So I’m pumped about this hire
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Now there’s a lot of stats to like with Hetherman but as we know stats can often be manipulated both good and bad
It’s just a different form of football in that conference
One thing I like to look at with DCs is how they fare compared to the other teams average offense per game (just looking at teams that matter)
So here we go:
Virginia Tech
223 (they had 394 against us)
VT avg
367.8
UNC
252
UNC avg
406.7
Iowa
334 (Minn had a -2 TO diff)
Iowa avg
328.8
Michigan
241
Mich avg
286.2
USC
373
USC avg
437.2
UCLA
329
UCLA avg
328.8
Maryland
427
Mary avg
386.3
Illinois
352
Illinois avg
364.8
Rutgers
349
Rutgers avg
382.7
Penn State
361
PSU avg
430.2
Wisconsin
166
Wisc avg
350.3
Quick analysis:
Expected yards given total = 4,070
Yards given up = 3,407
Roughly 60 less yards per game (Wisconsin really skews it)
Maryland was the main anamoly to the negative but it appears the majority of their yardage was gained after the game was 41-10 and the backups were in
As we know every game is different and each one tells a story so I like to look at the season this way and look for trends
Given that Minnesota is clearly not Miami when it comes to recruiting talent I thought this was pretty compelling (as far as stats go)