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During the '25 regular season, Georgia's offense was #1 in the SEC in Points Per Drive.

Posted on 1/4/26 at 2:56 pm
Posted by wdhalgren
Member since May 2013
4653 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 2:56 pm
The #1 job of an offense is to score as many points as possible every time they have the football, as long as the game is in doubt. IMO, the best single statistic to assess how well an offense does that is Brian Fremeau's OPD (Offensive Points per non-garbage Drive). Fremeau calculates OPD as points scored by the offense (not defense or special teams), during regulation play (overtime doesn't count), per non-garbage possession (his definition at bottom if you're interested).

The numbers below are calculated using data found on Fremeau's BCF Toys website, and adapted (by me) to show average OPD for matches between SEC teams during the 2025 regular season. After reading and learning from some experts on this message board, based on the data below I've reached the conclusion that every team in the SEC must fire their offensive coordinators immediately.

Team OPD

GEO --- 3.54
VAN --- 3.43
OLE --- 3.25
TEN --- 3.10
TAM --- 2.83
ARK --- 2.59
ALA --- 2.54
TEX --- 2.43
MST --- 2.01
MZZ --- 1.92
OKL --- 1.69
KEN --- 1.66
LOU --- 1.66
AUB --- 1.58
SCA --- 1.45
FLO --- 1.43



(from the bcftoys.com website)

Garbage vs Non-Garbage Possessions

Unless otherwise noted, all ratings and supporting data on this site are calculated only after first filtering out garbage possessions defined as follows:

An offensive possession of two plays or fewer that runs out the clock to conclude the first half, or that runs out the clock to conclude the second half with the score tied, and does not result in a turnover, score, or field goal attempt.

A possession in the second half of a game in which eight times the number of the losing team's remaining possessions plus one is less than the losing team's scoring deficit at the start of the possession.

An offensive possession of two plays or fewer by the losing team with a score deficit greater than eight points that runs out the clock to conclude the game.

An offensive possession or non-offensive scoring possession by the winning team leading by eight points or fewer at the start of the possession that runs out the clock to conclude the game.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 3:15 pm
Posted by DawgRff
Snellville Ga
Member since Jul 2012
6559 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 3:13 pm to
That was with Drew Bobo in the game. It's obvious what went wrong.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
16215 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 3:13 pm to
I would actually say the most important job is to get points when they matter. Big-time goal line plays with elimination on the line.
Posted by wdhalgren
Member since May 2013
4653 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

I would actually say the most important job is to get points when they matter. Big-time goal line plays with elimination on the line.


Fremeau's data shows a high correlation between OPD, DPD, some associated stats, and team success. Probably because teams that score more points per possession (on average) than their opponents usually end up with more points at the end of the game (when they matter). It's not intended to be a guarantee for any specific possession, game or season outcome. Nothing purports to capture that except the delusion of fools. What it does show is that Georgia's offense operated at a very high level relative to their SEC peers in 2025.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 3:39 pm
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
8400 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 4:09 pm to
We had the best red zone offense in the country vs. FBS teams, which made the last drive so frustrating and we'll be asking "what if" for a long time.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
73527 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 4:26 pm to
I just finished Uncle Lou's YSIO Video he put out yesterday.

Some pretty incredible stats-

UGA's leading receiver= Zachariah Branch

Who was #2?

Colbie Young?
Oscar Delp?
Noah Thomas?
Lawson Luckie?
Elyass Williams?

Nate Frazier?

Cash Jones. He had more receptions than all three of our tight ends combined. Sure, one of those receptions was a damn good one.

Genius play calling doesn't result in that stat line. I'm sorry.

That's not even to speak to the situational play calling down inside the 5 that's already been beat to death. Or that 4th down WTF play.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 6:00 pm
Posted by wdhalgren
Member since May 2013
4653 posts
Posted on 1/4/26 at 4:54 pm to
Sorry, Deeprig, but you're not responding to the OP. What you're saying is that didn't like the game Bobo called in the Sugar Bowl. The point of the OP is that, despite all of the cries that he is a horrible OC, the season data say just the opposite.

So what happened in the Sugar Bowl. Just the normal things that happen all the time. Players were out due to injury, or hurt during the game. Players had a bad game, players on the other team had a good game, mental mistakes were made on the field and the sidelines. Their kicker made some coin-flip kicks and ours missed one. Officials made calls and missed calls, and the football bounced in random directions. None of that means that one game defines Bobo's season as a coach or a playcaller. Even if it did, Kirby Smart would understand that and act on it without needing input from the message boards. Anonymous message boards are not a useful resource for staffing questions.

Edit: and Cash only had two catches. It's not like the game plan was structured around him.
This post was edited on 1/4/26 at 5:20 pm
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