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[QUOTE="Ottoble, post: 1534516, member: 2539"]
Agreed here is a copy of my post in the same regard

Points is what matters when the clock hits zero.

We are running our offense in a manner intended to protect the thin/young defense and limit total plays per game as much as possible which which will limit our yards per game. Since our defense is not as stout we are averaging the same total number of plays per game between us and our opponents. With 8 fewer offensive plays per game, our points per game has gone up by 12.2 points per game over last year.

The problem is Depth and experience in this years defense. That and clock management are 100% the problem with this team.

SU Offense:
Offense Points per Play:
2015 .433 #41 New OC/system
2014 .235 #122

Offense Points Per Game:
2015 29.3 #65 New OC/System
2014 17.1 #121

Offensive Efficiency (out of 100):
2015 #57 [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=183&year=2015']Syracuse[/URL], ACC 53.2 New OC/system
2014 #111 [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=183&year=2014']Syracuse[/URL], ACC 24.1

SU Defense:
Opponent points per play:
2015 .436 #87 lost 8 starters replaced by Frosh/Soph
2014 .344 #37

Opponent Points per Game :
2015 29.4 #84 lost 8 starters replaced by Frosh/Soph
2014 24.3 #83 Offense couldn't stay on the field in 2014 ... see huge points per play/D Efficiency rank differential

Defensive Efficiency (out of 100)
2015 #96 [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=183&year=2015']Syracuse[/URL], ACC 37.6 lost 8 starters replaced by Frosh/Soph
2014 #41 [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=183&year=2014']Syracuse[/URL], ACC 63.6
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