Again, that is partially offset by how good our cover units are

Nov 8, 2018
3:41:26pm

nephicoug All-American

You can imagine that we would drop down to 75th now that we're playing a freshman QB. All the difference that has made though was turning the 19th-worst ASFP into the 11th-worst. The offense has the least impact on offensive ASFP.

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The problem with Tuiaki's defenses is subtle but VERY impactful to the team

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:34pm

Correct. The defense is playing "bend don't break" which results in

SandYFan

11/8/18 3:36pm

Actually - BYU is better than average in yards allowed per possession

proudcugr

11/8/18 6:15pm

And the offense has the job of no 3 and outs.

Archaea

11/8/18 3:39pm

Again, that is partially offset by how good our cover units are

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:41pm

Good point.

dilbert

11/8/18 3:41pm

Why don’t I understand this. The defense doesn’t get off the field...

kotacoug

11/8/18 3:46pm

Points are inversely correlated the length of the field you have to drive to

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:55pm

If you pay attention to field position over the last two years, you'll see that

dilbert

11/8/18 4:34pm

This is a two way street. You can't only blame this on the defense. Our horrible

Blueto

11/8/18 3:50pm

Except that our poor offensive FEI is more than offset by our elite cover units

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:58pm

As well as the D played vs Boise, those two 10+ play drives in the 2nd half hurt

CaliWG

11/8/18 3:51pm

Look no further than our redzone effectiveness (or lack thereof)

Jericho

11/8/18 3:54pm

That is simply correlated to first-year OC, lots of freshmen playing and FR QB

nephicoug

11/8/18 3:57pm

sure

jvquarterback

11/9/18 9:58am

Our red zone offense has been much worse in the last two games, IIRC.

here's to hoping

11/9/18 12:36am

Or possibly subpar playcalling due to lack of trust in said freshman

antiyewt

11/9/18 2:55pm

maybe, but the field is smaller and the defenders have an easier time in the red

here's to hoping

11/10/18 9:06am

Quick slants, crossing routes, outs

antiyewt

11/10/18 9:17am

Solid points

slowhiteguy

11/8/18 3:58pm

I keep trying to figure out what the long-term plan is...

Eddie

11/8/18 4:14pm

Bronco also adopted the bend but don't break philosophy. What were his numbers?

deliciousmocha

11/8/18 4:39pm

Doesn’t matter. Bronco won games. No losing seasons in 11 years.

AF Cougar

11/8/18 5:03pm

Bronco’s D was MUCH more aggressive in pressuring the QB

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:14pm

Tuiaki is probably coaching out of fear. He knows if he gets 8 points behind it's game over.

Kajdin

11/8/18 5:28pm

He needs to worry about his own side of the ball.

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:38pm

Actually Bronco used zone pressures, he didn't "blitz" that much

deliciousmocha

11/8/18 9:54pm

The FEI data goes back to 2007 on Football Outsiders. Here are his FEI rankings:

nephicoug

11/8/18 7:45pm

RE: The problem with Tuiaki's defenses is subtle but VERY impactful to the team

Scott_Tenorman

11/8/18 4:41pm

Also, the lack in sacks and turnovers have a huge impact on momentum of the game

cougaman

11/8/18 5:00pm

Let's put this into perspective for a second. If you were to quanitfy a

Ned Schneebly

11/8/18 5:19pm

I think both are responsible for losing;

antiyewt

11/8/18 5:28pm

The problem with Ed Lamb's special teams isn't subtle, but it's VERY impactful

proudcugr

11/8/18 5:50pm

Nailed it. Good post.

Blueto

11/8/18 6:12pm

Fox News is fair and balanced. CNN is just crap.

RoyalPuma

11/8/18 6:13pm

RE: Fox News is fair and balanced. CNN is just crap.

Blueto

11/8/18 6:33pm

Utah State is 21st in the country at defensive FEI,

nephicoug

11/8/18 11:08pm

Every kickoff should be fair caught or allowed to touchback. It's stats, man.

demon_llama

11/8/18 5:52pm

This feels like you’re bending over backwards to put blame on the defense for

Odysseus

11/8/18 6:17pm

This is not a good refutation to the original post.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 6:51pm

ASFP is close to a meaningless statistic for measuring a defense, as illustrated

Odysseus

11/8/18 7:00pm

This is not about measuring the defense in the traditional way.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 7:07pm

Taking this to its conclusion...the defense should also do the scoring

Blueto

11/8/18 7:18pm

I’m not buying it. See proudcugr’s post above. Seems like a special teams issue

Odysseus

11/8/18 7:19pm

Nice post, broheim.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

11/8/18 6:50pm

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