1.63 points per minute. Assuming those are game clock minutes, that == touchdown drives that last 4m 18s each. That's not as astoundingly fast as you might initially be imagining.
Or, put it a different way. Say we get the ball for 30 minutes and the other team gets the ball for 30 minutes (I know, this is a weakness of a fast-paced, prolific offense...the "you get 30 and I get 30" assumption is usually wrong, and not in the fast team's favor). But say we do have the ball for 30 minutes of each game, scoring 1.63 points each minute. That's 49 points a game.
Which is a lot, especially compared to our anemic offenses of recent years. But it's not 74 points, like A&M scored on LSU (while giving up 72 points) a couple of years ago. It's not 70 points, like Wisconsin scored on Austin Peay a decade back. It's a high football score, but not crazy high.
And, remember, it is a somewhat unrealistic hope to have the ball 30 minutes in an average game, if our offense is scoring fast. More likely, we'll be giving the clock advantage up to our opponents in most games. Might be more realistic to think we'll be on offense 24 game minutes (score 39 points), or even as low as 20 minutes (33 points).
As a point of comparison, we averaged 36 points per game in our three 2020 victories.
So I'm all for high-scoring offense. Just not expecting miracles from it.
