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[QUOTE="Crusty, post: 1178341, member: 2265"]
I have looked at your numbers in a different light. I compared the first eight games of each year and eliminated Wagner and Nova.

Before I get into the numbers,I would note that you go to great length in rationalizing each performance in 2014 but make no attempt to do the same for 2013.
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[*]Maryland's first three QB's were injured last year and they played with a linebacker as QB.
[*]We knocked out Michael Campanaro, Wake's best receiver, early in the game. He was drafted by the Ravens.
[*]Jameis Winston only played 3/4 of the game last year vs the whole game this year.
[*]Penn State's Hackenburg was in his first college start.
[*]Northwestern was without its fabulous WR kick-off artist Venric Mark.
[*]NC State starting QB was out with a broken leg and we knocked out the backup. They also played without their starting receiver [URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/481448/rashard-smith']Rashard Smith[/URL], offensive tackle. defensive end and defensive tackle.
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The point should be obvious that there are always qualitative factors to football statistics and it is useless to try and parse these out. When you discredit our turnover margin the he next thing you will be saying is that so and so had a bad game so it doesn't count.
As you can see from the tables below, SU defense held opponents to slightly fewer points per game than their per game season averages. This s true for FBS and ACC opponents.
The data is from your tables..

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