Coley playing chess.

Nice breakdown by Hutson Mason of a completion last Saturday.

James Coley put on a 3rd down clinic in Jacksonville. #Dawgs went 12-18 on 3rd down. 6 of those came on 3rd and long. The theme was displacement by alignment. pic.twitter.com/pcTLcfQFK8

— Hutson Mason (@HMason14) November 5, 2019

It’s good to see how Georgia made excellent use of the off week to fine tune stuff like this.

2019 Mumme Poll, Week 10

Without any further ado, here you go.

Total ballots cast:  253.  Average number of teams per ballot:  8.2.

Time spent:

Conference breakdown:

Where we come from (bias indicator):

Finally, just for shits and giggles, here’s what the selection committee’s first top 25 looks like:

As always, some bullet points:

• Another week with no unanimous selection.
• First tier of 90+% still at four, but Penn State’s closed the gap.
• We’re giving the AAC as much love as the selection committee is.  P5 +1?
• We think more highly of Minnesota than does the selection committee.  We’ll see who’s right after this week’s game with Penn State.
• We are spending less time on ballot selection as time goes by, which makes sense.
• The MP is sponsored at a Georgia-centric blog, but it’s nice to see that the Dawgs rank similarly in both our poll and the selection committee’s top 25.

Just curious:  do you find either set of rankings more credible than the other?  If so, why?

Your Daily Gator is sick of stats.

Two data points worth sharing this morning:

Under Grantham, UF has allowed >=50% 3rd down conversions in 7 games (1.7 seasons):

2018
Kentucky, 9/13, 69.2%
Georgia, 8/14, 57.1%
Missouri, 11/18, 61.1%
South Carolina, 7/13, 53.9%

2019
Kentucky, 8/15, 53.3%
Towson, 8/15, 53.3%
Georgia, 12/18, 66.7%

— David Wunderlich (@Year2) November 5, 2019

Frequency of >=50% 3rd down conversions allowed, by head coach

Meyer: 2.2 times per season
Muschamp: 1.8 times per season
McElwain: 2.3 times per season
Mullen: 4.1 times per season

— David Wunderlich (@Year2) November 5, 2019

(h/t calder)