Demaryius Thomas and Calvin Johnson leading ACC Alum in NFL Playoffs

by BirdGT on Jan 10, 2012 8:00 AM EST in Georgia Tech Football

In the 2011 NFL playoffs, 5,524 yards of total offense were accumulated in 4 wild card games. Over 72% of that yardage came from BCS conference alums. The SEC alums led all conferences with 1,561 yards of offense in the NFL wild card round. The ACC was second with 1,278. The B1G, Big 12, Pac 10, and Big East combined for 1,150 yards of offense. The top 10 schools based on offensive production are as follows:

With Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson out, the State of Georgia took a major hit in the playoff yardage race. Demaryius Thomas didn't hurt GT, however, with his monster game against the Steelers.

As far as points scored goes, the SEC won again. The SEC has racked up 99 offensive points including offensive touchdowns, PAT's, and FG's. I double counted receiving & passing TD's and I did not count the defensive TD for the Texans or the safety for the Falcons. The ACC was second with 66 points followed by ~~Drew Brees~~ the B1G's 41 points. The top 10 schools based on offensive points scored in the NFL Wildcard round are as follows:

As individuals, Calvin and Demaryius are leading all playoffs receivers with 211 and 204 receiving yards, respectively. The third best is Marques Colston out of Hofstra with 120 yards. Yes, Georgia Tech receivers dominated the first round. All passers were led by Drew Brees and all rushers were led by Arian Foster. The highest point total of the NFL Wildcard round on an individual level was Stafford with 24 points.

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BeyBey is a BAMF...

that is all

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Jan 10, 2012 9:15 AM EST reply actions

I failed to state the following in the above post

the NFL Playoffs>>>BCS. I have never said, “Man that team didn’t deserve to win the Super Bowl” or “That was an unsatisfying NFL postseason.”

I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.

by BirdGT on Jan 10, 2012 9:49 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

Ain't that the truth

by acedarney on Jan 10, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions

That being said

the NCAAF regular season >>>NFL regular season….IMO

by Gotcurry04 on Jan 10, 2012 10:21 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

What do you like

about NCAA so much more than NFL?

I know > is “greater than,” >> is “much greater than,” but what is >>>?

by acedarney on Jan 10, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

NCAA>>>NFL

Most people who believe this like the diversity of styles and playcalling, the air of uncertainty with young kids playing the game, the pride of being connected to “your” team via your formative college days on campus or in the classroom, the pageantry of mascots, fight songs and colors that have some meaning, and lastly the historical connection of being the very birthplace of the game of football. Some say NFL football feels too precise and almost clinical when watched back-to-back with a college game – either due to the heightened level of execution, the relative lack of diversity in schemes, the indoor stadia, the corporate logos everywhere, the knowledge that a player might show the same amount of loyalty to a team as you would a company in your career moves (versus how one might “fall in love” with your college and never think of going elsewhere), or some combo of all of that. One must admit it is quite a different experience going back to your college to watch a game and going to the nearest large city’s NFL stadium to watch the region’s professional team play. Granted, this is all out of the mouth of a man who has never lived North of The Line

I met her on the campus, sir, cheering the Brave and Bold.

by GT_Jason on Jan 10, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

You have laid out

a lot of valid points. The best part of college football (for me) is the diversity of playing styles, but I really like watching the NFL due to the level of competition. I don’t know that I can argue that one is so much greater than the other because I enjoy both (hell, I like high school, middle school, and pee-wee football too). In the end, I just like to hear why people like one over the other.

In terms of players not being emotionally connected to their teams, that’s definitely not a general statement. I know of several current and former players that fell in love with a given team (typically the teams that drafted them). However, when a guy gets tens of millions of dollars to go elsewhere, it’s pretty convincing. This free agency is something that’s come about over the past 20 years or so and has advantages and disadvantages, but the NFL has grown so much that it’s difficult to limit the players’ ability to go out and make money.

by acedarney on Jan 10, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

NFL used to be more diverse but these things go in cycles

I remember when NFL teams could have 3, 4 or 5 man fronts on defense. I remember when some teams played almost exclusively bump and run or man to man. Kansas City used a three man secondary for a while rather than a four man secondary. Dallas had its flex-defense and Miami had its fifty-three. Some teams had scrambling quarterbacks like Fran Tarkington and some had straight drop back stay in pocket quarterbacks like Roman Gabriel. Kansas City experimented with the wishbone and Dallas had its multiple offenses.

