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A few days ago I posted a table that showed how our offensive drives played out with a focus on the percent of drives than ended in touchdowns. I’ve added the defensive side to that table looking at what percent of our offensive drives ending in TDs compared to what percent of our opponents drives ended in TDs.

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Last year I think there was a ceiling to how well we could do on both sides of the ball, due partly to a talent deficiency and partly to a lack of depth and partly due to learning new systems on both sides of the ball. jmo.

In discussions dating back a few days, in response to me saying we needed to score more points on offense, someone suggested maybe if our defense would improve by 10%. Bill Connelly in his preseason SP+ expects our defense on paper to improve by 21% this year. In the same analysis he thinks our offense will improve by 5.8% (without McCoy).

I think an argument could be made that poor officiating hurt us in the Ole Miss and Purdue games. Against Pitt, maybe we win if Hooker plays the whole game. Against Kentucky while our defense couldn’t get their offense off the field they did come up with one interception, a pick six that turned out to be a critical factor in the outcome of the game. jmo.

I still think we have to score more points against teams like Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Maybe even LSU. I also agree that however we do it we need to keep those teams from putting up as many points against us this year. It’s a team game. jmo.

We still have talent and depth issues though maybe not as severe as last year. jmo.

Last week Paul Finebaum had a sports writer on from the Atlanta Journal Constitution that covers the Georgia football program. The guy said the only real threat to Georgia winning the East this year is Tennessee. I think that’s probably true because if Georgia’s defense as expected takes a step back this year then it’s almost a given that our offense will score more points against them. I think maybe our defense can hold them to around 34-35 points so if our offense can score more than that, well, that’s the formula. jmo.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Any of you rednecks keeping numbers for 23 class based on needs by position? I see a bunch of graphics on here, I know someone has that info. It being #only April, when do we start being uber selective about commits?

@Weezer @Glitch You morans got a spreadsheet prepped?
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Not sure about @Glitch, but @Weezer has a different notion of what a spread sheet is for…😇
 
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tnhunter 10 said:
The one with Heupel is good as well. 30 min of good convo. Like Heupel better and better everyday.
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Totally agree. Actually watched that one first. The lack of cringe I get when hearing him speak is very refreshing for obvious reasons. Looking forward to seeing him Thursday at the Tri-Cities caravan! GBO!
 
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Weezer said:
Definitely a straight steal of home. Only seen a couple in my lifetime.

Not saying it hasn't happened more, just that I've only seen it a couple of times.
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This is a very exciting play, but typically only involves three players and is over very quickly (in b4 TWSS). A triple plays out in front of you and you can see all the moving parts and I just think it is very cool. Also think that a straight steal of home is very cool.
 
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engineerVOL said:
That’s an incredible stat really. A triple every nine games or every other week.
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I had to look it up. Let's see if any of morans know who holds the MLB record for career triples and also most triples in a season. Good luck with both of these LOL. One more, most triples in a season since 1950. I had at least heard of this dude.
 
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