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SportSource Analytics: FBS teams scoring first and keeping opponents scoreless in 1Q
Posted on 8/20/20 at 9:49 am
Posted on 8/20/20 at 9:49 am
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Over the last five years, these are the only FBS #CFB teams to have scored first in 70%+ of their games:
1 @AlabamaFTBL #RollTide
2 @NDFootball #NotreDame
3 @SouthernMissFB #SouthernMiss
4 @GeorgiaFootball #UGA
9:18 AM · Aug 20, 2020
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The five FBS #CFB teams that have kept opponents off the scoreboard in the 1st quarter 50%+ of games over the last five years:
1 @ClemsonFB - 54%
2 @GeorgiaFootball - 54%
3 @AlabamaFTBL - 53%
4 @LSUfootball - 51%
5 @BadgerFootball - 50%
9:27 AM · Aug 20, 2020
With the proliferation of high-powered offenses, to me it's especially impressive that the SEC has three of the top five defensive performances during that span.
Assuming most of these were conference games, it also seems to indicate that there is a significant disparity (a top and bottom tier) between SEC teams and their ability to score quickly.
In other words, first quarter defense seems to correlate directly with overall success during the past few years.
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Posted on 8/20/20 at 9:51 am to paperwasp
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:00 am to paperwasp
Georgia has had a tough time scoring last in the past few years
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:07 am to geauxnavybeatbama
NM
This post was edited on 8/20/20 at 10:10 am
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:10 am to paperwasp
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first quarter defense seems to correlate directly with overall success during the past few years.
Or maybe the best 1Q defenses are just the best defenses
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:30 am to MNW
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Or maybe the best 1Q defenses are just the best defenses
That's probably true.
Also may have something to do with overcoming an opponent's game plan and lack of coaching adjustment throughout the game.
As an example, which will probably get shite all over, Alabama allowed 33-points to LSU in the first half, but none in the third quarter after halftime adjustments (and a 15-point positive swing in the second half overall).
Obviously a lot of factors went into it by that point in the game, but it's clear that even a disastrous first quarter or half can be adjusted for.
If you're a team (or staff) that can't make those adjustments, it's a hard hole to climb out of.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:34 am to paperwasp
Then the LSU offensive coaches made adjustments to bama's and couldn't be stopped in the fourth quarter. LSU wins game.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 10:37 am to 167back
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Then the LSU offensive coaches made adjustments to bama's and couldn't be stopped in the fourth quarter. LSU wins game.
Right, I'm not saying LSU couldn't adjust just as well to do what they needed to do, but comparatively that's a difficult task for other, lesser teams/staffs.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 11:23 am to paperwasp
stopped in that opening drive by an uncharacteristic turnover from burrow... they were marching down the field to make it 40-13
Posted on 8/20/20 at 11:37 am to austiger
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stopped in that opening drive by an uncharacteristic turnover from burrow
Yeah, Tua did the same thing on the first drive of the game.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 8:06 pm to paperwasp
you had two fluke touchdowns on stingley and a punt return where mcmath should've wrapped up. net net you're lucky that's a 5 point game and not a 3 or 4 TD game
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