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[QUOTE="suloyalfan, post: 1164726, member: 397"]
Exactly (about the scoring).  Against [U]FBS competition only[/U] this year we are averaging +70 yards more on offense than last year.  However, we are only averaging 0.1 ppg higher (20.2 ppg vs. 20.1 ppg last year)!  I guess the only positive is that the Notre Dame (#8 scoring defense vs. FBS) and Louisville's (#3 scoring defense) are behind them now.  Unfortunately, here are the scoring defenses that remain: Duke (#7), Boston College (#24), and Pittsburgh (#36).  The others aren't as good: Clemson (#46), Wake Forest (#70), and NC State (#90).

Here's a crazy stat.  The only opponents on the schedule that average more yards per game against FBS competition than Syracuse are Florida State and Notre Dame.  They average 456.2 ypg/39.4 ppg, and 443.3/34.5 ppg, respectively.  SU averages 430.8 ypg/20.2 ppg.

Overall there are 66 teams including Syracuse that average more than 400 ypg against FBS competition.  Florida State, Notre Dame, Duke, NC State, and Boston College are all in that category.  60 of those 66 teams also average over 27 ppg.  Syracuse, Navy, New Mexico State, Idaho, Northern Illinois, and Tulsa are the only teams that average over 400 ypg but less than 27 ppg.  Syracuse has the lowest average of the group at 20.2 ppg.
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