Mid-Season Stats

[jdh5484]

Florida in NCAA Statistical Rankings Week 6 - Inside The Gators

131 DI teams ranked Total Offense: #49 -22 Rush Offense: #19 +3 Pass Offense: #92 -35 Team Pass Efficiency: #89 -4 Scoring Offense: #63 -1 Total Defense: #99 +9 Rush Defense: #110 +3 Pass Defense: #63 +6 Team Pass Efficiency Defense: #64 +4 Scoring Defense: #63 +14 TO Margin: #43 +7 Third Down...

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Pontificate.

 

[FireFoley]

THIRD DOWN Conversion % on Defense? I thought Joe Lee Dunn Jr. got fired?

 

[GatorBart]

We commit few penalties, which is a nice change.
We’re good on 4th down, both sides of the ball.
We run the ball well.
That’s about it for the positives.
Oh, and net punting is pretty solid.

 

[Ray Finkle]

But what about 4th down attempts?

 

[deuce]

We are what the stats say we are.

 

[Altitude Gator]

4-2. Done.

 

[78]

I used my college education to figure out we should skip third down and go direct to fourth.

 

[gatormandan]

I used my college education to figure out we should skip third down and go direct to fourth.

Isnt that what we are doing?

 

[Concrete Helmet]

She's almost a ground up restoration guys.....more curious to see what personnel we start inserting into the blaring gaps. 2 big pieces I see with the type of defense were running is a stud safety who can play close to the los in run support and isn't a TE usually considered a struggling QB's best friend(checkdown)?
One tidbit on coaching, someone needs to teach our DB's how to tackle a lot better.....these guys make Deion Sanders look like a head hunter. If you go back and rewatch the games a lot of our bad 3rd down play and big yardage given up is due to a whiff somewhere out in the flat or at the corner. What should be contained as a 5 yard pick up turns into a plus 20.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

Pontificate.

It's amazing how one good punt return rocketed us up 81 spots.

Also, how was the pizza?

 

[78]

Isnt that what we are doing?

I see what you did there.

 

[MidwestChomp]

TOP #123?

 

[soflagator]

It's amazing how one good punt return rocketed us up 81 spots.

Also, how was the pizza?

My initial thought as well. But then I realized we went nearly a game and a half without forcing a punt, and are probably near the bottom in actual return opportunities. So that’s actually a bad stat hiding inside a good one. The silver lining is that we’ve developed a bend-don’t-break type defense(personally not my preference) and have been pretty decent at turnovers, which are better.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

The silver lining is that we’ve developed a bend-don’t-break type defense(personally not my preference) and have been pretty decent at turnovers, which are better.

I guess this comes somewhat with playing so much zone. As the field gets shorter and the zones get smaller, the stops get easier.

Hopefully as these guys adjust to it we get a little better on third down and see some drastic improvement statistically.

I know we have issues with depth in the front 7, but I still feel like the atrocious run defense numbers have more to do with not understanding gap responsibility.