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[QUOTE="Louie and Bouie, post: 3511729, member: 793"]
Ok.  I have a little down time so I will post the numbers I referred to above.  The Total Offense/Total Points argument fails to account for the increased possessions created by playing "fast".  Playing fast creates more opportunity for yards and points while simultaneously creating more opportunities for the opponent on offense due to increased possessions.  Its a failed statistical metric for meatheads (sorry, couldn't resist).

Below is Offensive Points per Drive (each time we have the ball) and Defensive Points per Drive (each time the opponent has the ball).  These are pace adjusted numbers as they take into account the number of possessions in a game (playing "fast" creates more possessions on both sides of the ball).  I.E.  7 points on 1 drive is better than 14 points on three drives.  It takes all of your and your opponents points and divides out by the number of times each possessed the ball and internally takes care of turnovers which create more possessions.   Efficiency matters no matter at what pace you play.

Anyhow,  I have 2007 - 2019 statistics which show the points per possession (versus FBS opponents) on both sides of the ball and where that ranked nationally (for non-garbage time possessions).  Outside of two years (2012 and 2018) its been pretty abysmal on the offensive side no matter who the coach or the style we played.  Its a ongoing and continuing problem that absent 2018 has not been fixed for the last 15 years.

[B][U]Year /      Offensive Points per Drive (Rank)  /       Defensive Points per Drive (Rank)[/U][/B]

[LIST]
[*]2007      1.27 (114)                                                    2.87 (108)
[*]2008      1.35 (106)                                                    2.84 (106)
[*]2009      1.52 (98)                                                      2.21 (73)
[*]2010      1.66 (94)                                                      1.74 (29)
[*]2011      1.90 (69)                                                      2.43 (85)
[*]2012      2.42 (41)                                                      2.02 (52)
[*]2013      1.58 (100)                                                    2.00 (53)
[*]2014      0.98 (125)                                                    1.84 (37)
[*]2015      1.84 (89)                                                      2.64 (104)
[*]2016      1.81 (97)                                                      2.86 (108)
[*]2017      1.81 (96)                                                      2.53 (95)
[*]2018      2.70 (22)                                                      1.83 (35)
[*]2019      1.88 (93)                                                      2.46 (81)
[/LIST]

Edit:  The chart was formatted much better (prettier) when I posted it.  My lack of technological skills continues to haunt me.
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