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valid points, and percentage is verly likely better but my point was and still is snaps by freshmen are a poor indicator of level of success in a given season. there are good teams that gave plently of freshmen plenty of reps; same can be said for bad teams.Did they though? I think Auggie's point was that total snaps might not be the best metric. Something like percentage of snaps might be better. Not too many teams played 14 games.
For example, we had 2,660 freshman snaps in 12 games which is 222 freshman snaps a game.
Ugly had 2,010 freshman snaps in 14 games which is 144 freshman snaps a game. That's a pretty big difference.
Of course Clemson managed 9 wins with 307 freshman snaps a game albeit in an awful ACC.
These numbers of course don't account for the total number of snaps per game based on pace. Florida and Georgia both ran about 70 plays a game while Clemson ran about 78. I don't know how many plays their defenses averaged.
And don't forget the extra freshman snaps we might have had if we always put 11 guys on the field.
the one characterstics that isnt inconsistent is the teams that had good success with plenty of freshmen playing have good coaches and win consisently. the teams that didnt have success with plently of freshmen, usually dont have success, because they have poor coaching.
its. the. coaching.