How are you evaluating "first team starters"? It's not like you guys pull your entire defense out every game and you are conveniently knocking off 10 points per game off your average.
Not exactly sure how hard it is to understand.
Starting defense is pretty simple. The starting personnel of a game. Yes we rotate personnel throughout the game. But I'm speaking of when our entire starting lineup has been in the game and not being filtered out to take the rest of the game off. In other words, when the vast majority of the defense is backup players, then I took those points away.
Against UTEP, the starting defense stayed in all game. The only points UTEP scored in that game was a punt block returned for a TD. No points scored vs. The defense.
Vs. FAMU, the starting defense gave up 13 points. They ended up out of the game by the end of the 3rd quarter.
Vs KSU, the starters never left the field. KSU scored on a fumble recovery. So 17 points attributed to the defense.
Vs. Tech, the starters were out by the end of the game. But Tech did score 13 on the starters.
Vs. Texas. By the time the starters were being pulled, the score was 63-8. 5exas scored two late goals at the very end. And before the starters went out, the points scored were from a blocked PAT for a safety, and a Pick 6.
Vs. Kansas, OU didn't allow a point until very late, when you gbuessed it, the backups were in.
So like I said, a lot of the points given up by OU have come either when the game has alrrady been decided and they began pulling all the starters. Or came from the offense turning the ball over in which the play resulted in a defensive score. Or by special teams play.
The starting defense is every bit as good as the top 5 defenses. All the while when playing a better schedule of opponents when it comes to offenses.
when we are kidding
