Copyright ? 2010 Ed Bagley
You visualize it attending school football games every Saturday - missed assignments, missed tackles, players throwing themselves at runners and hoping they are going to crumple. Guess what? The runners usually do not drop a whole lot anymore. They are bigger, much wider, faster, stronger and even more elusive.
So how bouts we more college players square up and tackle runners? The answer is simple - weight loss program options not fast enough or too forgetful in filling their gap assignment and/or they can be scared to tackle.
The net consequence of all this is the thing that we got last weekend. The 7 highest scoring games produced 703 total points, or perhaps average of 100-plus points per game. This may be exciting, yet it is lousy football.
So how bad should it get? This bad:
Michigan beat Illinois 67-65 in triple overtime (132 total points), Navy beat East Carolina 76-35 (111 points), Duke beat Virginia 55-48 (103), Kansas beat Colorado 52-45 (97), Tulsa beat Rice 64-27 (91), 3rd-ranked Auburn beat AA Chattanooga 62-24 (86), and 19th-ranked Oklahoma State beat 22nd-ranked Baylor 55-28 (83).
Haven't had enough evidence? Try the following 8 highest scoring games. To wit:
No. 25 Nevada over Idaho 63-17 (80), Florida International over Louisiana-Monroe 42-35 in double overtime (77), Southern Mississippi over Tulane 46-30 (76), Troy over North Texas 41-35 (76), Arkansas State over Middle Tennessee State 51-24 (75), Fresno State over Louisiana Tech 40-34 (74), Central Florida over Houston 40-33 (73), and North Carolina upsetting 24th-ranked Florida State 37-35 (72).
That's 15 games with total many 72-plus. Fifteen games that generated 1,306 points, or even an average of 87-plus points per game.
So you saw a great deal of offense, lousy defense, instead of lots good, solid football. Suspense? There was virtually none. It was just a matter of who had the ball moving on the field with little resistance.
Not to bore you, but to have a point:
The 5 top scoring offenses in the nation are Oregon (54+ points per game), Boise State (47+), Oklahoma State (46+), Nevada (44+), and Stanford (42+).
The worst 5 scoring defenses in the united kingdom are Eastern Michigan (gives up 43+ points per game), Memphis (42+), New Mexico (42+), East Carolina (41+), and Louisiana-Lafayette (40+).
This is only a website minor problem for any lousy team much like the Eastern Michigan Eagles, who stop trying 43+ points per game and just score typically 19+ points per game. No wonder they're only 1-8 about the season. They did be capable of beat Ball State 41-38 in overtime.
All right Ed, have some slack. OK.
Who has totally toughest schedule on the list of AP Top 25 teams? I am glad you asked. Read them and weep if you don't find your chosen team.
Arizona has totally toughest schedule; the Wildcats are ranked 12th nationally. Next is LSU (15th), then Stanford (16th), Missouri (18th), and Oklahoma (19th).
Who has totally worst schedule on the list of Top 25?
Try Central Florida at 95th, then Ohio State (87th), Nevada (86th), Virginia Tech (80th), and Utah (79th).
Wins do count, it helps you to place it into perspective.
Oregon is 9-0 and has now literally 36th toughest schedule. Auburn is 10-0 and ranks 40th in schedule strength. TCU is 10-0 and ranks 62nd. Boise State is 8-0 and ranks 72nd.
Since you will find only 120 Division 1-A teams, both TCU and Boise State are mounting up victories from the bottom one half of this line of business (61st to 120th). Despite their protestations otherwise, both TCU and Boise State love playing in mid-major conferences, so does Utah.
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