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TI’s Look at the TOP 10
OK, so the original topic of these articles was to look at the Top Ten and who was in the Bucks way of reaching the BCS Promised Land. Since we are in danger of not even making it to a Bowl Game …. Let alone a BCS game … We will look at the Top Teams and some of our opponents, and look at the National Stats
So why are these teams where they are, and why are we where we are …… Statistics do not always tell the whole truth … but they look pretty reliable from here …..
# 1 USC …. So what have they done lately. They are undefeated, and escaped with a win against CAL.
STATS
Rush Offense #44
Pass Offense # 31
Pass Efficiency # 15
Scoring Offense # 9
Rush Defense # 6
Pass Defense # 32
Pass efficiency Defense # 11
Total Defense # 10
Scoring Defense # 3
Net Punting # 1
Turn Over Margin # 2
Over All decent stats … scoring D, net punting, and turn over margin … and you thought they just had an offense.
# 2 Oklahoma
They are also undefeated, and are looking better as the year progresses. They Beat Texas … and that was their biggest test to date.
STATS
Rush Offense # 14
Pass Offense # 38
Pass Efficiency # 10
Scoring Offense # 17
Rush Defense # 5
Pass Defense # 67
Pass efficiency Defense # 35
Total Defense # 19
Scoring Defense # 6
Net Punting # 14
Turn Over Margin # 12
Decent stats … but not as good as USC’s … that’s why they are #2
# 3 Miami
They are cruising along, and have the schedule to win out.
STATS
Rush Offense # 66
Pass Offense # 53
Pass Efficiency # 26
Scoring Offense # 13
Rush Defense # 49
Pass Defense # 14
Pass efficiency Defense # 12
Total Defense # 23
Scoring Defense # 17
Net Punting # 25
Turn Over Margin # 5
Record is great, schedule is light, numbers not all that impressive.
# 4 Auburn they are looking good, but have Georgia coming up, sandwiched between Mississippi & Alabama.
STATS
Rush Offense # 18
Pass Offense # 42
Pass Efficiency # 2
Scoring Offense # 15
Rush Defense # 11
Pass Defense # 5
Pass efficiency Defense # 8
Total Defense # 4
Scoring Defense # 2
Net Punting # 20
Turn Over Margin # 24
Stats … look very good scoring D # 2, scoring O # 15 …. They can give anyone fits in a Bowl Game, or championship game.
# 5 Florida State
One loss looks bad until everyone has one
STATS
Rush Offense # 22
Pass Offense # 75
Pass Efficiency # 88
Scoring Offense # 42
Rush Defense # 2
Pass Defense # 44
Pass efficiency Defense # 38
Total Defense # 8
Scoring Defense # 9
Net Punting # 27
Turn Over Margin # 47
Defense Stats are where it’s at.
# 6 Wisconsin
Undefeated and looking pretty good.
STATS
Rush Offense # 37
Pass Offense # 102
Pass Efficiency # 93
Scoring Offense # 88
Rush Defense # 8
Pass Defense # 4
Pass efficiency Defense # 2
Total Defense # 3
Scoring Defense # 1
Net Punting # 29
Turn Over Margin # 60
Scoring D looks great … but look at the offensive offensive stats.
That’s why FSU is ranked ahead of them.
#7 Georgia one loss makes a difference
STATS
Rush Offense # 46
Pass Offense # 35
Pass Efficiency # 25
Scoring Offense # 46
Rush Defense # 20
Pass Defense # 9
Pass efficiency Defense # 70
Total Defense # 6
Scoring Defense # 11
Net Punting # 38
Turn Over Margin # 47
Stats look pretty good, but not great. Still a team that can match up well with a lot of teams.
# 8 California
They had USC, and let them slide by …. We will look at CAL
As they will be in the Rose Bowl as long as USC is in the BCS title game, if all goes as planned.
STATS
Rush Offense # 9
Pass Offense # 21
Pass Efficiency # 1
Scoring Offense # 5
Rush Defense # 7
Pass Defense # 28
Pass efficiency Defense # 28
Total Defense # 9
Scoring Defense # 13
Net Punting # 40
Turn Over Margin # 84
Stats look very good over all …. Watch out for them to kick some more butt …. And maybe win the Rose Bowl.
