Sacks Allowed Per Game

[mikewebb68]

Yeah, I know, stats are for losers, but found this to be interesting. Here are the bottom 10 in the NCAA in sacks allowed

1) UMass
2) Georgia Southern
3) Arizona St.
4) Florida St.
5) Washington St.
6) Us (Yes, there are actually 5 teams worse than us)
7) Auburn
8) Western Kentucky
9) Purdue (tie)
10) Ole Miss (tie)

I thought that we would actually be the best team of the ones that were the Bottom 10 in sacks (because all of the other teams would be terrible). But, clearly, that is not the case. with three top-20 Sagarin teams present and only two truly awful teams (the bottom 2, UMass and Ga. Southern) in the mix.

The entire list is here: http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/468/p3

 

[CatManTrue]

Ped State is tied for 77th on this metric after giving up 5 sacks against Indiana, so this may be an ugly game for pass pro.

However Rutgers is the 10th best team in the country based on this metric, so it's no guarantor of success. I doubt that they'll win another game this year.

 

[JJTopp99_rivals39014]

Presented another way...
...after 5 games, PSU sacks allowed (SA): 11 (2.2 SA/game)
...after 4 games, NU sacks allowed: 15 (3.75 SA/game)

I'm much more worried about the inclement weather than this SA statistic (after all, most dogs love the heavy rain and wind wildcard). Refer to PSU's loss against Navy in 1974 (PSU was highly favored) or their loss to Iowa in 2008.