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Posted on 12/24/25 at 2:49 pm to PowHound
Lots of changes going on in CFB at the moment. I am about to do a thread where Denis Dodd confirms my suspicion, CFB scoring is way down, it is at its lowest mark since 2009 and for the first time ever, scoring has declined for three straight years.
I heard something by a pundit the other day, maybe G-Mac or one of those nerdy types, and it hit me why teams are now struggling. I fill in on the thread.
EDIT: Might as well put it here, I only log into SEC Rant and this board, all other boards ask me to log in. Di that way before, so I can't start a thread. Dennis Dodd Headline:
College football offenses continue declining in key categories resulting in lowest-scoring season since 2009
Dennis Dodd takes one last statistical look at the 2023 college football season
That was the 2023 season, and its gotten even worse. Then I heard one pundit talking about how Alabama managed to confuse OU this time (somewhat), the last game we lined up at the line of Scrim. and called the plays. Well, coaches now have communications with one players, most like a smart LB like Hightower, who can relay to both the D-Line and D-Backs, but that radio communication stops at the 15 seconds to go mark. So, Bama did some huddling remember? The ran to the line after the 15 second tom go mark, giving the defensive coaches no chance to get a read on what they were doing (very smart).
These communications no doubt are helping the defenses get back into the game, but teams will soon all start doing what Bama did. Many probably already are. I wonder if IU does that ? The reason Bama and Georgia defenses were so great 10....well, 15 years ago Bama, was that Saban and Kirby communicated every move, until the HUNH kind of muted their influence, then we started getting games like 2019 Bama vs. LSU where both teams scored in the 40s, which is really why I stopped watching, it was awful. I thought the offenses had just gotten bad lately, but it seems they made a new rule in 2024 that evens out the playing field.
I heard something by a pundit the other day, maybe G-Mac or one of those nerdy types, and it hit me why teams are now struggling. I fill in on the thread.
EDIT: Might as well put it here, I only log into SEC Rant and this board, all other boards ask me to log in. Di that way before, so I can't start a thread. Dennis Dodd Headline:
College football offenses continue declining in key categories resulting in lowest-scoring season since 2009
Dennis Dodd takes one last statistical look at the 2023 college football season
That was the 2023 season, and its gotten even worse. Then I heard one pundit talking about how Alabama managed to confuse OU this time (somewhat), the last game we lined up at the line of Scrim. and called the plays. Well, coaches now have communications with one players, most like a smart LB like Hightower, who can relay to both the D-Line and D-Backs, but that radio communication stops at the 15 seconds to go mark. So, Bama did some huddling remember? The ran to the line after the 15 second tom go mark, giving the defensive coaches no chance to get a read on what they were doing (very smart).
These communications no doubt are helping the defenses get back into the game, but teams will soon all start doing what Bama did. Many probably already are. I wonder if IU does that ? The reason Bama and Georgia defenses were so great 10....well, 15 years ago Bama, was that Saban and Kirby communicated every move, until the HUNH kind of muted their influence, then we started getting games like 2019 Bama vs. LSU where both teams scored in the 40s, which is really why I stopped watching, it was awful. I thought the offenses had just gotten bad lately, but it seems they made a new rule in 2024 that evens out the playing field.
This post was edited on 12/24/25 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 12/24/25 at 8:54 pm to TTOWN RONMON
Running clock rules has had a significant impact as well.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 9:26 pm to BamaBravesPackers
As a fan base we are a little mixed up right now. Earlier in the season Simpson was being touted for the Heisman and defense sucked. Now we have flip flopped and the defense is the better unit. Simply put this team is not elite on offense or defense. Every win above a decent team is a blessing.
Posted on 12/24/25 at 10:25 pm to stewieie
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Simply put this team is not elite on offense or defense. Every win above a decent team is a blessing.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:23 pm to PowHound
I want to apologize to Mark Richt.
He would never put a football team THAT bad on the field.
Good lord.
He would never put a football team THAT bad on the field.
Good lord.
Posted on 1/1/26 at 6:26 pm to PowHound
He actually had 3 losses similar to this, 2 at Miami and 1 at Ga. Years and years apart though. Nothing like what we're seeing with Deboer.
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