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[Longestday]

Team - Offense and Defense Combined FEI - O Rank - D Rank

L Clemson 0.304 - 23- 7
? VT 0.158 - 50 - 20
L Miami 0.110 - 71 - 33
L Pitt 0.100 - 13 - 98
? UNC 0.093 - 54 - 87
GT 0.066 - 9 - 109
W Duke 0.019 - 89 - 53
W Vanderbilt -.001 - 110 - 34
? Georgia -0.023 - 80 - 59
? Virginia -0.032 - 86 - 78
W BC -0.046 - 121 - 418
W GSU -0.088 - 106 - 72

These are falling out about right. VT is going to be a tough game.

 

[MacJacket]

Our offensive FEI is impressive, even with getting completely shut down against Clemson.

 

[FightWinDrink]

I think BC is supposed to be rank 18 defense and not rank 418

 

[jandrews]

This leads me to believe if we play a clean game we can beat UNC straight up. For VPI, we will need to get some turnovers.

 

[gtcole]

I looked up our previous CPJ years in case anyone else was interested. Would be nice if we could crack a top 60 D...

Year - O - D
08 - 24 - 71
09 - 2 - 100
10 - 64 - 84
11 - 16 - 85
12 - 11 - 74
13 - 39 - 77
14 - 3 - 70
15 - 88 - 62

 

[AE 87]

Miami, Vandy, and even Duke each have higher ranked D's than UNC, georgie, and uva. So, we should be able to score on them. I think our offensive improvement has been fairly good and consistent. I'm pretty confident there.

However, I'm dumbfounded by our D. The results and decline seem just as consistent as our improvement on O, but I don't want to believe it. None of the three offenses are that good, and I want to believe that we can put it together finally and get some stops.

I"ve thought that VPI is the biggest remaining test of both our O and our D, and these rankings suggest that too. If the light comes on for our D and we get a convincing win vs unc, then I think we may be able to right the tide into a respectable showing vs vpi. If not, then not.

 

[ilovetheoption]

BC's defense is AWFUL

Team - Offense and Defense Combined FEI - O Rank - D Rank


W BC -0.046 - 121 - 418

Man, BC's D is AWFUL.

 

[Techster]

I looked up our previous CPJ years in case anyone else was interested. Would be nice if we could crack a top 60 D...

Year - O - D
08 - 24 - 71
09 - 2 - 100
10 - 64 - 84
11 - 16 - 85
12 - 11 - 74
13 - 39 - 77
14 - 3 - 70
15 - 88 - 62

2011 and 2012 were the Tevin Washington years. CPJ said it in the last radio show, but it really is true. TW was a really good QB who doesn't get the credit he deserves (BTW, the record JeT broke last Saturday was held by TW). Had TW had a good defense he wins 9-10+ games those years.

2015...considering what happened, the D actually turned out to be CPJ's best according to those rankings.

 

[ilovetheoption]

FTR, GT is also #23 nationally in YPP offense, and #73 in YPP defense.

 

[jacketup]

I looked up our previous CPJ years in case anyone else was interested. Would be nice if we could crack a top 60 D...

Year - O - D
08 - 24 - 71
09 - 2 - 100
10 - 64 - 84
11 - 16 - 85
12 - 11 - 74
13 - 39 - 77
14 - 3 - 70
15 - 88 - 62

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

 

[tech_wreck47]

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

They are still bad lol. I don't think people are asking for one of the previous guys, so 70 and 62 plus 109 so far this year merit complaints imo.

 

[iceeater1969]

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

He is better, but not much better than MTSU SCORES AGAIN! That guy was bad so being better than that is like being declared the winner a tie game.
The improved recruiting by Roof makes it worth being patient. At seasons end some staff under him need a fresh evaluation.

Can u imagine how good WE (the overall) could be if we had a really good defense? Could be soon.

GO JACKETS

 

[sidewalkGTfan]

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

He's also on pace this year to have the lowest ranked of the group.

 

[ilovetheoption]

He is better, but not much better than MTSU SCORES AGAIN! That guy was bad so being better than that is like being declared the winner a tie game.
The improved recruiting by Roof makes it worth being patient. At seasons end some staff under him need a fresh evaluation.

Can u imagine how good WE (the overall) could be if we had a really good defense? Could be soon.

GO JACKETS

That's the thing that I think about. He really is recruiting his balls off, and that will make his defense better by itself. If you can recruit your way to a decent defense, that works just as well as coaching your way to one.

 

[jandrews]

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

We were actually competitive in 15 because of the defense. Offense with all the injuries couldn't score at times.

 

[stech81]

2011 and 2012 were the Tevin Washington years. CPJ said it in the last radio show, but it really is true. TW was a really good QB who doesn't get the credit he deserves (BTW, the record JeT broke last Saturday was held by TW). Had TW had a good defense he wins 9-10+ games those years.

2015...considering what happened, the D actually turned out to be CPJ's best according to those rankings.

I think at the time I was one of the few ( on the other site) that would defend him. I thought he made great reads on the TO.

 

[Squints]

So as much as people complain about Roof, the two highest ranked D's are....Roof's.

A slightly tastier **** sandwich is still a **** sandwich and the end of the day.

 

[Augusta_Jacket]

He's also on pace this year to have the lowest ranked of the group.

Currently #73. Not sure that's on pace to be worse than 100 considering UNC is the last really good offense we will face this year.

 

[LongforDodd]

Perhaps the 418 is not a misprint?

 

[stech81]

Currently #73. Not sure that's on pace to be worse than 100 considering UNC is the last really good offense we will face this year.

Yes UNC has a good offense but when I have seen VT their offense is not bad. And we always have a problem with their defense (VT)