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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1161645, member: 289"] THE SYSTEM: The offense wins a play if they get a third of the way to a first down on first down, half way to a first down on second down or gets a first down on third or fourth down. Otherwise the defense wins. Any score is a win for the team that scores. Any turnover is a win for the team that winds up with the ball. The kicking team wins a kick-off where the other team winds up with the ball from their own 25 in to their goal line: outside of that and the receiving team won. The kicking team wins any punt that produces a new +40 yard change in the line of scrimmage or forces the other team to begin from their 20 yard line in. Anny successful place kick is a win for the kicking team. I’ve put the yards to go in parenthesis if it’s other than 10 yards. Penalties are simply tacked onto the play before the play is evaluated if they didn’t nullify it. If the penalty did nullify the play or was a dead ball foul, it’s listed separately. FLORIDA STATE game When Syracuse had the ball: KO- FS 30, FS 35, FS 25, FS 18, FS 25 SU 3 FS 2 P- 47 to FS 6, 60 to FS 21 (the other was a fumble, see below) SU 2 FS 0 FG- GOOD from 21, GOOD from 32 SU 2 FS 0 XP- GOOD, GOOD SU 2 FS 0 Total for kicking game: Syracuse 9 Florida State 2 1st rush- 7, 3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 3, 2, 6, 11, 6, -1, 5, 0, 5, 9, 12 SU 10 FS8 1st pass- I, I, 8, 41, 9, 6, 7, 5, I SU 6 FS 3 First Down total: Syracuse 16 Florida State 11 2nd rush- 3(3), -1, 1, 16(4), -2, 4, 5(2), -2, 35, 0, 4(3) SU 6 FS 5 2nd pass- 12, 15(9), 12(8), I, I, I, I, 5(11), 5, I, -3, 35TD, I SU 5 FS 8 Second Down total: Syracuse 11 Florida State 13 3rd run- 7(6), 0 SU 1 FS 1 3rd pass- 7(6), 36(6), I, 5*(8), I, I, 22TD, O, 6(5), 17(7), 5(5) SU 6 FS 5 Third Down total: Syracuse 7 Florida State 6 4th run- none 4th pass- I SU 0 FS 1 Fourth Down total: Syracuse 0 Florida State 1 Total for plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 34 Florida State 31 Running plays: Syracuse 17 Florida State 14 Passing plays: Syracuse 17 Florida State 17 Penalties (not added on to play): SU 5, 5, 5 FS 5 SU 1 FS 3 Turnovers: 3 interceptions SU 0 FS 3 Total for penalties and turnovers: Syracuse 1 Florida State 6 Total when Syracuse had the ball: Syracuse 44 Florida State 39 When Florida State had the ball: KO- SU 25, SU 20, SU 29, SU 25, SU 25, SU 34, SU 23 SU 2 FS 5 P- 44 to SU 31, 48 to SU 12 SU 0 FS 2 FG- GOOD from 34 SU 0 FG 1 XP- GOOD, GOOD, GOOD ,GOOD, GOOD SU 0 FG 5 Total for kicking game: 1st rush-5, 12td, 2, 4, 12, 51, 1(4), 11, 4, 0, 14, 3, 1, 5, 4(12), 1, 7td, 1, 7td, 4, 23, 1, 2 SU 9 FS 13 1st pass- 9, 9, 14, 8, I, 9, 13, I, 8, 21td, 13, 10, 4, 34, -3, I SU 4 FS 12 First Down total: Syracuse 13 Florida State 25 2nd rush- 2(13), 4(2), -1, 1(1), 5(6), 4(8), 3(13), 23, 3(9), -1 SU 5 FS 5 2nd pass- 6(1), 0, 11(11), I, 15, 44(9), 4td, 8(2), 4, I, 7td, 2(5), 9(9), -15 SU 5 FS 9 Second Down total: Syracuse 10 Florida State 14 3rd run- 3(1), 9(7), 4(14) SU 1 FS 2 3rd pass- I, I, 18, I, 20, 3(21), 6(6) SU 3 FS 4 Third Down total: Syracuse 4 Florida State 6 4th run- none 4th pass- none Fourth Down total: none Total for plays from scrimmage: Syracuse 27 Florida State 45 Running plays: Syracuse 15 Florida State 20 Passing plays: Syracuse 12 Florida State 25 Penalties (not added on to play): SU 12, 7, 15, 15 FS 5, 5, 10, 5, 5 SU 5 FS 4 Turnovers: 2 fumbles SU 2 FS 0 Total for penalties and turnovers: Syracuse 7 Florida State 4 Total when Florida State had the ball: Syracuse 36 Florida State 62 Overall kicking game total: Syracuse 11 Florida State 15 Overall plays from scrimmage total: Syracuse 61 Florida State 76 Running plays: Syracuse 32 Florida State 34 Passing plays: Syracuse 29 Florida State 42 Overall penalties and turnovers: Syracuse 8 Florida State 10 Game Total: Syracuse 80 Florida State 101 COMMENTS: Third down conversions are always a big statistic. Syracuse actually did OK with 7 of 14. Florida State did better with 6 of 10. But the second number is as important as the first. Florida State got 29 first downs to our 20. Both teams had 11 possessions so Florida State had 40 first down plays and got a first down (23) or a touchdown (5) twenty-eight times before they ever got to third down. We had 31 first down plays and got a first down (13) and or a touchdown (2) eighteen times before we had to attempt a third down conversation. We’ve played two top ten teams with Heisman Trophy candidates at quarterback, (Notre Dame and Florida State, who will be playing in the big game of next week). In both games we played “keep them in front of you” defense and it worked, to an extent. We gave up only one long touchdown pass and held our big boy opponents to 31 and 38 points, not insubstantial totals but not insurmountable totals on modern football,. If we’d been more offensively efficient, we might have thrown a scare into either team. But in those two games, Everett Golson and Jameis Winston completed 62 of 75 passes, (83%) for 679 yards and 7 touchdowns. The question is: do we regard that as a disappointing defensive performance or is it simply the cost of doing business when you spend the game in what amounts to a “prevent” defense? In our four straight losses we have averaged 422.5 yards per game on offense and forced 11 turnovers. It’s amazing we could find a way to lose all four games. We’ve been out-scored in those games 61-131, an average of 15-33. That’s not good but it’s much better than our losses last year to Northwestern, (27-48 but 7-34 at the half), Clemson (14-49), Georgia Tech (0-56) and Florida State (3-59). The losing is frustrating but we seem to be getting better, judging from the margins of defeat. [/QUOTE]

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