Two days ago, we showed that Clemson's D has forced a ton of punts. Today, we're showing you why the Georgia Tech defense is still in a rebuilding year. In 2009, we gave up a TD 27% of our opponents' drives but scored a TD 42% of our own drives. It was unfair trade in our favor. This season the gap has shrunk big time. We're scoring TD's 32% of our drives but giving up TD's 26% of the time. That is not good. Here's a look at the 2010 breakdown thus far based on our opponents starting field position and what their drives result in based on that field position:
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.
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.