Tennessee’s defense is ranked 104

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The only game I felt we were really bad was the Florida game. Bad gameplan. Too afraid to go after AR15.

We weren't bad at all against Bama. Felt like Bryce Young and Gibbs are just too good to really stop.
 
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90 Vol said:
That’s a fair point. Either one is better than looking at yards.
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And both a little more indicative of the actual quality of the defense as well. Certainly they can improve, but I think they've been pretty solid all things considered. They've forced a good amount of turnovers, they've made plays when they've needed to make plays. That's all you can ask for with an offense that's as good as ours. Once they kind of turn a corner and improve, we'll be perennial title contenders.
 
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Where are they ranked in stop rate defense? I think they were 20th entering the LSU. Probably went up and back down now.
 
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SpringBokVol said:
That's total defense.

our rush defense is like 14th or something like that.

our pass defense is bad. don't look it up.

Scoring defense - points allowed is 43rd.
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Pass efficiency D which is much more relevant than passing yards, is 62nd. Not great, but definitely average at least, and that includes a game against Bryce Young.

The opposing passing yards also pile up when the other guy HAS to pass to keep up with our offense
 
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CJH said early on "We will never win the time of possession." We know his game plan is predicated on an aggressive, fast moving offense. Our run defense is one of the top in the nation. This puts the pressure on our opponents to play offense outside of their comfort zone in order to stay in the track meet. Our pass D is meant to be very aggressive too, with an emphasis placed on turnovers. Bend, don't break. The more time opposing offenses have the ball, the more time they have to make mistakes. His system works the math and probability of maximization. Once our pass D catches up, it will truly be game over. Ohio State could match up well with us if they are playing their A game. This year is very exciting. Can you imagine what will happen when CJH gets his personnel in Knoxville?
 
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jaguinn5 said:
No, but TN has made teams LOOK LIKE good passing teams. We made Anthony Richardson look like a Heisman contender.
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Have you watched him play in other games? It could be UT's coverage schemes or techniques. However he threw balls into tight windows in the UT game that he hasn't been able to repeat in in any other game. He was literally more accurate in that game. Again, I'm sure that's a function of what UT did on D. But UT was not his lightest competition.

You can probably convince me that the defensive gameplan and playcalling weren't good.
 
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I think we'll see "improvement" in our pass defense as we round out the calendar with QBs that aren't Young and Richardson elusive caliber.
KY's guy is hobbled enough he won't get away like them. Vandy, Mizzou, and even UGA won't be able to pull those feats. Sacks, hurries, ints should increase.
 
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Orange defense said:
101 Memphis 7 515 2937 5.70 26 28 419.6
102 ULM 7 470 2949 6.27 28 34 421.3
103 Michigan St. 7 499 2956 5.92 24 24 422.3
104 Tennessee 6 466 2552 5.48 16 17 425.3
105 Middle Tenn. 7 526 2985 5.67 28 30 426.4
106 Florida 7 504 3005 5.96 23 24 429.3
107 UTSA 7 514 3008 5.85 23 25 429.7
108 Indiana 7 544 3013 5.54 26 28 430.4
109 SMU 6 455 2592 5.70 22 22 432.0
110 Oklahoma St. 6 478 2624 5.49 21 21 437.3

But it doesn’t seem like it does it? Is this true? 🤔
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everyone on espn keeps going on and on about derek mason and ok st's defense though....
 
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Orange defense said:
101 Memphis 7 515 2937 5.70 26 28 419.6
102 ULM 7 470 2949 6.27 28 34 421.3
103 Michigan St. 7 499 2956 5.92 24 24 422.3
104 Tennessee 6 466 2552 5.48 16 17 425.3
105 Middle Tenn. 7 526 2985 5.67 28 30 426.4
106 Florida 7 504 3005 5.96 23 24 429.3
107 UTSA 7 514 3008 5.85 23 25 429.7
108 Indiana 7 544 3013 5.54 26 28 430.4
109 SMU 6 455 2592 5.70 22 22 432.0
110 Oklahoma St. 6 478 2624 5.49 21 21 437.3

But it doesn’t seem like it does it? Is this true? 🤔
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Stats are pretty misleading sometimes.
 
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37620VOL said:
BCF Toys - 2022 Points Per Drive
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That is the key stat of college football today. Net points per drive. a.k.a., net points per possession.

As long as both teams get the same number of offensive possessions per game (within 1), it really comes down to (a) how often can you score, and (b) how often can you break serve by keeping the other guy from scoring. And when you mush those two questions together, you get net ppd (or ppp).

Our net ppd is 2.0. We average 3.92 points when we get the ball. And we hold the other team to average 1.92 points when they get it. So every exchange of drives, we go ahead of them by another 2 points.

Which helps explain why pace is so important to Josh: If we net 2 points over just 5 drives in a game, we only win by 10...that's two scores, sure, but it's still danger-close compared to, say, 14 drives for each team and us winning by 28.

Right now, the 4 best teams in the country at net ppd are also the best 4 teams in the country. You know, according to the AP poll.

It's a really good stat to follow.

Go Vols!
 
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Tman44 said:
CJH said early on "We will never win the time of possession." We know his game plan is predicated on an aggressive, fast moving offense. Our run defense is one of the top in the nation. This puts the pressure on our opponents to play offense outside of their comfort zone in order to stay in the track meet. Our pass D is meant to be very aggressive too, with an emphasis placed on turnovers. Bend, don't break. The more time opposing offenses have the ball, the more time they have to make mistakes. His system works the math and probability of maximization. Once our pass D catches up, it will truly be game over. Ohio State could match up well with us if they are playing their A game. This year is very exciting. Can you imagine what will happen when CJH gets his personnel in Knoxville?
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Yet every team we play seems to think the way to beat us is to control the time of possession. You know you’re doing pretty good when the other teams main strategy is to just hold the ball as long as possible because they know they can’t stop your offense. In the Kentucky game last year, we only had the ball for like 13 minutes but still scored 45 points. They were literally on offense for 47 minutes, 78% of the game. They had 35 first downs and over 600 total yards. Yet it still wasn’t enough. 🤷🏻
 
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Tennessee has played probably the toughest schedule YTD of anyone, opponents often go for 4th down to extend drives and they throw at unusual rate yet some of us are worried about stats. Rush defense is strong and red zone defense has been pretty good.

Bama was a top 10 defense last week and their A$$ is still smoking.
 
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I think the recipe to beat us is to do what we did against Bama. Play man, take your lumps and make Hooker earn every throw. On offense I think the recipe is to throw deep and throw often. Ohio state has the horses to beat us doing this. Bama could hang as long as Bryce is healthy.
 
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Hmmmmmm, let’s see….. what famous writer said “ there are lies, damned lies, and statistics “ ?
 
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sjt18 said:
Have you watched him play in other games? It could be UT's coverage schemes or techniques. However he threw balls into tight windows in the UT game that he hasn't been able to repeat in in any other game. He was literally more accurate in that game. Again, I'm sure that's a function of what UT did on D. But UT was not his lightest competition.

You can probably convince me that the defensive gameplan and playcalling weren't good.
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Seriously? Did you watch the UT Florida game?
 
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