Offensive efficiency numbers random thoughts

I think one of the podcast guys said it best yesterday. Paraphrasing: when you are 2 time defending champs and you won the NC game last year like we did, there is a subset of fans that will think the sky is falling if you dont win every game in that same fashion.

It is because a lot of our passes are caught by design less than 5 yards from the LOS and turn into 8-15 yard gains. Extension of the running game. When we get close, we grind our way in. A lot of our TD runs are under 5 yards. We are really good at first downs and time of possession. Its the Kirdy way. Not as sexy, but proven.

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there is a subset of fans that will think the sky is falling

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I in no way think the sky is falling….I do strongly wish our down the field passing was better. And so does Kirby as he said so during the game.

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Kinda a reciver thread so didn't wanna start a separate thread but whats up with #11 Arian Smith and the drops?

My goodness hes supposedly our over the top speed guy and hes missed/dropped several TD/big passes for us...

We're targeted him at least once early almost every game and hes dropped damn near every one.

Imma sure it's tough to make those catches but it's frustrating to see early big plays not made...

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He must be making them in practice or he wouldn't still be out there and those plays wouldn't be getting called. Maybe Arian Smith just can't handle being in the spotlight, gives him just enough jitters to not catch the ball that hits his hands.

Or, maybe in practice Carson Beck throws it with less pepper and easier for the grab, but under the lights he puts too much juice on it.

I don't know.

But it's not just A Smith, it's a large amount of wide open long balls missed and/or dropped.

Pass Yards per TD (Top 10)

UGA 169
MICH 101
OSU 142
FSU 102
WASH 121
OKLA 113
PSU 89
TX 164
ORE 104
UNC 158

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Michigan they’re destroying their opponents and their schedule looks pretty strong.

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Didn't Michigan get called out for the weakest of all schedules?

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Michigan they’re destroying their opponents and their schedule looks pretty strong.

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I see your points about unlv, bowling green etc....but dude their schedule is charmin soft. Their incredibly, ridiculously weak schedule is likely the reason they haven't made more serious noise to overtake us for #1. Our schedule the first 4 weeks was as weak as you could possibly imagine and we obviously didn't really look all that great throughout, but mihcigan had no real argument for #1 considering their schedule was just as bad if not worse. IN fact it will be 2 weeks into November before Michigan plays its first team wiht somewhat of a pulse. They only have 2 games all year that they should need to break a sweat in, both of which are in the last 3 weeks of the year.

Michigan is a good team no doubt. But I honestly don't think anyone has the slightest clue of HOW good they actually are because they keep beating up on high school teams. We likely won't haev any idea until that penn state game.

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Beck throws a different deep ball than Stetson and JT threw. They would put more air under the ball so the receiver could run under it. Beck throws lower faster balls. They look great when they hit, like MRJS's TD catch against Kentucky. The rest of the time they're too far or off line.

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WR's had to come back to most of Stetson's deep passes. I don't recall too many passes where receivers ran under the ball.

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WR's had to come back to most of Stetson's deep passes. I don't recall too many passes where receivers ran under the ba

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They had to slow down or adjust, but not “come back”. This is because when the DB was in trail he didn’t have his eyes on the ball and you have a much higher % of catching the ball or getting PI.