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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

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zincfinger said:
That's a weird stat line. How the hell does a cornerback have 75 tackles, 3 ints, and only 3 passes defended
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"Passes defended" is a technical term. It does not refer to the number of times a defender covered a receiver.

"Passes defended" = "interceptions" + "passes broken up"

Interceptions are obviously easy to define. However, the NCAA has also defined the more nebulous concept of pass breakups in its Statisticians' Manual:

Article 5. PASS BREAKUPS: A player credited with a pass interception should not be credited with a pass breakup. If a pass falls incomplete because of the defensive efforts of one player, that player should be credited with a pass breakup. This may come about in two major ways:

(1) A defensive player makes contact with the football, thus preventing the intended receiver from making the catch.

(2) A defensive player tackles the intended receiver simultaneously with the arrival of the football, thus preventing the reception.

A defensive player who neither touches the football nor tackles the receiver simultaneously with the arrival of the football should not be credited with a pass breakup. No pass breakup should be credited on plays in which the football is overthrown or thrown out of bounds, or is otherwise uncatchable.

In rare instances, it may be possible for two defensive players to play such equal roles in the defending of a forward pass that it is not possible to determine which player was more responsible. In such a rare instance, credit both players with a pass breakup. It also is possible for a defensive lineman to be credited with a pass breakup in those rare cases when he jumps up and knocks down a pass attempt, or strips the ball from the passer’s grasp after the passer’s arm goes forward, creating an incomplete pass attempt.

Pass interceptions and pass breakups will be considered separately until combined to recognize the most outstanding defensive players in the PASSES DEFENDED category.​
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
"Passes defended" is a technical term. It does not refer to the number of times a defender covered a receiver.

"Passes defended" = "interceptions" + "passes broken up"

Interceptions are obviously easy to define. However, the NCAA has also defined the more nebulous concept of pass breakups in its Statisticians' Manual:

Article 5. PASS BREAKUPS: A player credited with a pass interception should not be credited with a pass breakup. If a pass falls incomplete because of the defensive efforts of one player, that player should be credited with a pass breakup. This may come about in two major ways:

(1) A defensive player makes contact with the football, thus preventing the intended receiver from making the catch.

(2) A defensive player tackles the intended receiver simultaneously with the arrival of the football, thus preventing the reception.

A defensive player who neither touches the football nor tackles the receiver simultaneously with the arrival of the football should not be credited with a pass breakup. No pass breakup should be credited on plays in which the football is overthrown or thrown out of bounds, or is otherwise uncatchable.

In rare instances, it may be possible for two defensive players to play such equal roles in the defending of a forward pass that it is not possible to determine which player was more responsible. In such a rare instance, credit both players with a pass breakup. It also is possible for a defensive lineman to be credited with a pass breakup in those rare cases when he jumps up and knocks down a pass attempt, or strips the ball from the passer’s grasp after the passer’s arm goes forward, creating an incomplete pass attempt.

Pass interceptions and pass breakups will be considered separately until combined to recognize the most outstanding defensive players in the PASSES DEFENDED category.​
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That’s how I understood it. 3 interceptions, 0 passes broken up without interception, and 75 tackles. Seems to me like a high ratio for a cornerback.
 
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ScriptOhio said:


Black is leaving U-M as a grad transfer. That means he will be eligible to play for Texas football in 2020. It’s very likely that Black will have two years of eligibility with the Longhorns.

A four-star member of U-M’s 2017 recruiting class, Black was rated as the No. 15 receiver in the country and the No. 1 player at any position in the state of Connecticut.
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Good for Tarik. He exits Ann Arbor with a degree from the University of Michigan, which like it or not is a valuable resource, and gets to play in better weather and get a Master's degree from another excellent public university.

The best part of this, obviously, is the "exits Ann Arbor" part.
 
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Re: Taulia’s departure does leave the Crimson Tide with three scholarship quarterbacks -- redshirt junior Mac Jones, who started four games a season ago, redshirt freshman Paul Tyson, who played in one game last year, and freshman Bryce Young, an early 5-star enrollee.

pnuts34 said:
Guess the writing is on the wall for Bryce Young...
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Well, one of those three could be ahead of him on the depth chart or he just plain didn't like it there:



More speculation:



and Maryland, LSU, Tennessee, Florida, and UCF......:lol:

Entire article: https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...ulia-tagovailoa-entering-the-transfer-portal/
 
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