An Interesting Stat

[Grizbballfan14]

So far this season montana has played against the #1 (Pete Guerriero), 11th (Ulonzo Gilliam)and 20th(Ty Flanagan) leading rushers in the nation and held two of them (Guereiero and Gilliam) below their season average.

 

[BozAngelesGriz]

Interesting indeed. Thanks for looking that up.

 

[Grizbballfan14]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

 

[AZDoc]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

 

[Grizbballfan14]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

A fair point, but we were able to hold 4 of the 6 that we've played thus far below their season average. Including only allowing 365 yards to an Eastern Washington offense that was averaging 497.5 yards per game coming in.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

A fair point, but we were able to hold 4 of the 6 that we've played thus far below their season average. Including only allowing 365 yards to an Eastern Washington offense that was averaging 497.5 yards per game coming in.

You (or your source) left out a game. I’m assuming North Alabama, which does not appear in the NCAA stats table, for some reason. So I went to their web site for those numbers.

The Griz have played seven FCS opponents, with four to go. Of those seven, all are in the top-50 in total offense. If you insert the North Alabama yards per game, they come in at #29. Of the remaining four, two are also in the top-50, so UM will end up facing nine of the top-50 offenses. Considering offenses in the Big Sky, that should come as no big surprise.

As your follow-up points out, the Griz have held all but two of their FCS opponents below their season average for total yards. Obviously, the only loss was the worst: Sac State went nearly 90 years over its current average. Oddly enough, North Alabama was the other: they ended up 20.5 yards over their average. The other five opponents were all held nearly 65 yards below their per-game averages.

Scoring defense was even more telling. Only Sac State went over its scoring average (49 versus 40.4 ppg average). The other six FCS opponents were held below their season averages for points: -12.4, -16.3,-3.9, -9.4, -8.1, -17.8 (an average of over 11 points below their "norms").

 

[Grizbballfan14]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

A fair point, but we were able to hold 4 of the 6 that we've played thus far below their season average. Including only allowing 365 yards to an Eastern Washington offense that was averaging 497.5 yards per game coming in.

You (or your source) left out a game. I’m assuming North Alabama, which does not appear in the NCAA stats table, for some reason. So I went to their web site for those numbers.

The Griz have played seven FCS opponents, with four to go. Of those seven, all are in the top-50 in total offense. If you insert the North Alabama yards per game, they come in at #29. Of the remaining four, two are also in the top-50, so UM will end up facing nine of the top-50 offenses. Considering offenses in the Big Sky, that should come as no big surprise.

As your follow-up points out, the Griz have held all but two of their FCS opponents below their season average for total yards. Obviously, the only loss was the worst: Sac State went nearly 90 years over its current average. Oddly enough, North Alabama was the other: they ended up 20.5 yards over their average. The other five opponents were all held nearly 65 yards below their per-game averages.

Scoring defense was even more telling. Only Sac State went over its scoring average (49 versus 40.4 ppg average). The other six FCS opponents were held below their season averages for points: -12.4, -16.3,-3.9, -9.4, -8.1, -17.8 (an average of over 11 points below their "norms").

I meant that so far we had played 6 of the top 50 offenses. I included North Alabama in my original count of 11 fcs games

Upon further inspection of the table from the NCAAs official website, it's weird that they didnt include North Alabama on their list. Although when I look at the stat breakdown on North Alabama's website it says their offense is only averaging 359 yards per game which would put them at 80th if they were on the table.

 

[AZDoc]

Another interesting stat. 8 of the 11 (so far we've played 6) fcs teams on our schedule this season are currently in the top 50 for total offense. Our defense has certainly been tested

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

A fair point, but we were able to hold 4 of the 6 that we've played thus far below their season average. Including only allowing 365 yards to an Eastern Washington offense that was averaging 497.5 yards per game coming in.

You (or your source) left out a game. I’m assuming North Alabama, which does not appear in the NCAA stats table, for some reason. So I went to their web site for those numbers.

The Griz have played seven FCS opponents, with four to go. Of those seven, all are in the top-50 in total offense. If you insert the North Alabama yards per game, they come in at #29. Of the remaining four, two are also in the top-50, so UM will end up facing nine of the top-50 offenses. Considering offenses in the Big Sky, that should come as no big surprise.

As your follow-up points out, the Griz have held all but two of their FCS opponents below their season average for total yards. Obviously, the only loss was the worst: Sac State went nearly 90 years over its current average. Oddly enough, North Alabama was the other: they ended up 20.5 yards over their average. The other five opponents were all held nearly 65 yards below their per-game averages.

Scoring defense was even more telling. Only Sac State went over its scoring average (49 versus 40.4 ppg average). The other six FCS opponents were held below their season averages for points: -12.4, -16.3,-3.9, -9.4, -8.1, -17.8 (an average of over 11 points below their "norms").

Hey...stop proving the point, using stats and data, when someone was going to get on here and say what I said. I agree with you 100%. They played some tough competition at every level, including the Ducks. Oregon actually scored 1 point less than their average for the year against the Griz (35 vs 36 ppg). Griz did give up more than their average ypg though. So, even playing up, very respectable. I for one, am very happy with the adjustments being made at halftime. They are playing legit defense in second halfs for the most part.

 

[DuCharme]

NCAA lists 50 teams per stats page. You gotta go to page 2 or 3 to find the rest.

 

[IdaGriz01]

oh... the flipside....they got a lot of the yards against the Griz defense and that's why they are ranked so high on offense...

just heading off the clowns that will post that...so I'll be the clown...

Super interesting stat.

A fair point, but we were able to hold 4 of the 6 that we've played thus far below their season average. Including only allowing 365 yards to an Eastern Washington offense that was averaging 497.5 yards per game coming in.

You (or your source) left out a game. I’m assuming North Alabama, which does not appear in the NCAA stats table, for some reason. So I went to their web site for those numbers.

The Griz have played seven FCS opponents, with four to go. Of those seven, all are in the top-50 in total offense. If you insert the North Alabama yards per game, they come in at #29. Of the remaining four, two are also in the top-50, so UM will end up facing nine of the top-50 offenses. Considering offenses in the Big Sky, that should come as no big surprise.

As your follow-up points out, the Griz have held all but two of their FCS opponents below their season average for total yards. Obviously, the only loss was the worst: Sac State went nearly 90 years over its current average. Oddly enough, North Alabama was the other: they ended up 20.5 yards over their average. The other five opponents were all held nearly 65 yards below their per-game averages.

Scoring defense was even more telling. Only Sac State went over its scoring average (49 versus 40.4 ppg average). The other six FCS opponents were held below their season averages for points: -12.4, -16.3,-3.9, -9.4, -8.1, -17.8 (an average of over 11 points below their "norms").

I meant that so far we had played 6 of the top 50 offenses. I included North Alabama in my original count of 11 fcs games

Upon further inspection of the table from the NCAAs official website, it's weird that they didn't include North Alabama on their list. Although when I look at the stat breakdown on North Alabama's website it says their offense is only averaging 359 yards per game which would put them at 80th if they were on the table.

Yep. My bad: I used what the UNA opponents are averaging against them (wrong column). #80 looks about right. That means the Lions did go over their yardage average against the Griz, although they were still held below their scoring average.

Despite that little boo-boo on my part, your point is still well-made and valid: The Griz D has been tested by some formidable opponents and has held up very well. Of course, the one that really matters is the ability to hold down the opponent's scoring ... even though the Griz are "only" #42 in official Scoring Defense.