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Daily Archives: October 20, 2022
Today’s stat of the day
Comes from Mr. Steele…
And they’re still climbing the learning curve!
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
You’re all worthless and weak. Now drop and give me 20.
Holy shit, ‘Bama, when you’ve lost Erik Evans…
Again, not go Nega-Gump, but I’m just about done with this entire roster. Playing soft is one thing; soft between the ears and under the ribcage is another matter entirely. Give me 85 coachable three-stars from Bowling Green, or a hungry Vanderbilt kid who gives a shit for 60 minutes, over whatever we’ve been seeing the past 21 games.
You can’t coach brains, attitude or heart, and this iteration of Alabama football is sorely lacking in all of them.
And I put no small measure of this team’s performance on the coaching staff. Relative to talent level, they’ve grossly underperformed given what they are capable of. There is no Alabama Standard anymore. You can’t look out on the field and show me where I’m wrong either.
Erik, I wouldn’t think of it.
(By the way, if you think he’s had a real change of heart about things, he hasn’t. “Nick Saban is telling the team that all of their goals are still ahead of them, and that is technically true. But does anyone actually believe that, given that Alabama will almost certainly face the Vols again…”
Dude is gonna be crushed if Georgia handles the Vols.)
Filed under Alabama
2022 Mumme Poll, Week 7
We had 292 folks cast votes this week. The average number of teams on a voter’s ballot dropped to 8.6 and only 59 teams received votes, which makes sense as more data rolls in. Here’s how things look:
| Rank | Team | Con. | # | % |
| 1 | Georgia Bulldogs | SEC | 291 | 99.7% |
| 2 | Ohio State Buckeyes | B1G | 285 | 97.6% |
| 3 | Tennessee Volunteers | SEC | 278 | 95.2% |
| 4 | Clemson Tigers | ACC | 245 | 83.9% |
| 5 | Michigan Wolverines | B1G | 242 | 82.9% |
| 6 | Alabama Crimson Tide | SEC | 176 | 60.3% |
| 7 | TCU Horned Frogs | Big XII | 172 | 58.9% |
| 8 | Ole Miss Rebels | SEC | 144 | 49.3% |
| 9 | UCLA Bruins | Pac12 | 122 | 41.8% |
| 10 | Oregon Ducks | Pac12 | 85 | 29.1% |
| 11 | Syracuse Orange | ACC | 82 | 28.1% |
| 12 | USC Trojans | Pac12 | 52 | 17.8% |
| 13 | Oklahoma State Cowboys | Big XII | 42 | 14.4% |
| 14 | Texas Longhorns | Big XII | 26 | 8.9% |
| 14 | Utah Utes | Pac12 | 26 | 8.9% |
| 16 | Illinois Illini | B1G | 24 | 8.2% |
| 17 | Kentucky Wildcats | SEC | 20 | 6.8% |
| 17 | Michigan State Spartans | B1G | 20 | 6.8% |
| 19 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ACC | 19 | 6.5% |
| 20 | Penn State Nittany Lions | B1G | 18 | 6.2% |
| 21 | Mississippi State Bulldogs | SEC | 15 | 5.1% |
We’ve still got three Tier One (90+%) teams, but we’ve swapped out Tennessee for Alabama. We’ve gone from ten teams appearing on at least half of the ballots cast to seven.
And here’s the AP top 21 to compare.
| RK |
TEAM
|
REC | PTS |
TREND
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 (31) |
7-0 | 1530 |
–
|
| 2 |
 (17) |
6-0 | 1509 |
–
|
| 3 |
 (15) |
6-0 | 1474 |
3
|
| 4 |
 |
7-0 | 1384 |
1
|
| 5 |
 |
7-0 | 1336 |
1
|
| 6 |
 |
6-1 | 1232 |
3
|
| 7 |
 |
7-0 | 1173 |
2
|
| 8 |
 |
6-0 | 1166 |
5
|
| 9 |
 |
6-0 | 1048 |
2
|
| 10 |
 |
5-1 | 953 |
2
|
| 11 |
 |
5-1 | 913 |
3
|
| 12 |
 |
6-1 | 861 |
5
|
| 13 |
 |
5-1 | 790 |
1
|
| 14 |
 |
6-0 | 751 |
4
|
| 15 |
 |
5-2 | 715 |
5
|
| 16 |
 |
5-1 | 629 |
6
|
| 17 |
 |
5-1 | 599 |
–
|
| 18 |
 |
6-1 | 433 |
6
|
| 19 |
 |
5-2 | 414 |
3
|
| 20 |
 |
5-2 | 368 |
2
|
| 21 |
 |
5-1 | 321 |
Again, the overlap is significant. You have to get down to the last spot to find a difference.
