PlayerRep said:
Nope, conference only stats are not meaningful early in the conference season (only 2 games). At this point of the season, the full season stats with 5/6 games) are clearly more meaningful.
In the categories listed above for the full season, the Cats are: no. 2 in scoring offense (behind UM), no. 2 in total defense, no. 4 in scoring defense (behind UM), no. 7 in pass defense (behind UM), and no. 3 in rush defense (behind UM).
Talk about cherry picking stats. I also point out that the stats I first posted above, were posted without commentary. They are what they are. No comment was made to say how good the Griz D is or isn't. No comparison was made to the Cats. Then insecure Cat posters had to attack the stats, and not pick out 2 games of stats when there are 6 available. The level of insecurity among some Cat fans is very significant.
You are wrong there, first of all neither group of stats are very useful until later in the season, but at this point the conf only stats are better with only a couple of games than the full stats are. The reason is that some teams have played 2 FBS games, some have played 2 DII games and everywhere else the quality of non conference opponent is too varied to give any useful data for comparison purposes.
This early in the season you really should refrain from placing any weight on the stats and ranking, each game should really be considered in its own little bubble. If you are going to go to statistical ranking you should stick with those that provide the most common level of opponent which is the conference only stats.