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[QUOTE="Louie and Bouie, post: 1779848, member: 793"]
Thank you to the OP for an interesting set of statistics.  It caused me to look at the two years at Bowling Green under Dave Clawson and the two years under his successor Dino Babers.  The operative years are 2012-2015.

Year          Points Scored (National Rank)          Points Against (National Rank)           Final Record

2012          23 (94th)                                                  17 (10th)                                                    8-5

2013          34 (28th)                                                  16 (5th)                                                      10-4

2014          30 (57th)                                                  33 (108th)                                                 8-6

2015           42 (6th)                                                    29 (84th)                                                   10-4

Interestingly, Clawson had the same amount of wins as Babers in this sample without running a hurry up and without sacrificing defensive efficiency.  Of their respective 10-win seasons 2013 is actually more statistically impressive than 2015.  On a side note, I wonder how badly WFU fans were salivating for Clawson coming off of that 2013 season?  He's gone 6-18 in his two seasons since while coaching a P5 school (what may work in the MAC may not work in the ACC).

Simply put, I continue to fail to see the correlation between winning % (what I care about) and increased offensive output due to a hurry-up tempo.  Sure, increased tempo (pace of play) leads to increased plays per game which leads to more yards per game and points per game.  However, it also leads to more defensive snaps per game which leads to more yards per game and points per game surrendered.

I don't doubt that we will produce more yards and points but what I can't understand is why people think that Babers system itself will  lead to more wins which seems to be the prevailing thought.

After watching this program and college football for many years I firmly believe that [B]Players>System[/B] (by alot) at the P5 level and until we get better players all over the field our struggles to get to 6 wins will continue no matter what system is run on offense/defense.  I guess that's my main point.  Offensively focused teams can win games,defensively focused teams can win games, fast teams can win games, slow teams can win games, etc.  but ultimately the team with the best talent and balance on both sides of the ball will win championships and play "meaningful" (Coyle term) bowl games at the end of the year.

All of this is not a slight on Babers as I want really bad for him to succeed on behalf of the program.  As a season ticket holder for decades (through good and bad) I am starved for good football back in CNY and getting sick of the revolving door of football coaches since Coach P.  I just guess my faith only applies to my religion and I'll just have to see it work before I'll understand how it will bring us back from depths to which we have fallen.
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