UConn stop rate on D

[upperdeck]

We need to play well to win this game. Their D is like top 25 in stop rate.

Some of that is they have not played many teams with solid Offenses.

Still only one team scored over 27 on them.

 

[grepal]

We need to play well to win this game. Their D is like top 25 in stop rate.

Some of that is they have not played many teams with solid Offenses.

Still only one team scored over 27 on them.

I get they have nice stats and that they have improved, however the teams they have beaten are almost all of the worse teams in the country. We will see what happens when they try and punch above their weight.

 

[David321]

We can never take any FBS team lightly but we have one of the top offenses in the country with both passing yards and time of possession. UConn will have their work cut out for them in the Dome. Not to mention our oline looks much improved with the rotating and our run game is looking better.

 

[upperdeck]

Like most games. Turnovers and big plays

if the Pitt game is clean we still had 5 drives of over 10 plays. Just punt all those times and it's a 1 score game

not a blowout.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

UConn appears to run the ball almost twice as much as they pass. That’s the kind of team that we need to get some early scores on and force them to pass to keep it close.

I don’t know who their starting QB is - one of their QBs had 62 completions on the year and the other has 97 (per ESPN). That’s really cute. McCord has 304 completions on the year - that’s more than the total number of pass ATTEMPTS UConn has had all year.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

In FBS games they give up 21.8 ppg. That looks great but then when you see their opp ppg ranks:

62nd, 64th, 73rd, 78th, 92nd, 109th, 111th, 115th, 128th

We are 35th so it will be a complete shock to them.

 

[upperdeck]

lets hope so.

 

[orangefog]

In FBS games they give up 21.8 ppg. That looks great but then when you see their opp ppg ranks:

62nd, 64th, 73rd, 78th, 92nd, 109th, 111th, 115th, 128th

We are 35th so it will be a complete shock to them.

If I'm not mistaken, Cal had good defensive numbers prior to our game...at their place. We are in the Dome with the offense playing really well. We should score really well. We just need to stop the run and play clean. Fran wasn't happy with the penalties last game, I would imagine that is a focus this week. I expect to see a really solid performance on both offense and defense.

 

[upperdeck]

My concern on D was the number of large gains we allowed all game long.

The 2 big runs hurt, but too many 2-3rd and longs were converted as well.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

My concern on D was the number of large gains we allowed all game long.

The 2 big runs hurt, but too many 2-3rd and longs were converted as well.

We aren't that good on 3rd down D anyway. We started the season well but it seemed more luck at the time. We are currently 59th nationally in FBS games and 11th in the ACC, ie we are avg.

Same for Redzone TD%. We are now 59th (7th).

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Yeah well UCONN is facing a team that's incredible on 3rd down so they can stop rate deez nuts.

 

[NKR1978]

We need to play well to win this game. Their D is like top 25 in stop rate.

Some of that is they have not played many teams with solid Offenses.

Still only one team scored over 27 on them.

How good are the offenses they've played? Is that taken into consideration? Most of their wins have been against 2 win teams.

 

[djorange1989]

Again, they are clearly an improved team and with all our flaws, run D included, we can’t take them lightly. However, when two of your wins are against teams who fired their coach not long after you played them, and a third is against a team who could fire their coach at any moment(UAB), and these wins are all really close? They lost by 40 plus points to a horrible Maryland team to boot. Playing Duke and Wake close should tell our players that this isn’t Randy Edsall’s second stint U Conn. I don’t expect a blowout because we don’t blow anyone out, but I expect us to cover with a few points to spare

 

[Chip]

Cal was giving up 19 points and 327 yards per game on D. We traveled across the country, to their house, and had 33 points, 471 yards.

I would expect all of UConn's defensive numbers to take a drastic turn south after this weekend.