'24 AL EDGE Jordan Ross (Tennessee)

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sonofUT62 said:
If someone finds out where we were rated on 3rd down %……I would hope they would kindly post it here.
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what if a team gets a first down on...fourth down?



second down?



first down?




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Vol8188 said:
32nd in the nation in 3rd down %
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That's one measure and even with that one if you look at the game log... it varies a lot. At a minimum you have to couple that to the number of 1st downs allowed. UT was dead last in the SEC @23.6 per game... 121st in the nation. If you only look at 3rd down % then you have to assume the other team needs 3 downs.

Another thing that can be looked at is sustained drives. I'd have to dig to find that stat. Would be interesting.
 
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sjt18 said:
That's one measure and even with that one if you look at the game log... it varies a lot. At a minimum you have to couple that to the number of 1st downs allowed. UT was dead last in the SEC @23.6 per game... 121st in the nation. If you only look at 3rd down % then you have to assume the other team needs 3 downs.

Another thing that can be looked at is sustained drives. I'd have to dig to find that stat. Would be interesting.
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Personally, I don’t care how many yards they get in between the 20’s or any of that. Do they get the stops when they matter and PPG is what I believe will set the tone for the season. Last year, I don’t believe they were as bad as people think. They weren’t great by no means though and must improve this year which I believe they will. They had 22-23 ppg last year and from what I looked up, opponents scored a TD on only 27 red zone trips out of 52 so just above 50% of the time. They did step up when it mattered against Pitt and Clemson. I’m hoping for more of a Clemson game type of defense from them this year. If they play loose like they did that game, they’ll be alright.
 
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sjt18 said:
That's one measure and even with that one if you look at the game log... it varies a lot. At a minimum you have to couple that to the number of 1st downs allowed. UT was dead last in the SEC @23.6 per game... 121st in the nation. If you only look at 3rd down % then you have to assume the other team needs 3 downs.

Another thing that can be looked at is sustained drives. I'd have to dig to find that stat. Would be interesting.
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Interestingly, Oklahoma, Arizona, USF and Colorado tied for worst in the nation at 1st downs allowed per game at 25.8.
 
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Vol423 said:
In addition to sjt18's responses to this post already, our defense also gave up a ton of 4th down conversions last year.
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They only allowed 4th down conversions on 42% of opponents tries. Good for 28th in the country according to NCAA.com
 
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volsrock09 said:
They only allowed 4th down conversions on 42% of opponents tries. Good for 28th in the country according to NCAA.com
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Good grief. 4th down % doesn't matter much. It's the total number of 4th downs converted that matters. For example, if your opponents went for 100 4th down conversions against you, and only converted on 42% of them, would you call that good?
 
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Vol423 said:
Good grief. 4th down % doesn't matter much. It's the total number of 4th downs converted that matters. For example, if your opponents went for 100 4th down conversions against you, and only converted on 42% of them, would you call that good?
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Good grief, they only gave up 14 4th down conversions…..out of 33. Yes, I’ll take that
gues how many UGA gave up who we can all agree was a great defense……12
 
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volsrock09 said:
They only allowed 4th down conversions on 42% of opponents tries. Good for 28th in the country according to NCAA.com
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...and now I've looked up the relevant stat of # of 4th downs converted against our defense. We gave up 14 fourth down conversions, which had us tied for 90th in FBS.
 
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