We’re still getting our ballots assembled quickly.
| Less than 5 Minutes | 253 | 87% |
| 5 to 10 Minutes | 37 | 13% |
| 10 to 15 Minutes | 1 | 0% |
| Longer than 15 Minutes | 1 | 0% |
That’s even faster than last week, which makes sense in light of fewer teams appearing on out ballots.
By conference, the SEC slid a little, but is still dominant.
| Con. | Total | Avg. |
| SEC | 935 | 3.2 |
| B1G | 594 | 2.0 |
| ACC | 370 | 1.3 |
| Pac12 | 293 | 1.0 |
| Big XII | 267 | 0.9 |
| AAC | 19 | 0.1 |
| Sun Belt | 14 | 0.0 |
| C-USA | 4 | 0.0 |
| MW | 2 | 0.0 |
| MAC | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ind. | 3 | 0.0 |
Voters from Georgia cast 59.2% of the ballots, which is almost unchanged from last week.
And here’s how we voted on stadium preferences:
| Best Stadium | Worst Stadium | ||||
| LSU | 83 | 39% | South Carolina | 67 | 30% |
| Auburn | 32 | 15% | Tennessee | 57 | 26% |
| Ole Miss | 30 | 14% | Vanderbilt | 44 | 20% |
| Tennessee | 16 | 8% | Auburn | 18 | 8% |
| Kentucky | 12 | 6% | Mississippi State | 11 | 5% |
| Vanderbilt | 11 | 5% | Florida | 8 | 4% |
| Texas A&M | 7 | 3% | LSU | 6 | 3% |
| South Carolina | 6 | 3% | Alabama | 5 | 2% |
| Missouri | 5 | 2% | Missouri | 3 | 1% |
| Alabama | 5 | 2% | Kentucky | 2 | 1% |
| Mississippi State | 4 | 2% | Arkansas | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas | 2 | 1% | Ole Miss | 1 | 0% |
| Florida | 0 | 0% | Texas A&M | 0 | 0% |
| N/A | 79 | 27% | N/A | 69 | 24% |
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UPDATE: Peyton noted that I left out one other bit, stadium visits. Here’s how that looks.
| Stadiums Visited | 5.3 | |
| Georgia | 280 | 96% |
| Auburn | 180 | 62% |
| Tennessee | 166 | 57% |
| South Carolina | 162 | 55% |
| Vanderbilt | 145 | 50% |
| LSU | 118 | 40% |
| Alabama | 110 | 38% |
| Ole Miss | 99 | 34% |
| Kentucky | 96 | 33% |
| Florida | 61 | 21% |
| Mississippi State | 47 | 16% |
| Missouri | 45 | 15% |
| Arkansas | 41 | 14% |
| Texas A&M | 8 | 3% |
Filed under Mumme Poll
Closer than you’d expect
Hendon Hooker’s charging his way up the Heisman chatter, while Stetson Bennett… isn’t. Hooker is having a helluva season, but take a look at this statistical comparison between the two.
Sure will, especially come November 5th.
This week in stop rate
Come for the news that, with the Vanderbilt shutout, Georgia has moved up to sixth place in Max Olson’s stop rate rankings ($$), and stay for this juicy tidbit:
One defense whose struggles really stand out is Florida. The Gators have slid to No. 127 in stop rate this week after finishing 41st last season. They’re giving up 41.4 yards per drive this season, second-most in the FBS, and are playing the worst third-down defense in the country, allowing conversions on nearly 53 percent of all attempts, including 47 percent on third-and-5 or longer.
Think Monken’s enjoying his game prep work this week?
Filed under Gators, Gators..., Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
What lies ahead
Interesting chart from Brian Fremeau:
Gotta give the Vols credit where credit is due. And it looks like the Laner’s easy ride is over.
Filed under Stats Geek!
There’s more than one way to skin a QB.
Here’s a good reason why Georgia’s defense hasn’t been a sacking machine:
I can live with that.
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
He can’t do that to our recruits!
Welp, this is a flattering opinion from Andy Staples ($$).
Something has happened to weaken Alabama, but I don’t think Saban’s response will (or should) be “I’m just going to chill at the lake with Miss Terry.” First, I’m not sure how Saban would fill the hours. Second, I think part of him might actually enjoy the challenge of figuring out how to win with a less prohibitive advantage than he had before.
So what happened to reduce that previously prohibitive advantage?
Kirby Smart got the Georgia job.
You thought I was going to say the change in name, image and likeness rules? You thought I was going to say the transfer portal?
Nope. The thing that has affected Alabama the most is a coach who recruits pretty much exactly the same players Alabama recruits and getting quite a few of the players Alabama wanted over a six-year period.
They never shoulda let Kirby leave Tuscaloosa with Saban’s recruiting board, PAWWWLLL!!!
Filed under Georgia Football, Nick Saban Rules, Recruiting
Et tu, Ball Coach?
Steve Spurrier, ladies and gentlemen…
Gator ambassador throwing shade on the Gators is such a good look.
Filed under Gators, Gators..., The Evil Genius
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