A Look At The Numbers on World Statistics Day

by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Oct 20, 2010 6:36 PM EDT

Did you know that today was World Statistics Day? Neither did I. But someone mentioned it on the Tweet machines and, would you look at that, it falls right in the middle of our Rebel football season. That being so, I figured I'd venture over to SECSports.com and take a look at the numbers. I plucked out ones which I found interesting, noteworthy, or particularly telling of anything.

See if you can get anything out of these bits of tid.

The Rebels are 4th in the conference in scoring offense at 32.7 ppg. Naturally, Auburn and their 65-point-performance against Arkansas takes the lead in that category.
The painful yin to that just-above-mediocre yang, though, is that the Rebels are last in scoring defense at 31 ppg. Sheesh.

The Rebels are 2nd in rushing offense with 215.5 ypg. Only Auburn, State, and Ole Miss average over 200 yards a game on the ground. Alabama, u mad? Yeah, u mad. (No, not really, you're not.)
Ole Miss is a mediocre 6thin rushing defense with 113.4 ypg but, Arkansas, our Saturday opponent, is 10th. (Only LSU allows fewer than 100 rushing yards per game.) The coaches better exploit that as best they can this weekend, because Arkansas's going to exploit our...
10th ranked pass defense (242 ypg) and 11th ranked pass efficiency defense (OM's opposing quarterbacks average a 143.6 rating). We're still last in the conference with only one pick, if you were at all curious as to how much deeper the rabbit hole of secondary ineptitude goes.
Our passing offense is a big load of fail too (STILL LOOKIN' AT YOU MARKEITH) at 10th with 177.8 ypg.
Masoli is a paltry 9thin passing yards per game with 155.5, but 7thin total offense with 205.8 ypg.
Brandon Boldenis 4thin the SEC in rushing yards per game with 91.7. Only Cam Newton has more than 100ypg (122.9).
But here's an interesting twist for the better: the Rebs lead the SEC in punt return average with 21.4 ypr and a touchdown (we love you, Jesse Grandy).
The Rebel D is 4thin the SEC in sacks with 17 while, counter-intuitively enough, the rebel OL is the...
best in the SEC in sacks allowed with 6. Of course, Jeremiah Masoli's elusiveness has more to do with this than the abilities of our offensive linemen.
Jonathan Cornellis top 10 in tackles (45), sacks (3), and tackles for a loss (8). He and D.T. Shackleford have been excellent mikes for us.
And, finally, Marcus Temple's two fumble recoveries are tops in the league. Bet you didn't see that one coming.

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Your spacebar broken, Ghost?

There's a darkness on the edge of town.

by Evil Betty on Oct 20, 2010 7:16 PM EDT reply actions

I blame it on Internet Explorer. I'll fix it.

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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Oct 20, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I looked at the punt return yardage online yesterday...

Did you also notice that we have only returned 5 punts this year? That’s way below everyone else’s numbers. I’m not sure if that is because our defense hasn’t forced anyone to punt or because the punters we have faced have boomed it so high we had to call fair catch.

Just thought I would bring that up.

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by BrianWalker'sElbow on Oct 20, 2010 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

That's not too surprising.

Grandy lets them go a lot. Sometimes reasonably, but sometimes not. I’m not sure if he’s coached to do that or not, but unfortunately it seems like we are often losing 10 yards of field position as punts roll and roll.

by weloveum on Oct 20, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Grandy is the opposite of the punt returners Ole Miss had the last 2 seasons.

Who would field anything and everything even in the middle of 5 defenders waiting around them.

by Wild Rebel on Oct 20, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

True

Jesse Grandy is to Marshay Green as Mike Wallace is to Markeith Summers.

(At least in terms of Grandy’s and Green’s punt returns)

by 4UmRebs on Oct 20, 2010 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

QB question

1st I preface this by saying I’m a huge masoli fan. He is the best qb we have and ultimately gives us the best chance to win.

However, if I were coaching, I would go back to the 2 qb system to give Stanley experience. A few reasons…
1. Masoli was brought in to give us a chance to win the sec…since that’s over, well…you get my point
2. When we get behind and go completely to the passing game, why not have the better passer in the game? Mix in a few draws and stretch gives which Stanley can handle.
3. Masoli is definitely better, however, like the coaches said before the season started, they are not separated by a lot.

Thoughts?
Ox

by oxfordtrader on Oct 20, 2010 11:09 PM EDT reply actions

since you asked

My thoughts are that if we tank at Arkansas on Saturday, you’ll probably see a lot of Stanley for the rest of the season. However, since we seem to have (marginally, at least) gotten away from the pro-style offense that we were running during the first few weeks (the offense Stanley is built to run), I’ll say that as long as we are in the hunt for a bowl, you’ll see all Masoli.

I agree with you, though. I’d like to see Stanley get some good reps this year, if possible. Outside of the defensive line, we’re really not losing anything this year, so I’d like to see some experienced guys on the field next year.

by 4UmRebs on Oct 20, 2010 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions

The problem with Stanley is he's not the most mobile QB.

And he’d be a huge target for defenders of most teams. If he was going to get playing time, it would’ve already happened. He’s a better passer than Masoli, though I’m not sure why Ole Miss isn’t running deeper pass routes right now. Masoli showed against JSU and Tulane he can hit deep passes pretty well. I guess he doesn’t have time to hold onto the ball that long anymore?

I really think if the offensive line could block well Stanley would be the better option. While he’s not a statue in the pocket like, say, Peyton Manning, he’s not exactly a scrambler either.

by Wild Rebel on Oct 20, 2010 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with 4UMR

We still are not out of it by any stretch if we get hot and win out, which knowing how our Nutt teams have done in the past, isn’t entirely out of the question now that we have a defensive front again. SEC Schedule left:

ARKY
AUBURN
Tennessee
LSU
STATE

That is 4 West teams that we can give a loss to, plus what should be the easiest SEC win on our schedule. We control our own destiny, other than Bama. All that has to happen is for everyone to beat each other up and we go to ATL. As a coach, you have to remain this positive and keep the team in it. Now, 3 losses after this weekend, we are almost assuredly out, then we can start building for next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if Stanley doesn’t make a start for the ULL game.

Considering changing my name to RebelBlackBearsConception

by ColRebsLastBreath on Oct 21, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions