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9/26/2011, 09:52 PM
Why has LSU passed OU in the AP? The on-the field results don’t seem to justify it.
As of Friday night, the following stats were true:
Missouri was ranked the #12 rushing offense, with a 253 ypg average. OU held them slightly below their average. 241 yards is WAY too many, but it’s still under their average. WVU was the #115 ranked rushing offense, averaging 76.5 ypg. LSU held them to 70. Again, slightly below their average. You can’t point to a dominant run D when the team wasn’t running the ball anyway! OU’s rushing defense was ranked 54th, averaging 132 ypg. OU gave up half again as much as their average. The thing is…so did LSU! They came into the game with the #4 ranked rushing D, giving up an average of 53 ypg. You would think that with such a fearsome rushing defense as LSU has, and with the pitiful state of WVU’s rushing offense, WVU would have been held to less than LSU’s average! Instead, OU is being filleted for allowing too high of a rushing total from a team that is extremely tough running the ball!
Missouri had the #39 ranked passing offense, averaging 264 ypg. Vs. OU, they had 291, or about a 10% increase in passing production. WVU had the #3 ranked passing offense, averaging 383 ypg. They hung 463 on LSU, or an increase of about 20% over their normal passing production. Not exactly a dominating performance by the LSU D. OU’s passing defense was ranked #96, giving up an average of 260 ypg. Again, MU threw for 291, still only about a 10% overage from the average. LSU, on the other hand, came in with a #79 pass offense ranking, averaging 236 ypg. WVU blistered them for 463 yards – an increase of a whopping 96%, or nearly doubling their average ypg allowed through the air.
Missouri came in with a total offense ranking of #12, averaging 517 ypg. OU allowed 532, or 3% above their average. WVU came into the game sporting a #24 total offense ranking, averaging 459 ypg. The 533 yards allowed by the LSU D represent a 16% increase for the Mountaineer’s offensive production. Oklahoma had the #82 ranking in total defense, with a 393 ypg average. MU’s 532 yards represent a 35% increase in yards allowed from the average for the OU D. BUT…LSU came in with a #20 total D ranking, allowing 289 ypg. The 533 yards that WVU laid on them represents an 85% increase in yards allowed over their average by LSU.
Missouri was averaging 36 ppg in scoring offense, good for a 5-way tie for 33rd (ironically, including OU). MU’s 28 points represents a 23% decrease in point total from average. WVU came in ranked #29 in scoring offense at 36.75 ppg. Their 21 points represents a 33% reduction from the average point total, and is the only category where LSU had a clearly better outing than OU. OU came in as the #29-ranked scoring D, averaging 18 ppg. The 28 points that MU scored is a 55% increase from the norm. LSU came in with a #14 scoring offense ranking, averaging 14 ppg. WVU’s 21 points is a 33% increase from their average.
OU could have and should have had a better night Saturday. But to say that LSU did their job and OU didn’t is a straight up lie. On balance, LSU’s D had a worse outing than OU’s.
As of Friday night, the following stats were true:
Missouri was ranked the #12 rushing offense, with a 253 ypg average. OU held them slightly below their average. 241 yards is WAY too many, but it’s still under their average. WVU was the #115 ranked rushing offense, averaging 76.5 ypg. LSU held them to 70. Again, slightly below their average. You can’t point to a dominant run D when the team wasn’t running the ball anyway! OU’s rushing defense was ranked 54th, averaging 132 ypg. OU gave up half again as much as their average. The thing is…so did LSU! They came into the game with the #4 ranked rushing D, giving up an average of 53 ypg. You would think that with such a fearsome rushing defense as LSU has, and with the pitiful state of WVU’s rushing offense, WVU would have been held to less than LSU’s average! Instead, OU is being filleted for allowing too high of a rushing total from a team that is extremely tough running the ball!
Missouri had the #39 ranked passing offense, averaging 264 ypg. Vs. OU, they had 291, or about a 10% increase in passing production. WVU had the #3 ranked passing offense, averaging 383 ypg. They hung 463 on LSU, or an increase of about 20% over their normal passing production. Not exactly a dominating performance by the LSU D. OU’s passing defense was ranked #96, giving up an average of 260 ypg. Again, MU threw for 291, still only about a 10% overage from the average. LSU, on the other hand, came in with a #79 pass offense ranking, averaging 236 ypg. WVU blistered them for 463 yards – an increase of a whopping 96%, or nearly doubling their average ypg allowed through the air.
Missouri came in with a total offense ranking of #12, averaging 517 ypg. OU allowed 532, or 3% above their average. WVU came into the game sporting a #24 total offense ranking, averaging 459 ypg. The 533 yards allowed by the LSU D represent a 16% increase for the Mountaineer’s offensive production. Oklahoma had the #82 ranking in total defense, with a 393 ypg average. MU’s 532 yards represent a 35% increase in yards allowed from the average for the OU D. BUT…LSU came in with a #20 total D ranking, allowing 289 ypg. The 533 yards that WVU laid on them represents an 85% increase in yards allowed over their average by LSU.
Missouri was averaging 36 ppg in scoring offense, good for a 5-way tie for 33rd (ironically, including OU). MU’s 28 points represents a 23% decrease in point total from average. WVU came in ranked #29 in scoring offense at 36.75 ppg. Their 21 points represents a 33% reduction from the average point total, and is the only category where LSU had a clearly better outing than OU. OU came in as the #29-ranked scoring D, averaging 18 ppg. The 28 points that MU scored is a 55% increase from the norm. LSU came in with a #14 scoring offense ranking, averaging 14 ppg. WVU’s 21 points is a 33% increase from their average.
OU could have and should have had a better night Saturday. But to say that LSU did their job and OU didn’t is a straight up lie. On balance, LSU’s D had a worse outing than OU’s.