loser 11 losses in 3 yrs - horrible

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umm, Lee was not the starter the last TWO years. have you watched any football whatsoever other than bama?

ahh so lee 8-0 this year means nothing though right? But it does for AJ? YOU JUST LOST ALL CREDIBILITY WITH THAT ASININE ARGUMENT.

Yep AJ has definitely played in more big games than Lee and JJ.

No doubt AJ will play just like fagelroy in his first big game this year, right?

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As expected, you missed the point. Oregon is #1 RIGHT NOW but for the timing of scheduled game with LSU. They were ranked that way for a reason. Likewise, Penn St. was unranked at the beginning for a reason. It just points to the hubris of Bama fans, that just because Bama is undefeated, there is no way to comprehend that LSU has faced a team as hard to beat as them. LSU has, and they've won. Alabama simply hasn't. eta: Oregon was picked to WIN the Pac 10. They are undefeated in that category and humiliating every team they play.

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Your point in hard to follow:

* - Stanford 6-0 8-0
* - Oregon 5-0 7-1
* - Washington 4-1 6-2
Oregon State 2-3 2-6
California 1-4 4-4
Washington State 1-4 3-5
SOUTH CONF OVERALL
* - Arizona State 4-1 6-2
x - USC 3-2 6-2
UCLA 3-2 4-4
Utah 1-4 4-4
Arizona 1-5 2-6
x - Colorado 0-5 1-8


* - Michigan 3-1 7-1
* - Nebraska 3-1 7-1
* - Michigan State 3-1 6-2
Iowa 2-2 5-3
Minnesota 1-3 2-6
Northwestern 1-4 3-5
Big Ten - Leaders CONF OVERALL
* - Penn State 5-0 8-1
* - Wisconsin 2-2 6-2
Ohio State 2-2 5-3
Purdue 2-2 4-4
* - Illinois 2-3 6-3
x - Indiana 0-5 1-8


Stanford has a better record than Oregon, but is tied for 1st with them in the same division.

Penn St. is leading their division.

Big Ten > Pac 12....what was your point in your rant?

This game will prove that Stats don't mean nothing......LSU 9- Bama 6

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medtiger

This thread is so pointless

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Thanks for your contribution to this thread

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It just points to the hubris of Bama fans, that just because Bama is undefeated, there is no way to comprehend that LSU has faced a team as hard to beat as them.

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So in your mind, Oregon is just as good as Bama

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TDlurker
the hubris of Bama fans

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Statistics are nice for discussion purposes, and normalizing them gives a different perspective for the discussion. One of my favorite techniques is to look at how the same teams performed against the opponents in prior years compared to their average opponent. If the trend is that one team does consistently better than the other in those comparisons it may be indicative of a match up advantage for one team. For instance LSU outperformed Alabama statistically in 2010 by a large margin. And LSU also outperformed the average Alabama opponent by a substantial margin in 2010 while Alabama's performance against LSU was close to the season's average for LSU opponents.

The only problem is that the variances were reversed in 2009, and Alabama dominated statistically, so one can't claim there is a trend. The one constant however, is that both teams' defenses have held the other below their offensive scoring averages, and both have scored more than the opponent's scoring defensive average. As such, I would expect a low scoring game in 2011 as that has been one trend that has remained consistent. Predictions of 14 point margins of victory, and greater, are unlikely to be accurate.

LSU does better than opponents averages compared to Bama...

You are resorting to statistics to calm yourself? I've never seen an Alabama group so insecurely nervous. This is funny. Used to be they were confident enough to just smile and take what was theirs. Funny how the "tide" has turned. I love it.