Defensive Output

[EagleD]

Saturday night I was listening to some Dallas sports radio. The host, I don't remember his name, announced the score of his alma mater, "Mean Green". Then posed this question. Has a football program ever given up more average points per game than its basketball program in that year? If I did my math right (fat chance of that) our basketball program gave up an average of just over 70 ppg. Our football program has given up an average of just over 59 ppg thus far. I really suck at math so these numbers may not be accurate.

With weaker opponents ahead on our football schedule I suspect our defense will be a little more stingy and that scenario will not play out. But I wonder if it's ever happened. If your bball program plays good defense, and your football program's defense blows, it is not that hard to imagine.

Just thinking out loud...

GO MEAN GREEN !!!!!!!!!!!

[NT03]

If my head is right , we have given up 220 points. So that's 55 ppg.

If OU and Arkansas really wanted to , they would of put up 80..easily , so the ppg do not really reflect how bad this D is.

Edited October 1, 2007 by NT03

[SouthBendGreen]

Saturday night I was listening to some Dallas sports radio. The host, I don't remember his name, announced the score of his alma mater, "Mean Green". Then posed this question. Has a football program ever given up more average points per game than its basketball program in that year? If I did my math right (fat chance of that) our basketball program gave up an average of just over 70 ppg. Our football program has given up an average of just over 59 ppg thus far. I really suck at math so these numbers may not be accurate.

With weaker opponents ahead on our football schedule I suspect our defense will be a little more stingy and that scenario will not play out. But I wonder if it's ever happened. If your bball program plays good defense, and your football program's defense blows, it is not that hard to imagine.

Just thinking out loud...

GO MEAN GREEN !!!!!!!!!!!

Yea and I'm still wondering. I said that night I doubted that it has ever happened, but I'm still looking. I would be surprised if that's the case, but you never know.

[Censored by Laurie]

Im sure it happened in the pre-shot clock era when teams would run 3 minutes worth of four corners to nurse a lead and your final was 35-31. If you want more modern, think of low scoring basketball programs like Princeton...or really high powered football offenses like the Houston Cougars of the early nineties.