Time of Possession

[Coy53175]

I was noticing the Time of Possession stat after halftime and was worried about how that would affect the defense late in the game. The defense played with intensity the whole game, very proud.
With our style of offense I know the output that would create this.

Do we have the depth and conditioning on defense to sustain this difference in our next top tier matchups?

Any stats on TOP from other close games with our offense style.

TOP stats from other programs?

 

[Fatdad32]

In my opinion time of possession is overrated the way we play it's more by design. It's more about plays the # of plays your offense gets vs their D. The rest is just who is better at standing around more. Just example if we in a game has same # of plays as the other team but because of tempo they have the ball 8 more mins it simply means they are just running the clock. Just me opinion. I'm frustrated by the loss yesterday loved the heart and effort!

 

[Coy53175]

In my opinion time of possession is overrated the way we play it's more by design. It's more about plays the # of plays your offense gets vs their D. The rest is just who is better at standing around more. Just example if we in a game has same # of plays as the other team but because of tempo they have the ball 8 more mins it simply means they are just running the clock. Just me opinion. I'm frustrated by the loss yesterday loved the heart and effort!

Agreed. Thank you for your input. Makes sense

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

In my opinion time of possession is overrated the way we play it's more by design. It's more about plays the # of plays your offense gets vs their D. The rest is just who is better at standing around more. Just example if we in a game has same # of plays as the other team but because of tempo they have the ball 8 more mins it simply means they are just running the clock. Just me opinion. I'm frustrated by the loss yesterday loved the heart and effort!

It has an effect on our defense too

 

[Sarms58]

Is there a snap count for each player published anywhere? I’m really curious about how many snaps our interior defensive linemen played…I know we’re 10-12 deep in the DL but with both Hobbs and Moi out that can put some stress on the starters

 

[Volrocketman]

Not sure if I would base any observations on TOP from yesterday. Whoever was keeping those stats (at least the stats shown in the stadium) had them royally screwed up. They credited UGA with more than 28 minutes of possession - in the first half. UT had over 14 minutes. That’s more than 42 minutes of combined TOP in a half that lasted 30 minutes of clock time. By the end of regulation, they had UGA with around 50 minutes of TOP, and UT with around 25 or so. I haven’t seen an official stat sheet yet to see what was actually reported.

Edit: Just checked the official stats online and they show UGA at 50:38 and UT at 24:15. That’s just under 75 minutes in a game that only has 60 minutes. The stat guy (or gal) must have had a DeLorean stashed somewhere near the stadium that allowed him/her to rewatch some of UGAs possessions. And before anyone asks the dumb question, there is no clock in overtime (in college) so no additional TOP in overtime.