re: A&M held Bama's O to only 26 points

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So the only defensive stat that matters is the one that paints Aggy D is a positive light.

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Not at all. The more complete metric gives you a better picture. If A&M wasn't getting stops, TFLs, turnovers, etc. they wouldn't rank high in DEF Efficiency. There's a reason coaches like Bellichek and Saban talk about yards per play and points per posession. Vegas sharps and handicappers too.

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Also this "efficiency" stat you keep hammering on has Virginia Tech at #7. A team that gave up 45 to Tenn and 31 to Syracuse so according to your most important stat VT's D is better than LSU and Auburn's D.

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So far Virginia Tech has been playing very good defense this year. The defense wasn't the problem against UT, 5 turnovers was. VA Tech held them to 91 yards passing. Here you can see why scoring defense(by itself) can also be very misleading.