re: Watched the 2013 SEC ship game

We discussed this back in January and I unfortunately still believe that the data says Gus is not a great passing coach.


"Analysis of Gus as a passing coach
Posted online on 1/15/16 at 3:17 pm


The data shows that Gus is not going to win a ton of awards as a passing-focused coach per info below that I pulled directly from recent AL.com article. And yes, because i'm an SEC homer and don't believe Tulsa or Arky St. are about sh&t...I left those years off.

What you'll see is that 4 out the 7 years that Gus has been in the SEC, his offenses were not in the top 100 in the country in passing. His best passing team ever was Chris Todd year at #56.

The Gus system only really works with a legit dual-threat QB.



Malzahn's offenses

2015 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 27.2 ppg (78th nationally)
Rushing offense: 191.8 ypg (42nd)
Passing offense: 175.6 ypg (108th)
Total offense: 367.3 ypg (96th)

2014 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 35.5 ppg (27th)
Rushing offense: 255.5 ypg (14th)
Passing offense: 229.5 ypg (67th)
Total offense: 485 ypg (17th)

2013 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 39.5 ppg (12th)
Rushing offense: 325.4 ypg (1st)
Passing offense: 173 ypg (108th)
Total offense: 501.3 (11th)

2011 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 25.7 ppg (70th)
Rushing offense: 182.3 ypg (31st)
Passing offense: 155.5 ypg (105th)
Total offense: 337.8 ypg (100th)

2010 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 41.2 ppg (7th)
Rushing offense: 284.8 ypg (5th)
Passing offense: 214.4 ypg (66th)
Total offense: 499.2 ypg (7th)

2009 (Auburn)
Scoring offense: 33.3 ppg (17th)
Rushing offense: 212 ypg (13th)
Passing offense: 219.8 ypg (56th)
Total offense: 431.8 ypg (16th)

2006 (Arkansas)
Scoring offense: 28.9 ppg (31st)
Rushing offense: 228.5 ypg (4th)
Passing offense: 149.5 ypg (108th)
Total offense: 378 ypg (29th)