Quote Originally Posted by Really Clark? View Post
In conference only games we are at 25.6. Dan's last 4 years, including 2016 was higher than that. 2014 we actually avg 33.8 in conference games. But 2016 the offense was at 29.3 (Peter Sirmon sucked so si bad) Last year we were 28.5, which was a pretty good year in conference games. We fired Moorehead after his season of 23.3 (although we know that had more to do with culture and problems in the locker room)

ETA. When looking at all games we have to consider that Leach leaves starters in the entire game. Dan pulled starters a whole lot more in blowout wins. That really skews the offensive numbers.
Some of that is because of our schedule. We have played the top four defenses in the SEC in PPG in Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, and Alabama and three of those were on the road. The other three games we've played we've scored 39+ in SEC play.

And even then we scored more on Georgia than their average even taking the punt return out, we scored a touchdown in Alabama for the first time in years while out gaining them, and we had leads on both LSU and Kentucky.

As far as "really good" teams we need to improve on offense- don't get me wrong. But the defense also needs to improve some as well. We allowed 30+ to Georgia, LSU, and Alabama, and then 27 to Kentucky.

If we can average 24 PPG on offense and 24 PPG allowed on defense as a baseline goal against the top teams in the SEC then we will take a big step. That's only one more touchdown and one more stop for some of those games.