Comments on: A Statistical Look At The Defense Part II

By: joebill

joebill — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:17:43 +0000

HTTE: Incredible stat analysis. Thanks for that. I kept waiting for a bar chart or some sort of standard deviation analysis. JK.

Our defense is pretty tough indeed. Go Heels!

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:58:34 +0000

I’d like to see some short passes to Houston, though I know it isn’t his strong point, then watch the poor tackling secondary of state get ran over, repeatedly.

By: Heels Perspective

Heels Perspective — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:06:32 +0000

Nice work HTTE.

My keys of the game are:

1) Get an early lead either preferably by a good drive that includes some passing by Yates. Freezing the LB’s will lead to big numbers by Houston and Elzy.

2) Contain Toney Baker and Eugene.

3) No big plays from Wilson.

This is very BIG game for the Tar Heel program. I will be there hopefully to hear the cheers of TAR……….HEELS…….!

By: Heel To The End

Heel To The End — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:38:14 +0000

ok, i apparently have no life, so here goes what i researched this morning.

UNC has given up 17 TDs and 18FGs, overall.
15 TDs reached the red zone. the other two were a 45yd run by GeoSouthern, and…yikes, the 98yd TD pass by FSU.
So that sounds like no TDs between UNC’s 20 and 45.

Red Zone of 87.1% is 27 of 31. 15 TDs, 12 FGs.
the 4 nonscores: an INT in the EZ in the Citadel game.
2 missed FGs by GT.
the End of the Game, by Miami.

now for the fun.
*5 TDs and 7 FGs were scored by the opposition when the drives started on our side of the 50. 11 of the 12 scores were after direct TOs, including a blocked punt. the other 1 was a short punt.
thats 56 of the total 173 pts the Defense has given up this year. 16 other pts(3 FGs, 1 TD) were given up on drives that started on our side of the opponent’s 40.
*4 of the 5 TDs given up on our side of the 50 were after Yates INTs.
*6 of the 7 FGs were after 4 fumbles, a Yates INT, and a blocked punt.

here’s the really interesting part.
Yates has 13 INTs.
*7 are on our side of the 50. 4 led to TDs, 1 FG, and one INT’d by us.
*4 are in the Red Zone. 2 of those led to TDs. one, yikes, the FSU 98yd TD pass.
SO…that leaves TWO INTs between our 42 and the opposition 6. a 52 yd space on the field. the other 48 yds, the worst 48 yds, 11 INTs. i think we see why Yates drives us absolutely bonkers.
*the 13 INTs led to: 6 TDs, only 1 FG, only 1 punt, 3 INTs by us, and 2 EOGs(end of game).

i count 9 TD drives by the opposition of more than 65yds.
strangely, i count only 3 missed FGs by the opposition all year, and 2 of those were GT.

more fun:
the D has given up more than 17 pts in a game only 3 times this year. 24 to Miami and GT, and 30 to, yikes, FSU.

did you know no UNC RB has fumbled this year? and no, i’m not jinxing them. its already published at tarheelblue.com

By: badbadleroybrown

badbadleroybrown — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:04:51 +0000

Red zone scoring isn’t too bad given that you have 38% as field goals. That’s pretty decent given that 1/3 of the time they have to go with a field goal. The defense rank will improve now that Texas decided to go all FSU last night at A&M.

Not to divert our attention from football but they are selling tickets for half price to the last of the unsold basketball games in the smith center. So $25 for upper level seating, not bad given that the games are all Saturday and Sunday affairs seating no earlier than 6:30 PM. This is good until midnight tonight.

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