Interesting SEC Defensive Stats

[Ralph]

I put this together today and a few things stick out to me:

- MSU is in top 3 in SEC in Sacks, TFL and Defensive 3rd down Conversions.
- SEC is damn good at preventing 3rd down conversations.
- By the stats, Bama is waaaay down defensively, except on 3rd downs.
- OM's defense, in all its glory and might, is in the middle of pack after beating powerhouses BSU, MEM, Vandy & ULL.
- I didnt put INT's here but OM is leading SEC with 9 and is 2nd in Nation. Their secondary is legit, not sold on anything else.
- Our D will be exponentially tougher for TAMU than Arky's D was. Tee hee.

(Sorry for the shitty formatting, cant figure that out)


Sacks/Game Nat'l Rank

Mizzou 3.60 14th
MSU 3.50 16th
TAMU 3.40 18th
Kentucky 2.75 30th
Georgia 2.75 30th
Vandy 2.40 45th
Auburn 2.25 51st
FLA 2.00 67th
LSU 2.00 67th
OM 2.00 67th
Tennessee 2.00 67th
Alabama 1.75 84th
Arkansas 1.60 90th
USCe 1.20 110th



TFL/Game Nat'l Rank

MSU 8.5 6th
Georgia 8.0 11th
FLA 7.7 19th
Tennessee 7.5 20th
Mizzou 7.2 26th
OM 7.0 27th
TAMU 7.0 27th
Auburn 6.8 35th
Vandy 6.0 61st
Arkansas 5.8 68th
Kentucky 5.8 68th
LSU 5.8 68th
Alabama 5.0 91st
USCe 3.8 114th



3rd Down Def % Nat'l Rank

Tennessee 0.21 1st
Alabama 0.24 3rd
MSU 0.26 8th
Kentucky 0.26 9th
LSU 0.27 11th
OM 0.28 12th
Georgia 0.32 28th
Mizzou 0.33 33rd
TAMU 0.34 38th
Auburn 0.36 53rd
Arkansas 0.41 81st
USCe 0.43 89th
Vandy 0.43 91st
FLA 0.46 100th

[messageboardsuperhero]

We had Manziel on the run for most of the game last year, but he was able to do JFF things and evade the pressure and make throws downfield. Kenny Hill isn't as elusive as Johnny, so hopefully we can bring the heat on him- if we do that, I'll feel good about our defense's chances.

We also totally shut down their running game last season.

[Leroy Jenkins]

aTm's sack numbers are skewed a bit by thier 8 in one game vs SMU.