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Football / Re: College Football
« on: November 26, 2018, 03:10:46 PM »Anomalies? Rule changes?Defense wins what?
The statistical leader in defense, Michigan, gave up 62 points to Ohio State and lost a chance to make the College Football Playoff. OSU quarterback Dwayne Haskins broke the Big Ten records for single-season passing yards and single-season touchdown passes in the game.
Oklahoma is 5-0 since 2015 when its defense allows at least 600 yards.
Alabama is the second team in college football history to outscore its first 12 opponents by at least 20 points (Yale, 1888)
Clemson’s 744 yards in a 56-35 win vs. South Carolina were the most ever allowed by the Gamecocks.
UCF has won 24 consecutive games and scored at least 30 points in all 24 games, both leading the nation.
Anomalies happen. It's a long season. Especially in this day and age where myriad rule changes has basically hamstrung the defense. It's a passing game now and the defense isn't allowed to touch the offensive player, so yardage was bound to go up and it has. Anyone with half a brain can deduce that. Which explains the simpleminded logic of your post in regards to the Wolverine defense.
That makes no sense.QuoteThe plain fact is that Bama and Clemson average 14 points per game given up defensively. Georgia 17 and ND 17. Those are the facts.Proving what?
Oklahoma, Alabama, and Clemson score an average of 45-50 points a game, Ohio State 43, and Georgia 40. The only playoff- contention team lower is Notre Dame at 33.QuoteAssuming Alabama wins the SEC, and the Sooners have a hiccup in the Big12 Championship.
OSU will probably get in because they will be the Big Ten 'Champion'.QuoteIf so they will probably play Alabama, or Clemson, possibly Georgia. Either way, I can't even begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to that.So would tons of fans everywhere, especially if it is Alabama.QuoteIMO Michigan was undisciplined and over-pursued defensively on Saturday bit on way too many misdirection type of offensive stunts and tricks, I saw it time and time again. Hesitation, backtracking and just plain overrunning, that shit will kill you defensively. The Buckeye OC had a plan to take advantage of that sort of hyped up defensive frenzy and it worked to perfection. An undisciplined defense will get itself in loads of trouble.You must have been watching some other game. tOSU simply took advantage of its superior speed, especially with freshman receiver Chris Olave( starting his first game) getting open for the first two touchdowns ( and blocking a punt which resulted in the decisive score of the game in the third quarter).The fact is Michigan had never played against such an explosive offense all year. Dwayne Haskins stood behind an impenetrable O-Line and picked apart Michiga’s man-to-man pass defense which couldn’t keep up with speedy receivers running crossing patterns.
Haskins is now in the Heisman talk. Overpursuing? Offensive tricks? Paris Campbell runs a basic power sweep and lopes for 78 yards and the backbreaking score of the game. Basic stuff.
Nothing makes sense to you. Which is friggin ironic as hell.
As to the Michigan game I've said for years you were a ball watcher and you keep confirming it to me.
Haskins has been in the Heisman talk all season where the frock have you been?
And I want OSU to play Alabama for one reason. Don't care what the other 'tons of fans' reason are. Unless it's my reason of course.