Tell me what stat this is..

[57stratdawg]

All games, SEC teams only..

1) Vandy
2) Bama
3) MSU
4) OM
5) Missouri
6) Texas AM

 

[PBRME]

Rank of frustrating performances against inferior teams?

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Defensive 3rd down %?

 

[Digging dog]

Vandy on top Id say gpa's. Rest of the list blows that theory though.

 

[57stratdawg]

Close. It's actually pass attempts. I never thought those three teams would be ahead of Texas AM and OM entering the season.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Least penalized?

 

[ShrubDog]

Defen
sive 3rd down %?

We are #1 on that list.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Least penalized?

We lead SEC with 17 total penalties this season. Salty bunch. Well coached. Plays with a motor. High football IQ.

 

[RebelBruiser]

Close. It's actually pass attempts. I never thought those three teams would be ahead of Texas AM and OM entering the season.

You have to figure Vandy's is a result of being behind more than other teams to this point. Yours, I still don't get. At this point, I'm really starting to believe Dak made some sort of deal with Mullen to let him play more as a pocket passer to try to prove himself for the draft. That, or Mullen has made a conscious decision to try to preserve Dak's health by limiting his runs, similar to what Freeze did with Wallace last year. If it's not one of those two, I don't get it.

Dak's running ability is one of your biggest offensive weapons, and that weapon has largely been kept in storage to this point in the season.

This past week really shocked me. You were facing a team that struggled to defend the read option all year. On top of that, you were ahead by a couple scores for the majority of the game, which set you up in position to lean on your rushing attack to wear down their defense, yet you still finished the game with about twice as many pass attempts as rushes, and Dak only had 6 carries for 14 yards. I figured he'd have about 15-20 carries for 150+ yards against Auburn's defense.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Here's one for you:

What is this stat: 34-31-33-34

I think you will be surprised - I don't think I have ever seen the %s in this stat at MSU. Pretty cool.

 

[LandArchDawg]

Rush attempts percentage?

 

[KurtRambis4]

We avg nearly 50 PA a game and only 28 RA a game.

This is just not us. It's not what got us to where we were last year. I can only hope Dan is doing this to somehow save Dak for the stretch at the end of the year. Who knows?

 

[StoneColdSaidSo.sixpack]

You have to figure Vandy's is a result of being behind more than other teams to this point. Yours, I still don't get. At this point, I'm really starting to believe Dak made some sort of deal with Mullen to let him play more as a pocket passer to try to prove himself for the draft. That, or Mullen has made a conscious decision to try to preserve Dak's health by limiting his runs, similar to what Freeze did with Wallace last year. If it's not one of those two, I don't get it.

Dak's running ability is one of your biggest offensive weapons, and that weapon has largely been kept in storage to this point in the season.

This past week really shocked me. You were facing a team that struggled to defend the read option all year. On top of that, you were ahead by a couple scores for the majority of the game, which set you up in position to lean on your rushing attack to wear down their defense, yet you still finished the game with about twice as many pass attempts as rushes, and Dak only had 6 carries for 14 yards. I figured he'd have about 15-20 carries for 150+ yards against Auburn's defense.

I think it's more of a combination of our RB situation which has been written about a lot on this board, as well as Mullen trying to keep Dak in good health for our late October-November games. He took a lot of licks last year and there were times against Kentucky and Arkansas where he had a pretty noticeable limp, even while walking down the field after a completion.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Hasn't it been interesting how long Dak is standing in the pocket? Last year he would flush from the pocket early but this year he's really standing in there.

You can tell this was what they worked on in the offseason. He's giving his receivers time to run their routes and it seems to be working in many cases.

DeRunnya had a good night, which could have been even better. The out of bounds circus catch, and the drop early third quarter would have been enough to put Dak over 300 again.

He looks good standing in the pocket. Best I've seen at State.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Rush attempts percentage?

Good guess but no. This is our scoring by quarters. Don't believe I have ever seen it this balanced. Shows that we play the full 60 minutes without drop off.