Year End Thoughts/Stats

#53
#53
Playing the #1,2,4,6,9 an 11th ranked teams will tend to skew your stats. Without the Oregon and Auburn games our defensive stats would be A LOT better.
 
#54
#54
As an appendix to BruinVol's post, I would like to add the following data pertaining to Josh Dobbs' performance on the ground. Even taking sack yardage (-74) into consideration, Josh amassed 189 yards rushing in 4.5 games, for a 5.0 yards-per-carry average (UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Football). He finished as the third leading ball carrier this season. If those stats were projected over the course of a season, they would give Josh somewhere between 500-600 yards, which is monumental for a Tennessee quarterback.

I don't believe that we have had a signal caller run the ball that effectively since Jimmy Streater, in 1978, compiled 593 yards on 146 carries (4.1 ave.), for 10 touchdowns (1978 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). By comparison, Tee Martin ran for 287 and 317 yards, respectively, in 1998 and 1999 (1998 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com and 1999 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). Similarly, Heath Shuler amassed 286 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1992, his most productive year on the ground (1992 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com).
 
#55
#55
Volosaurus rex said:
As an appendix to BruinVol's post, I would like to add the following data pertaining to Josh Dobbs' performance on the ground. Even taking sack yardage (-74) into consideration, Josh amassed 189 yards rushing in 4.5 games, for a 5.0 yards-per-carry average (UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics - Football). He finished as the third leading ball carrier this season. If those stats were projected over the course of a season, they would give Josh somewhere between 500-600 yards, which is monumental for a Tennessee quarterback.

I don't believe that we have had a signal caller run the ball that effectively since Jimmy Streater, in 1978, compiled 593 yards on 146 carries (4.1 ave.), for 10 touchdowns (1978 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). By comparison, Tee Martin ran for 287 and 317 yards, respectively, in 1998 and 1999 (1998 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com and 1999 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com). Similarly, Heath Shuler amassed 286 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1992, his most productive year on the ground (1992 Tennessee Volunteers Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com).
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Great post.

If dobbs had been the starter all year we likely would have been 2nd in the SEC in rushing or very close to mizzu. The days of leading the SEC in rushing is over unless you have a QB with 500+ yards
 
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