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[QUOTE="Louie and Bouie, post: 2372523, member: 793"]
At the pace this team plays at they need to average close to 35 points (top 30ish in the country) to be consistently successful while running this offensive scheme.  Everything I see statistically on a national basis this year and last suggest the same very strongly.

Why people argue that the efficiency and scoring issue with the offense isn't still a big problem baffles me.  You can love the scheme and love Coach Babers and still realize that when it comes to efficiency and scoring (last year and this year) the offense has not put the necessary points on the scoreboard required to win when they have 85 plays/game or 14-15 possessions per game.  Imo, why that is not happening is the useful discussion.

To boil it down to a few glaring statistics that show the issue of yards gained vs. points scored look at yards per play and the Red Zone TD%.  Syracuse is [B]102nd in yards per play[/B].  The additional total yardage (total offense) is a direct effect of the additional plays run not the success of those individual plays.  Its pretty undisputable based upon this years data to date.  The [B]Red Zone TD% ranks us at 119th[/B] nationally meaning once we get it inside the 20 we are as bad as it gets getting it pass the goal line for 6.

These numbers don't have bias.  They just exist.

I like the scheme and have confidence in Coach Babers to right the ship yet I can still clearly see that the offense is not performing as intended by the coach and I suggest he would agree with that assessment.  In fact, he has called his own team below average at this point.  I believe he knows that the offense needs to get much better/efficient if he is going to achieve his vision of being consistently good at Syracuse.
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