Defensive Stop Rates
Not great, but not as poor as many probably think. Defensive stop rate is “the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
https://theathletic.com/5063581/2023/11/14/college-football-stop-rate-defense-rankings-usc/
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Perception trumps reality. Something I have noticed since my nerves were shot and I started going Jerry West
When watching live with everything on the line it really does seem like Opponent is 22 out of 23 on third down
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This is a good pointRaceBannon said:Perception trumps reality. Something I have noticed since my nerves were shot and I started going Jerry West
When watching live with everything on the line it really does seem like Opponent is 22 out of 23 on third down
In fact it was Petersen versus Shaw that killed me
Petersen and Kwat can't get off the field on 3rd down in the later 3rd and 4th quarters. How many times did we see Stanford and Oregon march down and burn up insane amounts of clock?
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I told Mrs Nacho at the beginning of the USC game that we? only needed 2 more stops than USC got and we did, 5 stops to 3.TheHB said:
Not great, but not as poor as many probably think. Defensive stop rate is “the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
https://theathletic.com/5063581/2023/11/14/college-football-stop-rate-defense-rankings-usc/ -
That’s the reality with this offense, if the defense can get more stops than the other team, we win. Their ability to score touchdowns instead of field goals and score quickly at the end of halves makes us damn near impossible to beat if the defense wins the stop battleCFetters_Nacho_Lover said:
I told Mrs Nacho at the beginning of the USC game that we? only needed 2 more stops than USC got and we did, 5 stops to 3.TheHB said:
Not great, but not as poor as many probably think. Defensive stop rate is “the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
https://theathletic.com/5063581/2023/11/14/college-football-stop-rate-defense-rankings-usc/ -
This defense is insanely inconsistent, but they are consistent in making plays when they need to. The ASU game was exhibit A. They seemed to play the whole game on the field and did not give up too much and were able to score
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“ This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
Yeah but almost all of those teams suck.
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I tend to agree. Seems like you can find an analytic to support pretty much anything you want.MikeSeaver said:“ This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
Yeah but almost all of those teams suck.
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I can confirm. IRL I live and die by the ANALytics and you can always find a way to be #1 in something.TheHB said:
I tend to agree. Seems like you can find an analytic to support pretty much anything you want.MikeSeaver said:“ This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness in today’s faster-tempo college football than yards per game or points per game.”
Yeah but almost all of those teams suck.
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Nothing beats having a 99% win probability until you don't
I mean if you have the lead in the 4th quarter you have a pretty good chance to win if you don't blow it - Ron Fairly -
This sounds like a snippet from a group text between me, Woolley and Joey when we're kvetching about opposing third string QBsRaceBannon said:Perception trumps reality. Something I have noticed since my nerves were shot and I started going Jerry West
When watching live with everything on the line it really does seem like Opponent is 22 out of 23 on third down
In fact it was Petersen versus Shaw that killed me
