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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 743807" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>For stats nerds, ESPN has updated their "Football Power Index", and we moved up, but are still way behind UCF. </p><p></p><p>They have an <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/efficiencies" target="_blank">efficiencies metric</a> that has us 10th of teams that have played, 2nd defensively, 16th offensively, and 40th in special teams. It doesn't mean much--it's just one game, but holding an opponent to 13 and low yardage just did wonders for that. It's a little funny to me that I'm seeing and hearing more about the offense after Saturday, but the numbers--such as they are--really liked our defense. (Seriously, it's just a number and just week #1, and meaningless at this point)</p><p></p><p>From what I've seen against UCF, most teams don't slow the game down against them--they've traded scores and gone for turnovers. Getting the turnover advantage was huge in the wins over them in the past two years. Getting Swilling back out at corner might be huge for this game. </p><p></p><p>Thacker has a big job this week, and Burton's got to figure out how to keep their receivers in check. </p><p></p><p>I would have expected UCF to have a nice turnover ratio--they're barely in the top 30 at +0.4/game. On defense, they were getting 1.6 turnovers per game, but they were giving up 1.2/game. They have a lot of interception highlights, so that sticks with you when you watch them. We were -0.5 per game last year (losing more than we got). </p><p></p><p>If you want to go run-heavy, our run blocking on Saturday wasn't our strength. Our pass blocking was better. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.blackandgoldbanneret.com/football/2020/1/6/21045510/a-way-too-early-2020-ucf-football-depth-chart" target="_blank">Here's a "depth chart" from their SBNation blog</a>. <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UCF/ucf-knights/roster/" target="_blank">CBS has UCF's roster sorted by position</a>. They have a couple of defensive linemen close to 300 lbs, but mostly they're not a heavy crew. They're supposed to be able to move, though. I can safely say that FSU had bigger DTs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 743807, member: 282"] For stats nerds, ESPN has updated their "Football Power Index", and we moved up, but are still way behind UCF. They have an [URL='https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/efficiencies']efficiencies metric[/URL] that has us 10th of teams that have played, 2nd defensively, 16th offensively, and 40th in special teams. It doesn't mean much--it's just one game, but holding an opponent to 13 and low yardage just did wonders for that. It's a little funny to me that I'm seeing and hearing more about the offense after Saturday, but the numbers--such as they are--really liked our defense. (Seriously, it's just a number and just week #1, and meaningless at this point) From what I've seen against UCF, most teams don't slow the game down against them--they've traded scores and gone for turnovers. Getting the turnover advantage was huge in the wins over them in the past two years. Getting Swilling back out at corner might be huge for this game. Thacker has a big job this week, and Burton's got to figure out how to keep their receivers in check. I would have expected UCF to have a nice turnover ratio--they're barely in the top 30 at +0.4/game. On defense, they were getting 1.6 turnovers per game, but they were giving up 1.2/game. They have a lot of interception highlights, so that sticks with you when you watch them. We were -0.5 per game last year (losing more than we got). If you want to go run-heavy, our run blocking on Saturday wasn't our strength. Our pass blocking was better. [URL='https://www.blackandgoldbanneret.com/football/2020/1/6/21045510/a-way-too-early-2020-ucf-football-depth-chart']Here's a "depth chart" from their SBNation blog[/URL]. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/teams/UCF/ucf-knights/roster/']CBS has UCF's roster sorted by position[/URL]. They have a couple of defensive linemen close to 300 lbs, but mostly they're not a heavy crew. They're supposed to be able to move, though. I can safely say that FSU had bigger DTs. [/QUOTE]
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