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<blockquote data-quote="slugboy" data-source="post: 859134" data-attributes="member: 282"><p>We keep focusing on the offense, and it needs to get better, but we'd have to go from about 78th (FEI) in offense to about 15th (Ole Miss or UVA) to dig out of the hole that our defense has us in. We're #112 in FEI Defense.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Just in case I'm not clear, we give up 33.5 points per game. We should score more than that to win unless we're going to do some crazy Nebraska season and win one game by ~50 and lose all the others by a total of ~50. We're only scoring 24 points per game this past season, and we lost three of our best offensive players in Mason and Gibbs and McGowan. So, if we rely on our offense to dig us out of this and score more on average than 10 more points per game, we're in for heartbreak.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>ACC Scoring Offense:</p><p></p><p> </p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Index</td><td>Team</td><td>PTS</td><td>AVG/G</td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> </td><td>Pitt</td><td><p style="text-align: right">580</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">41.4</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">2</p> </td><td>Wake Forest</td><td><p style="text-align: right">574</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">41</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td>North Carolina</td><td><p style="text-align: right">458</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">35.2</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td>Virginia</td><td><p style="text-align: right">415</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">34.6</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> </td><td>Miami</td><td><p style="text-align: right">409</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">34.1</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> </td><td>NC State</td><td><p style="text-align: right">397</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">33.1</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> </td><td>Louisville</td><td><p style="text-align: right">411</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">31.6</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> </td><td>Florida State</td><td><p style="text-align: right">331</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">27.6</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> </td><td>Clemson</td><td><p style="text-align: right">342</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">26.3</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> </td><td>Syracuse</td><td><p style="text-align: right">299</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">24.9</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> </td><td>Boston College</td><td><p style="text-align: right">296</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">24.7</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>12</strong></p> </td><td><strong>Georgia Tech</strong></td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>288</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>24</strong></p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> </td><td>Virginia Tech</td><td><p style="text-align: right">308</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">23.7</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> </td><td>Duke</td><td><p style="text-align: right">274</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">22.8</p> </td></tr></table><p></p><p>ACC Scoring Defense:</p><p> </p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Index</td><td>Team</td><td>PTS</td><td>AVG/G</td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">1</p> </td><td>Duke</td><td><p style="text-align: right">477</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">39.8</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>2</strong></p> </td><td><strong>Georgia Tech</strong></td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>402</strong></p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right"><strong>33.5</strong></p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">3</p> </td><td>North Carolina</td><td><p style="text-align: right">417</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">32.1</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">4</p> </td><td>Virginia</td><td><p style="text-align: right">382</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">31.8</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">5</p> </td><td>Wake Forest</td><td><p style="text-align: right">404</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">28.9</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">6</p> </td><td>Miami</td><td><p style="text-align: right">341</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">28.4</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">7</p> </td><td>Louisville</td><td><p style="text-align: right">355</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">27.3</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">8</p> </td><td>Florida State</td><td><p style="text-align: right">318</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">26.5</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">9</p> </td><td>Syracuse</td><td><p style="text-align: right">316</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">26.3</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">10</p> </td><td>Virginia Tech</td><td><p style="text-align: right">329</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">25.3</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">11</p> </td><td>Pitt</td><td><p style="text-align: right">331</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">23.6</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">12</p> </td><td>Boston College</td><td><p style="text-align: right">266</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">22.2</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">13</p> </td><td>NC State</td><td><p style="text-align: right">236</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">19.7</p> </td></tr><tr><td><p style="text-align: right">14</p> </td><td>Clemson</td><td><p style="text-align: right">193</p> </td><td><p style="text-align: right">14.8</p> </td></tr></table><p></p><p>We'd have to pick up to at least Miami-level offense to get out of the hole we're in on defense, and that just gets us with a shot at going 0.500. It a TON easier to get both to mediocre.</p><p></p><p>X is Points Per Attempt Offense. Y is Points Per Attempt Defense. Both are 2021 numbers</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]11949[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slugboy, post: 859134, member: 282"] We keep focusing on the offense, and it needs to get better, but we'd have to go from about 78th (FEI) in offense to about 15th (Ole Miss or UVA) to dig out of the hole that our defense has us in. We're #112 in FEI Defense. [B][I]Just in case I'm not clear, we give up 33.5 points per game. We should score more than that to win unless we're going to do some crazy Nebraska season and win one game by ~50 and lose all the others by a total of ~50. We're only scoring 24 points per game this past season, and we lost three of our best offensive players in Mason and Gibbs and McGowan. So, if we rely on our offense to dig us out of this and score more on average than 10 more points per game, we're in for heartbreak.[/I][/B] ACC Scoring Offense: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Index[/TD] [TD]Team[/TD] [TD]PTS[/TD] [TD]AVG/G[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]1[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Pitt[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]580[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]41.4[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]2[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Wake Forest[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]574[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]41[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]North Carolina[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]458[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]35.2[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Virginia[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]415[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]34.6[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]5[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Miami[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]409[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]34.1[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]6[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]NC State[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]397[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]33.1[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]7[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Louisville[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]411[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]31.6[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]8[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Florida State[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]331[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]27.6[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]9[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Clemson[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]342[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]26.3[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]10[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Syracuse[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]299[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]24.9[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]11[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Boston College[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]296[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]24.7[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT][B]12[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][B]Georgia Tech[/B][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]288[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]24[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]13[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Virginia Tech[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]308[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]23.7[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]14[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Duke[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]274[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]22.8[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] ACC Scoring Defense: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Index[/TD] [TD]Team[/TD] [TD]PTS[/TD] [TD]AVG/G[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]1[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Duke[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]477[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]39.8[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT][B]2[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][B]Georgia Tech[/B][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]402[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT][B]33.5[/B][/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]3[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]North Carolina[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]417[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]32.1[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]4[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Virginia[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]382[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]31.8[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]5[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Wake Forest[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]404[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]28.9[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]6[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Miami[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]341[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]28.4[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]7[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Louisville[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]355[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]27.3[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]8[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Florida State[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]318[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]26.5[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]9[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Syracuse[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]316[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]26.3[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]10[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Virginia Tech[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]329[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]25.3[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]11[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Pitt[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]331[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]23.6[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]12[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Boston College[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]266[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]22.2[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]13[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]NC State[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]236[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]19.7[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][RIGHT]14[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD]Clemson[/TD] [TD][RIGHT]193[/RIGHT][/TD] [TD][RIGHT]14.8[/RIGHT][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] We'd have to pick up to at least Miami-level offense to get out of the hole we're in on defense, and that just gets us with a shot at going 0.500. It a TON easier to get both to mediocre. X is Points Per Attempt Offense. Y is Points Per Attempt Defense. Both are 2021 numbers [ATTACH type="full"]11949[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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