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<blockquote data-quote="JacketOff" data-source="post: 759923" data-attributes="member: 4572"><p>I think this is a great hypothetical, but in terms of CPJ vs. CGC I think defense is the critical point, especially with CGC being touted as a defensive minded coach. As others have pointed out, the 3O limited opponent’s possessions, therefore giving them fewer opportunities to score points. The new offense doesn’t do that, so teams are routinely putting up more points than they did against CPJ led teams, making defensive performances look much worse, even if the points per drive outputs were the same. The 45 points Georgia scored, the 49 Clemson scored, and the 34 Minnesota scored in 2018 really aren’t all that different materially than the 73 Clemson scored this year. It all boils down to number of possessions and time of possession.</p><p></p><p>The 2018 Clemson game is the greatest example. Tech held the ball for 13 minutes(!!) longer than Clemson. But still allowed 49 points and got beat by 4 touchdowns. Clemson only had 9 3rd downs the entire game. In 2020, Clemson had the ball almost 12 minutes longer than Tech, <em>and </em>had 17 3rd downs. So really, the defense played just as good, if not better, against Clemson in 2020 than they did in 2018.</p><p></p><p>A lot of the blowout losses that Tech has suffered since CGC took over are just the materialization of transitioning the offense from a “death march” mentality into a modern up-tempo one. The offensive production has went down, and defensive performance has stayed relatively the same, <em>but </em>because of the increase in opponents’ possessions the defensive performance looks much worse compared to the CPJ era. If the defensive team that played against Clemson in 2018 would’ve played them in 2020, Clemson might’ve actually put up 100.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JacketOff, post: 759923, member: 4572"] I think this is a great hypothetical, but in terms of CPJ vs. CGC I think defense is the critical point, especially with CGC being touted as a defensive minded coach. As others have pointed out, the 3O limited opponent’s possessions, therefore giving them fewer opportunities to score points. The new offense doesn’t do that, so teams are routinely putting up more points than they did against CPJ led teams, making defensive performances look much worse, even if the points per drive outputs were the same. The 45 points Georgia scored, the 49 Clemson scored, and the 34 Minnesota scored in 2018 really aren’t all that different materially than the 73 Clemson scored this year. It all boils down to number of possessions and time of possession. The 2018 Clemson game is the greatest example. Tech held the ball for 13 minutes(!!) longer than Clemson. But still allowed 49 points and got beat by 4 touchdowns. Clemson only had 9 3rd downs the entire game. In 2020, Clemson had the ball almost 12 minutes longer than Tech, [I]and [/I]had 17 3rd downs. So really, the defense played just as good, if not better, against Clemson in 2020 than they did in 2018. A lot of the blowout losses that Tech has suffered since CGC took over are just the materialization of transitioning the offense from a “death march” mentality into a modern up-tempo one. The offensive production has went down, and defensive performance has stayed relatively the same, [I]but [/I]because of the increase in opponents’ possessions the defensive performance looks much worse compared to the CPJ era. If the defensive team that played against Clemson in 2018 would’ve played them in 2020, Clemson might’ve actually put up 100. [/QUOTE]
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