# 9. Texas …. They lost to Oklahoma AGAIN.
STATS
Rush Offense # 2
Pass Offense # 105
Pass Efficiency # 54
Scoring Offense # 20
Rush Defense # 46
Pass Defense # 35
Pass efficiency Defense # 23
Total Defense # 33
Scoring Defense # 12
Net Punting # 62
Turn Over Margin # 17
STATS: so so …. Great rush, poor pass … OK D … Brown is packing his bags …
# 10 UTAH
undefeated … not highly thought of, but Undefeated
STATS
Rush Offense # 10
Pass Offense # 32
Pass Efficiency # 5
Scoring Offense # 2
Rush Defense # 67
Pass Defense # 24
Pass efficiency Defense # 9
Total Defense # 42
Scoring Defense # 22
Net Punting # 7
Turn Over Margin # 12
STATS: # 2 SCORING O …. DECENT D ….
Utah will upset someone in a bowl game.
THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
STATS
Rush Offense # 83
Pass Offense # 85
Pass Efficiency # 89
Scoring Offense # 85
Rush Defense # 44
Pass Defense # 41
Pass efficiency Defense # 48
Total Defense # 36
Scoring Defense # 37
Net Punting # 33
Turn Over Margin # 93
Mediocre stats …. But improving.
PENN STATE
STATS
Rush Offense # 86
Pass Offense # 62
Pass Efficiency # 107
Scoring Offense # 107
Rush Defense # 30
Pass Defense # 18
Pass efficiency Defense # 18
Total Defense # 17
Scoring Defense # 14
Net Punting # 54
Turn Over Margin # 101
Stats …. Very similar to the Bucks …. Home field wins it …
Michigan
STATS
Rush Offense # 63
Pass Offense # 50
Pass Efficiency # 55
Scoring Offense # 41
Rush Defense # 3
Pass Defense # 49
Pass efficiency Defense # 36
Total Defense # 11
Scoring Defense # 31
Net Punting # 77
Turn Over Margin # 20
STATS …total D #11 … Rush D #3
Can we improve enough to pull off a win ?????
The Numbers right now say no …….
But that is why they play the games
Home Field
Heart
Desire
These do not show up in Stats
Woody Hated Stats ....
He used to talk about the guy that drowned in the river that had an aveage depth of 2 feet.... and the guy with his feet in the bucket of ice and head in a stove ... whose environments average temperature was 72 degrees.
Time for the Bucks to Suck It Up ...
GO BUCKS !!!!!!!!!
OK, so the original topic of these articles was to look at the Top Ten and who was in the Bucks way of reaching the BCS Promised Land. Since we are in danger of not even making it to a Bowl Game …. Let alone a BCS game … We will look at the Top Teams and some of our opponents, and look at the National Stats
So why are these teams where they are, and why are we where we are …… Statistics do not always tell the whole truth … but they look pretty reliable from here …..
# 1 USC …. So what have they done lately. They are undefeated, and escaped with a win against CAL.
STATS
Rush Offense #44
Pass Offense # 31
Pass Efficiency # 15
Scoring Offense # 9
Rush Defense # 6
Pass Defense # 32
Pass efficiency Defense # 11
Total Defense # 10
Scoring Defense # 3
Net Punting # 1
Turn Over Margin # 2
Over All decent stats … scoring D, net punting, and turn over margin … and you thought they just had an offense.
# 2 Oklahoma
They are also undefeated, and are looking better as the year progresses. They Beat Texas … and that was their biggest test to date.
STATS
Rush Offense # 14
Pass Offense # 38
Pass Efficiency # 10
Scoring Offense # 17
Rush Defense # 5
Pass Defense # 67
Pass efficiency Defense # 35
Total Defense # 19
Scoring Defense # 6
Net Punting # 14
Turn Over Margin # 12
Decent stats … but not as good as USC’s … that’s why they are #2
# 3 Miami
They are cruising along, and have the schedule to win out.
STATS
Rush Offense # 66
Pass Offense # 53
Pass Efficiency # 26
Scoring Offense # 13
Rush Defense # 49
Pass Defense # 14
Pass efficiency Defense # 12
Total Defense # 23
Scoring Defense # 17
Net Punting # 25
Turn Over Margin # 5
Record is great, schedule is light, numbers not all that impressive.
# 4 Auburn they are looking good, but have Georgia coming up, sandwiched between Mississippi & Alabama.
STATS
Rush Offense # 18
Pass Offense # 42
Pass Efficiency # 2
Scoring Offense # 15
Rush Defense # 11
Pass Defense # 5
Pass efficiency Defense # 8
Total Defense # 4
Scoring Defense # 2
Net Punting # 20
Turn Over Margin # 24
Stats … look very good scoring D # 2, scoring O # 15 …. They can give anyone fits in a Bowl Game, or championship game.
