Monday, August 21, 2006
TOADKILLERS: PART TWO!!
Wow, just saw another post that I loved...
It'd be easy to chalk this up to "competition level", wouldn't it? I'll try to stay away from that, but I do have a couple comments.
Sacks - Yes, TCU has better rush ends than Baylor does.
Sacks Given Up - 2 over 11 or 12 games.
TFLs - 30 TFL different. 20 of those are sacks that I've already addressed. Still, that's less than 3 per game
TFL Given Up - Difference of 4, did you really just list any stat that gave TCU ANY kind of edge?
Fumble Recoveries - I suppose so... 1 additional FR.
Fumbles Lost - Difference of 4 is actually a big stat. I'd be more worried if our RBs had even one of those fumbles. But neither of them fumbled in their more than 300 carries.
Passes Intercepted - 10 more interceptions. Very impressive. Seriously in case there are Toads out there that think I'm being sarcastic. Baylor only finished 4 spots behind TCU in Pass Efficiency Defense, so it's not like our secondary wasn't impressive in its own right (I'm trying very hard to stay away from the competition argument on this one).
Passes Had Intercepted - Back to the difference of 1...
If the person had really been trying to make a strong argument, just listing the sacks, interceptions and tackles for loss would have done it. The other stat categories just make the whole thing look likes he's reaching for ANYTHING that can prove TCU is better than Baylor.
Now, I know I promised, but really, does the guy who threw this up think that stats put up in the MWC are DIRECTLY-TRANSLATABLE to the Big XII? If he was talking SEC, Pac-10, ACC, Big 10(11), then he might have a point, but there is a definite difference between the BCS conferences and those that are not BCS.
There are TEAMS in the non-BCS conferences (like TCU) that rise above their brethren, but that doesn't mean that their stats can be translated to the BCS conferences at a 1:1 ratio.
Bottom Line: Frog fans, do you really think that TCU would have put up those EXACT stats in the Big XII if you had Baylor's place? If not, then what's the point of this argument? If so, what do you base that on? Simple questions. ¶ 8/21/2006
Wow, just saw another post that I loved...
TCU had more sacks 41 than Baylor 21
TCU gave up less sacks 24 than Baylor 26
TCU had more TFL 100 than Baylor 70
TCU gave up less TFL 60 than Baylor 64
TCU had more fumble recoveries 14 than Baylor 13
TCU gave up less fumbles 8 than Baylor 12
TCU had more interceptions 26 than Baylor 16
TCU gave up less interceptions 11 than Baylor 12
It'd be easy to chalk this up to "competition level", wouldn't it? I'll try to stay away from that, but I do have a couple comments.
Sacks - Yes, TCU has better rush ends than Baylor does.
Sacks Given Up - 2 over 11 or 12 games.
TFLs - 30 TFL different. 20 of those are sacks that I've already addressed. Still, that's less than 3 per game
TFL Given Up - Difference of 4, did you really just list any stat that gave TCU ANY kind of edge?
Fumble Recoveries - I suppose so... 1 additional FR.
Fumbles Lost - Difference of 4 is actually a big stat. I'd be more worried if our RBs had even one of those fumbles. But neither of them fumbled in their more than 300 carries.
Passes Intercepted - 10 more interceptions. Very impressive. Seriously in case there are Toads out there that think I'm being sarcastic. Baylor only finished 4 spots behind TCU in Pass Efficiency Defense, so it's not like our secondary wasn't impressive in its own right (I'm trying very hard to stay away from the competition argument on this one).
Passes Had Intercepted - Back to the difference of 1...
If the person had really been trying to make a strong argument, just listing the sacks, interceptions and tackles for loss would have done it. The other stat categories just make the whole thing look likes he's reaching for ANYTHING that can prove TCU is better than Baylor.
Now, I know I promised, but really, does the guy who threw this up think that stats put up in the MWC are DIRECTLY-TRANSLATABLE to the Big XII? If he was talking SEC, Pac-10, ACC, Big 10(11), then he might have a point, but there is a definite difference between the BCS conferences and those that are not BCS.
There are TEAMS in the non-BCS conferences (like TCU) that rise above their brethren, but that doesn't mean that their stats can be translated to the BCS conferences at a 1:1 ratio.
Bottom Line: Frog fans, do you really think that TCU would have put up those EXACT stats in the Big XII if you had Baylor's place? If not, then what's the point of this argument? If so, what do you base that on? Simple questions. ¶ 8/21/2006
