also like the plays that watson has made so far. lot of potential here with hill, long, st juste and thomas all just true fs or sophs.....will be interesting to see how they are looking over the next couple of weeks (againt unconventional af offense and on the road against purdue)
this came up especially during our 3 losses down the stretch, in which deveon smith was our leading rusher with 124 yards on 49 carries - a staggerlingly low 2.53 yards/carry. on the season, he was at a more solid 4.7 ypc, but it really feels like the overall season numbers mask how poorly we ran the ball in those 3 games. question is, did smiths output in those games put us in historical low territory? or is it just impossible to strip out subsets of games for the purposes of this analysis (i suspect that it would be, especially going back so many years)?
dropped off significantly once his seat became warm and the 2015 transition class was not even rated in the top 50. harbaugh picked things back up in 2016, but the fsus and osus were stocked with top calsses for all 5 of those years
in 2011 when he took over and turned into a relatively competent unit over time - but that one year turnaround from '10-'11 iirc was one of the biggest jumps for one unit ever (or at least since people started paying attention to such granular stats).....if nothing else, he brought in greg mattison, who is still paying dividends. the headset thing is also going to be interesting, no way around teeing up a punchline by raising it, but will still be very telling once he is sporting it in a couple of weeks
interesting that he went from hc at umass to dc at maryland....his umass record was pretty damn good so looks more like he was taking a crack at fbs as opposed to getting pushed out anywhere. seems like a guy that fbs discovered later in the game
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also like the plays that watson has made so far. lot of potential here with hill, long, st juste and thomas all just true fs or sophs.....will be interesting to see how they are looking over the next couple of weeks (againt unconventional af offense and on the road against purdue)
this came up especially during our 3 losses down the stretch, in which deveon smith was our leading rusher with 124 yards on 49 carries - a staggerlingly low 2.53 yards/carry. on the season, he was at a more solid 4.7 ypc, but it really feels like the overall season numbers mask how poorly we ran the ball in those 3 games. question is, did smiths output in those games put us in historical low territory? or is it just impossible to strip out subsets of games for the purposes of this analysis (i suspect that it would be, especially going back so many years)?
dropped off significantly once his seat became warm and the 2015 transition class was not even rated in the top 50. harbaugh picked things back up in 2016, but the fsus and osus were stocked with top calsses for all 5 of those years
in 2011 when he took over and turned into a relatively competent unit over time - but that one year turnaround from '10-'11 iirc was one of the biggest jumps for one unit ever (or at least since people started paying attention to such granular stats).....if nothing else, he brought in greg mattison, who is still paying dividends. the headset thing is also going to be interesting, no way around teeing up a punchline by raising it, but will still be very telling once he is sporting it in a couple of weeks
crazy stuf....next month will feature ron english's fleeting tenure with the chicago bears
seems like may have a shot. that is crazy streak....wonder who we were churning out back in the 40s and 50s
interesting that he went from hc at umass to dc at maryland....his umass record was pretty damn good so looks more like he was taking a crack at fbs as opposed to getting pushed out anywhere. seems like a guy that fbs discovered later in the game
did he carry the ball outside of the fumble against purdue? hell of a dt though