Nov 2 | Navy

[T Town Tommy]

Here is the correlation of starting field position and points scored. If a team constantly plays "bend but don't break" on defense, they put their offense at a disadvantage according to the data. Field position does matter.

BCF Toys - Scoring by Starting Field Position

 

[Old Man Mike]

One of our better, and most respectful football discussions. Thank you guys. IE should be doing this all the time [especially the respectful part]; we'd all learn more, and probably really would like to see each other at a tailgate. Blessings.

I'm adding Bobby D to my prayer list --- for revelations.

 

[Redbar]

Not to bring up an old subject, but I think something Coach said in his Presser today is germane to what we were discussing then:

Q: And Kevin Hogan is a quarterback that with the exception of a couple of games, has not turned the ball over a lot and your defense has had some struggles forcing turnovers at times. Are you concerned about being able to force a turnover or twoSaturday?

BK: No, I mean, I'd love to get some turnovers, but I don't look at that as, we can't win if we don't get a turnover. It's not a marker for us. It doesn't mean we are not going to win if we don't get a turnover.

What's more concerning is if we give up big play touchdowns defensively. We need to keep the points down. I'd love to get a couple of turnovers along the way, because that just accentuates the opportunity for winning for us. So we focus more on those markers that equal winning with this 2013 team.

 

[irishff1014]

Middle Tennessee doing a good job against navy.