Field Position Comparisons: Clemson's O versus Georgia Tech's D
by BirdGT on Oct 21, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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Clemson's defense is much better than us at forcing punts and forcing turnovers. 78% of their opponents drives result in a punt or turnover. We are only forcing punts or turnovers 62% of the time. We're gonna have to step it up against Clemson considering they're also turning the ball over at a lot lower rate than we are per drive. Here's a breakdown of their drive result rates based on starting offensive field position:
Clemson has a fairly stale offense but if they're given good field position after a fumble, they've shown they know what to do with the football. GT could be staring down the barrel of road conference loss if our offense continues to turn the ball over.
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There is a positive to be seen
Our defense allows a TD less often than Clemson’s does in nearly every yardage category. They force more punts, though.
I am thrilled with the defensive improvement
but this does no good if the offense is bungling plays.
Before the season began I actually thought this team might be better than last year. I figured having Nesbit back and a good stable of running backs would keep the offense humming. Then I figured that even though we lost two studs on defense our new coach would get improved play. I was right about the second part but I greatly underestimated how far the offense would fall off.
Somebody who is smarter than I am needs to explain this to me. Is it really just that our offensive line is so bad?
by Atlanta's original team on Oct 21, 2010 4:26 PM EDT reply actions
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I think our kind of offense results in a higher chance of our O-Line personnel getting injured. We shuffle around our O-Line a lot, and as a result, it screws with timing, assignments, etc. Anytime you screw with timing in sports, the end result doesn’t happen exactly the way you want it. If the same O-Line would play every game together, they’d be awesome.
Really though – if you look at the statistics our offense is putting up some decent numbers – the lack of a true deep threat passing game does hurt a lot.
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