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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 5105269, member: 1559"] After 7 or 8 games, college football stats are normalizing so we can better judge teams. Stats can be somewhat misleading as they can be heavily impacted by game plans and level of competition, but I think we can use the stats to draw some conclusions. Here are the passing and rushing defensive rankings of each of UConn's FBS opponents and the number of yards that UConn gained against them. [B][U]Passing Def[/U][/B][U][B]ense[/B][/U][B]:[/B] #9 Rice 128 yards #13 Duke: 135 yards #22 Temple: 272 yards #33 FAU: 121 yards #102 Buffalo: 280 yards #128 Maryland: 222 yards #130 Wake Forest: 264 yards In other words, UConn's passing offense has struggled against good passing defense teams and has done better against the teams that have below average pass defenses. [B][U]Rushing Defense:[/U][/B] #19 Maryland: 88 yards #74 Wake Forest: 40 yards #87 Rice: 184 yards #88 Duke: 179 yards #93 Buffalo: 257 yards #122 FAU: 421 yards $124 Temple: 99 yards (the ranking is skewed by playing Army and Navy) As you would expect, UConn has run better against teams that have below average run defenses. I don't want to draw too many conclusions from the data, but Evers has started against 3 of the top 4 most difficult pass defenses that UConn has faced: Rice, Duke, and FAU. [U]Where do the next 4 opponents rank?[/U] Georgia St. #82 passing defense and #118 rushing defense UAB: #4 passing defense and #131 rushing defense Syracuse: #63 passing defense and #36 rushing defense UMass: #6 passing defense and #100 rushing defense Georgia State is a great opponent to see if Evers can perform as they don't have a good pass defense or rush defense. If he can't perform against Georgia St., I think we need to see Fagnano, at least for some series. [/QUOTE]

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