The numbers game

My advice is to read this Seth Emerson piece under a doctor’s supervision, because there’s a real risk of becoming light-headed from its effect.

Okay, just a little taste…

2nd

Georgia’s national rank in scoring defense, yielding just 9.2 points per game, behind only Alabama (8.6).

14.5

Georgia school record for average fewest points allowed in a 12-game or more season (2003).

Maybe you need to sit down for a minute before moving on…

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45 responses to “The numbers game

  1. Derek

    We’re better than alabama in yards per game allowed.

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  2. mwo

    I may have to call a doctor. This “condition” will last more than 4 hours after viewing that fog porn.

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  3. NCDAWG

    Just use how Auburn blasted MSU as medicine and the condition will be reversed. Add in a little dose of Florida looking much better and you’ll be cured.

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    • mwo

      I tried both of those but it only partially subsided. I had to go to the old reliable of imagining Rosie O’Donnel, Joy Behar, and Whoopi Goldberg naked. That kills it every time!

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    • D as in Dawg

      I added a side of we beat the life out of MSU topped with UF needed a hail Mary to beat UT. Then I drizzled some Roquan Chubb Fromm on for good measure.

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    • PTC DAWG

      Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

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    • Mike Cooley

      If what you saw out of Florida concerned you, you didn’t watch the same game I watched. That team does not scare me. Their defense is not yclose to what it has been the last few years and I am not concerned about our ability to stop the likes of Franks and Peabody or whatever his name is.

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      • Only thing that concerns me about UF is that McElwain seems to have Malzahn’s rabbit foot this season.

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        • PTC DAWG

          That can’t continue, and you appear to be right about AU, unfortunately, glad they are in the West.

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          • Mike Cooley

            Agree with PTC, Senator. I thought about the rabbit’s foot. But I figure that only takes them so far. And I dont think a whole box of lucky charms can help shark humper against our defense.

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          • You say that, PTC, but Gus rode that foot to one helluva season in 2013.

            Not that I see UF playing for a national title, but we all know anything can happen in Jax.

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            • The other Doug

              To me, Jacksonville is the test of how successful Smart has been turning the program around.

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            • Mike Cooley

              Yep. But I think we have found some good fortune of our own. Finally. I think we are making our own luck. But also, and I won’t get into specifics because I do t want to jinx it, but things that normally don’t break our way seem to be. Also, Florida needed a last second fluke to beat the same Tennessee team we just left in ruin. I think we are better than Florida by pretty good margin.

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              • Macallanlover

                Agree, the old “any given Saturday” applies to every game but we are better by a bunch. They struggled with TN at home and had to steal it, we pulled the plug in the Vols’ house in the third quarter in a game they had to have.

                But Auburn is troublesome due to their defense, our O has to step it up. Did not like the way we struggled to run the ball in the 1st half against a team every one has gutted. The OL took a step back in the first half in both run and pass blocking. Vandy held us to 71 yards rushing last year, let’s see what happens next Saturday.

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    • Got Cowdog

      We blueprinted it.

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  4. HR

    Trent Thompson hurt his knee?

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  5. #3 total defense ain’t to shabby either

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  6. Dylan Dreyer's Booty

    A number Seth didn’t disclose, and which I admit I stole from someone else, is that Booch has a job waiting for him with FEMA as showed he can evacuate 100,000 people in two hours. 🙂

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  7. Cojones

    Stat: Five fumbles (3 Dawgs and 2 Hounds) and UGA recovered all of them. Is 5-0 a random event? Maybe we are manufacturing our own luck.

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    • Mayor

      I will go to my grave insisting that fumble reveries are not random as some on this blog suggest. Fumble recoveries are a result of hustle and hard hitting. That is why the best teams have a positive number in fumble recoveries almost every year.

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      • Cojones

        I know, Mayor, but publication of studies here is where that comes from, not from our opinion. Most of us probably agree with you at first blanch, but I have to go with objective studies that showed my assumption through the years was incorrect.

        I cited the stat as well to support an argument from some that we had a little luck on top of the great talent play we have seen. Of course data twisters can say we took the ball away from players who didn’t outright fumble it, but what the hell, we shouldn’t go nit-picking reality.

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        • Dylan Dreyer's Booty

          I think you are both at least partially correct, because while the occurrence of a fumble and the bounces it takes might be random; we have all seen plays where a player 1) tries to pick it up and run (almost always a mistake) or 2) in trying to cover the ball, it just gets kicked around more. I know the studies show what happens over time with a multitude of teams, but I don’t think it is a complete accident that we got all 5 this past Saturday.

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  8. I honestly don’t see how our defense can play much better. Alabama will be able to score on us, but won’t score a whole lot. Just saying it will be a tight game. And yes, I’m saying the East race is over. Auburn is the only team we have to worry about and a loss to them won’t affect anything. We go 11-1, only losing to AU, we still win the East and gotta beat Bama to make the playoffs. That’s looking very doable.

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  9. SouthGaDawg

    I loved yesterday how Gary Danielson commented that Georgia looked a lot like Alabama running so many DL in the game and they are all really good. That’s one thing that Kirby certainly has made good on.

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  10. BulldogJay

    Bert Bielema says, “borderline erotic.”

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  11. Scorpio Jones, III

    Humility, according to a local hero, is only a week away.

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  12. Cojones

    Dawgs go to #5 in AP.

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  13. Hogbody Spradlin

    I’m not assuming we’re there (in the SECCG), but my never played football eye thinks we need a bit more passing game to beat Bama, and Auburn sets up a tad better against them. With our stout defense we don’t quite need Chad Kelly or Aaron Murray, but we’re gonna need 175-200 yards with about a 130 passer rating.

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    • 92 grad

      Yep. Let’s just hope that the kids and their coaches agree. Seems we have a new baseline with our team. From here there needs to be some pretty sharp offense for championship contention. Clemson has a young gun too and right now I think we are about the same as them. Jalen hurts has made strides so I think Alabama has upped the anti a little.

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  14. PTC DAWG

    Beat Vandy…

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    • Russ

      Yeah we owe them a couple. Plus, we need to best Bama’s score.

      I’m only partially kidding about that. I’m sure Kirby wants a similar beat down to Bama.

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  15. I hope we get everybody’s best shot from here on out. This is more about us now than anything about any opponent ! Disembowel them all ! !

    Vanderbilt ! Please clear the track ! ! You are in the way ! ATTN: PLEASE CLEAR THE TRACK IMMEDIATELY ! THIS TRAIN WILL NOT SLOW DOWN ! !

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