First, the caveats, because ridding oneself of Lawyer Stink takes more than 15 months, apparently: This post is primarily for tracking purposes. If we don't record them now, these weekly numbers will disappear into the ether, and if I'm going to record them, I might as well post them. But the numbers can't mean much at this point. Some teams, like Tennessee, played what are currently believed to be decent teams. Some teams played Alabama. Some played Bowling Green. So relative numbers are skewey skewed skewed. Plus, it's only one game. Plus again, not all of this week's games have even been played. And even in the future, these are rankings, and the actual numbers resulting in those rankings mean more. But this is college football, and rankings matter, so we roll.
With that out of the way, here's the stuff. First up is the Stuff UT Did Well This Week.
Categories In Which Tennessee Is In The Top Quartile |
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Category |
2011 |
NCS | GS | FL | AK | GA | MSB | AL | SC | TR | MO | VAN | KY |
Passes Had Intercepted | 63 | 1 | |||||||||||
Passes Intercepted | 86 | 1 | |||||||||||
Turnovers Gained | 91 | 3 | |||||||||||
Turnover Margin | 59 | 4 | |||||||||||
Punt Return Yardage Defense | 85 | 5 | |||||||||||
Passing Offense | 50 | 13 | |||||||||||
Total Offense | 104 | 23 | |||||||||||
Turnovers Lost | 20 | 23 | |||||||||||
Pass Efficiency Defense | 48 | 28 | |||||||||||
Pass Sacks Allowed | 40 | 29 |
We're #1 in something other than kickoff return yardage defense. Yay.
Seriously, though, you have to love being both at the top in throwing interceptions and at the top in getting them. That certainly contributed to the other top turnover categories, of course. And note that most of these things are things we didn't do so well last year, so there's a glimmer of hope that the improvement is real.
And now for the Tennessee players in the top 30. Last year, we finished the season with only Austin Johnson in the top 30. After week one of 2012, things have changed a bit.
Player | Stat | 2011 | NCS | GS | FL | AK | GA | MSB | AL | SC | TR | MO | VAN | KY |
Austin Johnson | Interceptions | 23 | ||||||||||||
Byron Moore | Interceptions | - | 5 | |||||||||||
Eric Gordon | Interceptions | - | 5 | |||||||||||
Prentiss Waggner | Interceptions | - | 5 | |||||||||||
Marsalis Teague | Interceptions | - | 5 | |||||||||||
Curt Maggitt | Forced Fumbles | - | 6 | |||||||||||
Maurice Couch | Forced Fumbles | - | 6 | |||||||||||
Justin Hunter | Receptions Per Game | - | 9 | |||||||||||
Tyler Bray | Passing Yards Per Game | - | 10 | |||||||||||
Tyler Bray | Total Passing Yards | - | 10 | |||||||||||
Byron Moore | Solo Tackles | - | 11 | |||||||||||
Michael Palardy | Field Goals | - | 13 | |||||||||||
Tyler Bray | Passing | - | 16 | |||||||||||
Tyler Bray | Total Offense | - | 17 | |||||||||||
Curt Maggitt | Pass Sacks | - | 20 | |||||||||||
Cordarrelle Patterson | Scoring | - | 25 | |||||||||||
Tyler Bray | Passing Efficiency | - | 30 | |||||||||||
Devrin Young | Kickoff Returns | - | 30 |
Don't get too excited about all of those #5s because everybody who got an interception this week was #5. But do get excited about the fact that we have four players on that list. And woo for everyone else on this list, too. Please take off your shoes and stay awhile.
#OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE
What did we rank poorly in this week? Tackles for Loss Allowed. Period. Which is nice. What is not so nice, though, is that it's Tackles for Loss Allowed. Again, don't put too much stock in it, but this is definitely something to watch. Maybe just getting the guys to run straight will fix that. Our run offense was significantly better. How much mo' better could it be if we eliminated tackles for loss?
Categories In Which Tennessee Is In The Bottom Quartile |
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Category |
2011 |
NCS | GS | FL | AK | GA | MSB | AL | SC | TR | MO | VAN | KY |
Tackles for Loss Allowed | 38 | 97 |
THE BIG FAT MIDDLE
And here's the rest, just for tracking purposes.
Categories In Which Tennessee Is In The Middle |
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Category |
2011 |
NCS | GS | FL | AK | GA | MSB | AL | SC | TR | MO | VAN | KY |
Net Punting | 104 | 32 | |||||||||||
Passing Efficiency | 69 | 32 | |||||||||||
Defense Fourth-down Efficiency | 48 | 37 | |||||||||||
Time of Possession | 37 | 38 | |||||||||||
Kickoff Returns | 41 | 38 | |||||||||||
Fewest Yards Penalized Per Game | 51 | 39 | |||||||||||
First Downs | 98 | 40 | |||||||||||
Scoring Offense | 106 | 43 | |||||||||||
Fumbles Lost | 6 | 43 | |||||||||||
Offense Third-down Efficiency | 56 | 43 | |||||||||||
Rushing Offense | 116 | 45 | |||||||||||
Rushing Defense | 69 | 46 | |||||||||||
Fewest Penalties Per Game | 56 | 52 | |||||||||||
Scoring Defense | 36 | 54 | |||||||||||
Defense Third-down Efficiency | 57 | 57 | |||||||||||
Offense Fourth-down Efficiency | 91 | 58 | |||||||||||
Red Zone Efficiency - Defense | 47 | 58 | |||||||||||
Punt Returns | 61 | 59 | |||||||||||
Red Zone Efficiency | 58 | 65 | |||||||||||
Tackles for Loss | 67 | 65 | |||||||||||
Fumbles Recovered | 71 | 66 | |||||||||||
Pass Sacks | 100 | 68 | |||||||||||
Total Defense | 28 | 70 | |||||||||||
First Downs Allowed | 18 | 71 | |||||||||||
Kickoff Return Yardage Defense | 7 | 76 | |||||||||||
Pass Defense | 12 | 86 |