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1/2 year Big Sky stats

clawman1

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The Eagles season is just over 1/2 in the books. Frankly, I'm surprised we are unbeaten in the conference just looking at the stats.
I would have thought we would have been the leaders in penalties but there are three teams worse than us.
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Interesting note, there has not been one successful on side kick in the entire conference.
 
As per the usual, amazing offense but atrocious defense. These stats stick out to me:

Rushing Defense 318 per game (dead last)
Sacks by EWU 10 (2 per game, 10th place)
Opponent first downs (dead last)
Opponent 3rd down conversions (9th place)
Opponent 4th down conversions (dead last)


All of these point, once again, to our defensive line.
 
Rjones61 said:
As per the usual, amazing offense but atrocious defense. These stats stick out to me:

Rushing Defense 318 per game (dead last)
Sacks by EWU 10 (2 per game, 10th place)
Opponent first downs (dead last)
Opponent 3rd down conversions (9th place)
Opponent 4th down conversions (dead last)


All of these point, once again, to our defensive line.

I know it looks sad, but the numbers get much better if you compare the last three games to the first three.
It is an upward trajectory, and we are only 6 games in to a new DC coach. So I am sticking with the half full glass. After all at least we don't have the Seahawk defense.
 
Rontheoldwiseeagle said:
Rjones61 said:
As per the usual, amazing offense but atrocious defense. These stats stick out to me:

Rushing Defense 318 per game (dead last)
Sacks by EWU 10 (2 per game, 10th place)
Opponent first downs (dead last)
Opponent 3rd down conversions (9th place)
Opponent 4th down conversions (dead last)


All of these point, once again, to our defensive line.

I know it looks sad, but the numbers get much better if you compare the last three games to the first three.
It is an upward trajectory, and we are only 6 games in to a new DC coach. So I am sticking with the half full glass. After all at least we don't have the Seahawk defense.

Ron is right.

We were giving up 50/game in our first three games and now 30/game in our last three. Competition has a lot to do with it, but we are trending in the right direction.
 
marceagfan5 said:
Rontheoldwiseeagle said:
Rjones61 said:
As per the usual, amazing offense but atrocious defense. These stats stick out to me:

Rushing Defense 318 per game (dead last)
Sacks by EWU 10 (2 per game, 10th place)
Opponent first downs (dead last)
Opponent 3rd down conversions (9th place)
Opponent 4th down conversions (dead last)


All of these point, once again, to our defensive line.

I know it looks sad, but the numbers get much better if you compare the last three games to the first three.
It is an upward trajectory, and we are only 6 games in to a new DC coach. So I am sticking with the half full glass. After all at least we don't have the Seahawk defense.

Ron is right.

We were giving up 50/game in our first three games and now 30/game in our last three. Competition has a lot to do with it, but we are trending in the right direction.
I agree, and there's alot to be said for holding teams under 30 that we should be holding under 30. Taking care of what you should is the first step towards greatness.
 
marceagfan5 said:
Rontheoldwiseeagle said:
Rjones61 said:
As per the usual, amazing offense but atrocious defense. These stats stick out to me:

Rushing Defense 318 per game (dead last)
Sacks by EWU 10 (2 per game, 10th place)
Opponent first downs (dead last)
Opponent 3rd down conversions (9th place)
Opponent 4th down conversions (dead last)


All of these point, once again, to our defensive line.

I know it looks sad, but the numbers get much better if you compare the last three games to the first three.
It is an upward trajectory, and we are only 6 games in to a new DC coach. So I am sticking with the half full glass. After all at least we don't have the Seahawk defense.

Ron is right.

We were giving up 50/game in our first three games and now 30/game in our last three. Competition has a lot to do with it, but we are trending in the right direction.


Keep in mind that it looked like the D was showing improvement last year too, but it was an illusion. We just had a run of bad offenses to make us look good. The second we lined up against a good offense again- Illinois State- and it looked like same ol', same ol'. I'm still not seeing much from the D. They looked good last week, but only after the QB got knocked out of the game.

If we are really seeing improvement, I'd expect to see us to make life very difficult for Northern Colorado. They've been mediocre at best this season on offense and should be a team we can shine against if we are really making improvement.
 
OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS

G

Rush

Pass

Pen

Total

Avg/G

1. Southern Utah 6 41 44 12 97 16.2
2. Portland State 6 42 48 10 100 16.7
3. Montana 6 65 41 3 109 18.2
4. North Dakota 7 29 79 9 117 16.7
5. Montana State 6 71 52 11 134 22.3
6. Northern Colorado 6 59 72 8 139 23.2
7. Weber State 7 73 59 11 143 20.4
8. UC Davis 7 71 60 13 144 20.6
9. Cal Poly 6 60 77 11 148 24.7
Northern Arizona 6 64 74 10 148 24.7
11. Sacramento State 7 58 79 12 149 21.3
12. Idaho State 7 99 60 2 161 23.0
13. Eastern Washington 6 104 60 9 173 28.8


Yikes. We aren't just the worst, we're the worst by a country mile. This is why a team like Portland State scares the hell out of me, because they'll just take what they're given and run for 5-6 yards every play. We have got to tighten this up.
 
LDopaPDX said:
Keep in mind that it looked like the D was showing improvement last year too, but it was an illusion. We just had a run of bad offenses to make us look good. The second we lined up against a good offense again- Illinois State- and it looked like same ol', same ol'. I'm still not seeing much from the D. They looked good last week, but only after the QB got knocked out of the game.

If we are really seeing improvement, I'd expect to see us to make life very difficult for Northern Colorado. They've been mediocre at best this season on offense and should be a team we can shine against if we are really making improvement.

Exactly this. You can't hold defensive showings to the same standard for every team. Of course we are going to have better defensive showings against Idaho State and Sacramento State.

Here is an interesting piece of data for people to chew on:

Opponent High Scores against Div 1 opponents

1. Oregon 1st EWU and Georgia State(61 points)
2. University of Northern Iowa 1st. EWU (38 points) 2nd. Cal Poly (34 points)
3. Montana State 1st EWU (50 points) 2nd Cal Poly (45 points)
4. Sacramento State 1st. EWU & Northern Colorado (20 points) 2nd. Weber State (14 points)
5. Cal Poly 1st. Idaho State (58 points) 2nd EWU (41 points)
6. Idaho State 1st UND (37 points) 2nd. EWU (28 points)

Out of every single opponent we have faced in 2015, we are their first or second best offensive showing for the season. Our defense is one of the easiest, if not THE easiest, any of our opponents has to face week in and week out.
 
Rough board. Defense is improving and learning to trust each other. Have seen improved personnel management on big downs and there have been more 3 and out's due to that fact. More importantly, is how the offense isn't taking those opportunities and turning them into points or long drives. We all know that a stop for this defense in the past was as good as a turnover. They are giving the offense the ball 5+ times a game and it isn't translating into points. What's up with 2 runs and a long 3rd down?

Since ya'll are looking at stats:

Sac St.: Defense got int, fumble, and 7 stops.... Offense after first three stops: 3 and out, 4 and out, fumble

UNI: D got 7 stops

MSU: 5 stops in first half, 1 in second, MSU had ball 38 minutes. Avg scoring drive for EWU was just over a minute... Felt like this was a personnel issue on big downs.

Too be clear... if the offense has 7 or more plays per drive after a stop and converts points at a higher level, the defense has to be on the field less and their stats improve a great deal... Right? Offense used to put pressure on the opposition, not feeling that this year with the new play caller (coach, not QB). When it all comes together, Eags make a serious run for the Natty! :nod:
 
Rjones61 said:
Opponent High Scores against Div 1 opponents

1. Oregon State 1st. Utah (62 points) 2nd. EWU (61 points)

Something not quite right with this one. I think it's supposed to be Oregon, but Oregon did not score that many points on Utah. That's how many they had scored on them. Pretty sure the most points Oregon has scored this year was against us. Of course, that was with a healthy VA at the helm. I'm guessing their offensive production would look a whole lot better if he had played or been healthy against Utah, Colorado, Wazzu etc.
 
EWURanger said:
Rjones61 said:
Opponent High Scores against Div 1 opponents

1. Oregon State 1st. Utah (62 points) 2nd. EWU (61 points)

Something not quite right with this one. I think it's supposed to be Oregon, but Oregon did not score that many points on Utah. That's how many they had scored on them. Pretty sure the most points Oregon has scored this year was against us. Of course, that was with a healthy VA at the helm. I'm guessing their offensive production would look a whole lot better if he had played or been healthy or played against Utah, Colorado, Wazzu etc.

You are correct. Edited
 

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