# 5 Florida State
One loss looks bad until everyone has one
STATS
Rush Offense # 22
Pass Offense # 75
Pass Efficiency # 88
Scoring Offense # 42
Rush Defense # 2
Pass Defense # 44
Pass efficiency Defense # 38
Total Defense # 8
Scoring Defense # 9
Net Punting # 27
Turn Over Margin # 47
Defense Stats are where it’s at.
# 6 Wisconsin
Undefeated and looking pretty good.
STATS
Rush Offense # 37
Pass Offense # 102
Pass Efficiency # 93
Scoring Offense # 88
Rush Defense # 8
Pass Defense # 4
Pass efficiency Defense # 2
Total Defense # 3
Scoring Defense # 1
Net Punting # 29
Turn Over Margin # 60
Scoring D looks great … but look at the offensive offensive stats.
That’s why FSU is ranked ahead of them.
#7 Georgia one loss makes a difference
STATS
Rush Offense # 46
Pass Offense # 35
Pass Efficiency # 25
Scoring Offense # 46
Rush Defense # 20
Pass Defense # 9
Pass efficiency Defense # 70
Total Defense # 6
Scoring Defense # 11
Net Punting # 38
Turn Over Margin # 47
Stats look pretty good, but not great. Still a team that can match up well with a lot of teams.
# 8 California
They had USC, and let them slide by …. We will look at CAL
As they will be in the Rose Bowl as long as USC is in the BCS title game, if all goes as planned.
STATS
Rush Offense # 9
Pass Offense # 21
Pass Efficiency # 1
Scoring Offense # 5
Rush Defense # 7
Pass Defense # 28
Pass efficiency Defense # 28
Total Defense # 9
Scoring Defense # 13
Net Punting # 40
Turn Over Margin # 84
Stats look very good over all …. Watch out for them to kick some more butt …. And maybe win the Rose Bowl.
# 9. Texas …. They lost to Oklahoma AGAIN.
STATS
Rush Offense # 2
Pass Offense # 105
Pass Efficiency # 54
Scoring Offense # 20
Rush Defense # 46
Pass Defense # 35
Pass efficiency Defense # 23
Total Defense # 33
Scoring Defense # 12
Net Punting # 62
Turn Over Margin # 17
STATS: so so …. Great rush, poor pass … OK D … Brown is packing his bags …
# 10 UTAH
undefeated … not highly thought of, but Undefeated
STATS
Rush Offense # 10
Pass Offense # 32
Pass Efficiency # 5
Scoring Offense # 2
Rush Defense # 67
Pass Defense # 24
Pass efficiency Defense # 9
Total Defense # 42
Scoring Defense # 22
Net Punting # 7
Turn Over Margin # 12
STATS: # 2 SCORING O …. DECENT D ….
Utah will upset someone in a bowl game.
THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES
STATS
Rush Offense # 83
Pass Offense # 85
Pass Efficiency # 89
Scoring Offense # 85
Rush Defense # 44
Pass Defense # 41
Pass efficiency Defense # 48
Total Defense # 36
Scoring Defense # 37
Net Punting # 33
Turn Over Margin # 93
Mediocre stats …. But improving.
PENN STATE
STATS
Rush Offense # 86
Pass Offense # 62
Pass Efficiency # 107
Scoring Offense # 107
Rush Defense # 30
Pass Defense # 18
Pass efficiency Defense # 18
Total Defense # 17
Scoring Defense # 14
Net Punting # 54
Turn Over Margin # 101
Stats …. Very similar to the Bucks …. Home field wins it …
Michigan
STATS
Rush Offense # 63
Pass Offense # 50
Pass Efficiency # 55
Scoring Offense # 41
Rush Defense # 3
Pass Defense # 49
Pass efficiency Defense # 36
Total Defense # 11
Scoring Defense # 31
Net Punting # 77
Turn Over Margin # 20
STATS …total D #11 … Rush D #3
Can we improve enough to pull off a win ?????
The Numbers right now say no …….
But that is why they play the games
Home Field
Heart
Desire
These do not show up in Stats
Woody Hated Stats ....
He used to talk about the guy that drowned in the river that had an aveage depth of 2 feet.... and the guy with his feet in the bucket of ice and head in a stove ... whose environments average temperature was 72 degrees.
Time for the Bucks to Suck It Up ...
GO BUCKS !!!!!!!!!