Pass Defense Stats

[Moneymoney]

The Griz have improved more than the Cats from week one. I hope the Cats are better than they were against Oregon, because, as I said, the Cats didn't look good at ask against Oregon. No running game. Running backs looked weak. OL wasn't blocking well at all. The Cat D stunk.

There is no way UND drops from no. 13 to out of the top 24 with a loss to SDSU. Look at who they played and how close the games were. I showed you. You have no clue.

I don't care if you don't want to hear about running up the score, the point is that the Cats did that in some games. Look at when some of your starters were still in the game.

I don't want to hear about or see you denying what occurred. Your QB and running backs were still in some games late. I also don't want to see or hear you saying that UND won't make the playoffs.

The RBs being in late is inaccurate man. Colson Coon gets in right away when we are up big.

 

[Bobcat99]

Hi and welcome!

I considered doing this as well, but I don't think I agree with you here. It's a negative play where the ball is not thrown.

By that same logic, should positive QB scrambles on passing plays also not count towards rushing yards, since the idea is the same? The defense is playing the pass, so therefore we'd have to take out any QB scrambles to get a truly unbiased look at rushing stats.

I think you can see where this line starts to get a little blurry.

That's a fair point. I just prefer to do it the way the NFL does because it is a passing play. A QB scramble doesn't turn into a run until said player crosses the LOS. Unfortunately FCS stats have no way that I know of to separate designed runs and scrambles, which really sucks. That's why a lot of times I'll use just RB stats to get an idea of how a run defense does against opponents, but there's always some nuance to this. Obviously for some teams this wouldn't work well at all, but for others it does, and there's usually enough of them in a full schedule to get a decent idea.

 

[Bobcat99]

The Griz have improved more than the Cats from week one. I hope the Cats are better than they were against Oregon, because, as I said, the Cats didn't look good at ask against Oregon. No running game. Running backs looked weak. OL wasn't blocking well at all. The Cat D stunk.

There is no way UND drops from no. 13 to out of the top 24 with a loss to SDSU. Look at who they played and how close the games were. I showed you. You have no clue.

I don't care if you don't want to hear about running up the score, the point is that the Cats did that in some games. Look at when some of your starters were still in the game.

I don't want to hear about or see you denying what occurred. Your QB and running backs were still in some games late. I also don't want to see or hear you saying that UND won't make the playoffs.

USD: Lamson and RB's last played with just under 6 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

EWU: Lamson and RB's last played with a little over 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

NAU: Lamson and Davis last played with just under 13 minutes left in the 4th quarter (I don't really consider this game a blowout like the others but I'll leave it in). Jones got one carry with 5 minutes left and then was done.

ISU: Lamson and RB's last played with just under 4 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

UNC: Lamson and Davis played one snap in the 4th quarter. Jones played 2.

Weber: Lamson and RB's last played with just under 5 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

These were all of the blowout wins for MSU.

I personally don't consider these to be examples of leaving the QB and RB's in late to run up the score, but perhaps you have a different opinion on what playing late in the game is.