re: Did the Petrino hire renew your interest in the football program?

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That run defense needs to get fixed. For the love of God, we need to see more than 3 DL on the defense.

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While the run defense wasn't good enough, and it was a problem, the overall defense was actually pretty good.

Points per drive:

SEC:

UGA: 1.29 (4 national rank)
Bama 1.65 (15)
UK 1.83 (28)
A&M 1.93 (34)
UT 1.94 (37)
Missouri 1.95 (38)
State 1.96 (39)
LSU 2.09 (50)
TCU 2.21 (61)
Ole Miss 2.24 (65)
Auburn 2.36 (80)
South Carolina 2.40 (86)
Arkansas 2.44 (92)
UF 2.78 (110)
Vandy 2.95 (121)


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Under Elko:

2018: 2.10 ppd (61 nationally)
2019: 1.95 ppd (38 nationally)
2020: 1.81 ppd (29 nationally)
2021: 1.28 ppd (4 nationally)