What has characterized the NFL the last few decades as been conservatism. In the worst sense the word means stodgy, stuck in a rut and resistant to any change. In the best sense the word means preserving what is worth preserving. Therein lies the possible (and I do mean possible, not probable) hope. In order to “preserve the product and profit” the NFL will slowly submit to changes it thinks can advance its cause. Thus in recent years we have seen run-and-gun formations, the wild cat, running quarterbacks and now an option quarterback by the name of Tebow.

To me the worst of times in the NFL was when everyone went to virtually the same one-back offensive system several years ago. You could put the TV on and squint your eyes and you could not tell one team from another.

One of the reasons I want Tech to succeed, besides the 225 other reasons, is that so many people would like to make college ball a junior version of the NFL. If Tech can compete and win with their option attack they will not only save college ball from dullness, they may even down the road influence the pros in some small way.

by Atlanta's original team on Jan 10, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions

Influencing the Pro's

Like Calvin and Bey Bey?

/stiff arm
//light speed
///OMG so glad I played at Central Florida! (stupid TV announcers)

I met her on the campus, sir, cheering the Brave and Bold.

by GT_Jason on Jan 10, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions

I like the direction of this off-topic discussion

I like both for different reasons, and of course for some similar ones. Born and raised in the shadow of Atlanta International Raceway, I obviously grew up with the Falcons in my life and I was a GT fan early on as well, so Falcons and Jackets have always been a natural part of my life. Without them both, I’d be one lost individual on the weekends.

Specifically, I like the NFL because it allows me to continue watching some of my favorite GT players and I get to watch them evolve into better players. I do like the high level of competition and execution of the NFL, but I do find the staleness of the league from an offensive system standpoint as a negative. I dislike that the league has continuously changed and evolved its rules to the point that QB’s are untouchable which has led to so many QB records getting destroyed and led to some teams pretty much fielding a token RB “just to keep ’em honest”. I miss the run-n-shoot and the wishbone that Atlanta used to run.

I enjoy college football because of the diversity and I like it because of the way recruiting allows for teams to, on a certain level, rebuild or reconfigure the team by bringing in more players in a single season than an NFL team can through the draft or FA. I enjoy the history of college football much more than the NFL’s. I like that there is a greater chance for an upset than in the NFL. Overall, I just get more excited for a college game than I do for an NFL game when neither of my chosen teams are involved.

From The Rumble Seat -Drinkin' whiskey clear since 2008.

"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.

by Jesse28 on Jan 10, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions

Important point you made at the end, there.

I will watch literally ANY college game. There are 120 teams in D-1, and there are so many storylines with each one. So much to learn and appreciate (or hate) about each school and team. I want to hear those fight songs and see the uniform changes. I find myself Wikipedia-ing schools I’m curious about while I watch the game just to answer little questions I have like “I wonder which school is bigger/more academic/has a better football history/is most like Tech, etc.” I have spent hours doing that and loved every second. By halftime I know more than the TV announcers do and I can compare each school to Tech in every important metric. Of course, this could have something to do with the fact that the only NFL team I ever loved died in 1996 when they shipped her off to Tennessee.

I met her on the campus, sir, cheering the Brave and Bold.

by GT_Jason on Jan 10, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions

My condolences

I guess you never picked up the Texans?

by acedarney on Jan 11, 2012 7:54 AM EST up reply actions

Nope. Sure didn't.

I moved to Atlanta the year the Oilers left anyway. And then I didn’t care about football at all for like nine years until Georgia Tech taught me to love again. Now it’s all fight songs, colors and pageantry. My college team won’t ever leave me for Tennessee!

I met her on the campus, sir, cheering the Brave and Bold.

by GT_Jason on Jan 11, 2012 1:19 PM EST up reply actions