Canales Vs. The High School Todds

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Or, if we'd had an offense that could stay on the field longer than 2 minutes, or keep from turning the ball over, maybe the defense...

Never mind. The facts in football are what the won-loss record is. It appears that our new offensive coordinator understands you win games by controlling the clock, not putting the ball at risk, and wearing out the opposing defenses.

You can always check out Ford's old work at whichever high school hired him. It's a great high school offense he runs; our opponents the last three years loved it.

[UNT90]

Or, if we'd had an offense that could stay on the field longer than 2 minutes, or keep from turning the ball over, maybe the defense...

Never mind. The facts in football are what the won-loss record is. It appears that our new offensive coordinator understands you win games by controlling the clock, not putting the ball at risk, and wearing out the opposing defenses.

You can always check out Ford's old work at whichever high school hired him. It's a great high school offense he runs; our opponents the last three years loved it.

Wow... Again, never letting facts get in the way

So, lets review time of possession for UNT last year:

MTSU - 30:35

LaLa - 35:07

FAU - 27:46

Troy - 28:09

WKU - 30:44

ULM - 27:44

FIU - 39:03 (which means the defense gives up 35 points in 20:57)

Ark St. - 24:26

Aside from Ark St. and FIU, ALL of the TOPs are very much within the norm for a regular college offense.

It amazes me that with the run/pass ratio you saw in the previous post that you still contend this was all the offense's fault for getting off the field to quick.

I get it. Ford is a high school coach and Deloach is a college coach. You like college coaches and you hate high school coaches. But the problem is the defense SUCKED last year, not the offense.

No matter how many times you say it, it still wont make it so.

And by the way, last year's offense scored as many or more points in every conference game but one (ULM) as the offense did last week against FAU.

EDIT: Actually, with the defense allowing 26 or more points by halftime in 6 of 8 conference games, I am shocked that UNT had as much TOP as they did. It looks like the coaches stuck with what they thought would work instead of just going exclusively to the passing game, which, by the way, many other coaching staffs would have done.

God, I hate defending this staff.

Edited September 29, 2010 by UNT90

[UNT90]

Also, turnovers are a double edged sword. Your right, the offense turned the ball over far too many times.

But, guess what? The defense was near the bottom of FBS in forcing turnovers.

[Quoner]

Actually, with the defense allowing 26 or more points by halftime in 6 of 8 conference games, I am shocked that UNT had as much TOP as they did.

If that shocks you, it kind of makes me wonder how much football you've ever watched in you life. Over-matched teams often end up winning TOP. It's a useless stat except to help illustrate extremes or other stats.

But don't take my word for it; read this.

[UNT90]

If that shocks you, it kind of makes me wonder how much football you've ever watched in you life. Over-matched teams often end up winning TOP. It's a useless stat except to help illustrate extremes or other stats.

But don't take my word for it; read this.

Context, my friend. If you read the exchange with TFLF, then you know I only used TOP to respond to one of his specific complaints, a complaint about... TOP..

Edited September 30, 2010 by UNT90

[Green Mean]

Can we all agree that the football program is severely broken?

[UNT90]

Can we all agree that the football program is severely broken?

Yes

[Green P1]

Just sent you a response BM, Quoner. Get back anytime.

GMG!

[UNT Five&Dime]

Just sent you a response BM, Quoner. Get back anytime.

GMG!

Wait, what?

[MeanGreenTexan]

Wait, what?

DOODIE!

[Quoner]

Just sent you a response BM, Quoner. Get back anytime.

GMG!

I've yet to receive the BM or the PM. This day is the worst.

[LongJim]

I am willing to wager that the defense and special teams will not repeatedly collapse in the 4th quarter at critical times, and that this defense under Gary DeLoach will not surrender 39+ points per game to Sun Belt offenses, and thereby produce at least two Sun Belt wins in 2010!

Revisting this topic to see where the O and D ended up this year:

Defense gave up 27 points to Sunbelt teams in 2010 season. Down from 39 in 2009. For the season, the D gave up 29.6 per game. Very nice progress IMO, but still not good enough to win these games consistently.

Mac alluded to this the first week he was hired.

Offense, severely crippled at QB for most of the season (unfortunately almost literally) produced 24 ppg against the Belt, or a touchdown less per game than 2009. For the season, the O scored 25.6 ppg. I think it is a credit to the team and coaches that they had as much success offensively as they did.

What will be interesting and bear watching (again) in 2011 is the continued improvement to the defense and special teams, what kind of emphasis is put on them, and how the offense will shake out with yet another change at QB, as anyone who plays will be relatively "new".

[NCMeanGreen]

Bubble screen, bubble screen, bubble screen? Punt.

And during the DD days:

Draw, Draw, Draw, punt?

(...while wearing black jerseys...)

[emmitt01]

And during the DD days:

Draw, Draw, Draw, punt?

(...while wearing black jerseys...)

Wrong!!!!

It was dive, dive, draw, punt. Get it right.

[NT6]

It may sound funny but Chico was also responsible for the improvement of our defense. His offense was doing so many more things in terms of concepts, motions, formations, personnel packages, and different blocking schemes in the running game that our it forced the defense to grow up because if was not facing a high school offense with 3 formations, no motions, and no sophistication. This really has a big impact when you take into consideration the amount of work they do against each other all spring, summer, and fall. This forced players on the defensive side to study harder and apply themselves alot more, and not to mention forced D-LO to add more wrinkles in scheme-wise to make them competitive on a daily basis.