re: Notre Dame's defense/special teams: A detailed look

Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:33 pm to reedus23

Posted by narddogg81

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Posted on 12/21/12 at 12:33 pm to reedus23

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On offense, ND is 75th in points/game and Alabama is 15th. Bama by a wide margin. End of story. On defense, ND is 20th (194.8 yds/game) against the pass and Alabama is 6th (166.2yds/game). ND is 5th against the run (93.3 yds/game) and Bama is 1st (79.8 yds/game). ND is 1st (10.3) in points/game and Alabama is 2nd (10.7). Bama is superior against the run and the pass. About a dead heat on points/game, so I took a look at the offenses that these defenses were shutting down. I took out Western Carolina to avoid giving Bama an advantage and to keep both at 12 games(Sorry Bama, you just switched out Western Carolina for Georgia). Here's their opponents offensive ranks based on points/game: ND --- Bama 13 --- 3 37 --- 19 44 --- 23 58 --- 50 59 --- 56 66 --- 57 71 --- 58 74 --- 68 86 --- 82 109 --- 91 111 --- 107 116 --- 115 (Auburn) Average Opponent Rank: 70.33 --- 60.75 So what's that tell you? Their common opponent, Michigan, was ND's 4th toughest based on these stats but only Bama's 7th toughest. Bama's defense was better this year and did it against better offensive teams in terms of scoring, running and throwing the ball. That's partly what I mean when I say ND is a product of their schedule. Nice numbers, but the same or better numbers while playing better teams is, well, better. Notre Dame fricked!

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