Good interview of Banker about the D and some glaring stats

[Saunders]

Serious question:

Swap out our schedule for Iowa's last year. What do our records look like?

Well, we played alot of the same teams, so:

Illinois State - W

Iowa State - W

Pitt - L ? (Better than BYU, on par with Miami)

North Texas - W

Wisconsin - L

Illinois - L

Northwestern - L

Maryland - W

Indiana - L ? (Played Iowa and OSU very tough)

Minnesota - W

Purdue - L

Iowa - L

5-7, maybe 6-6 or 7-5 if we beat Indiana and/or Pitt.

 

[Redux]

Serious question:

Swap out our schedule for Iowa's last year. What do our records look like?

Well, we played alot of the same teams, so:
Illinois State - W

Iowa State - W

Pitt - L ? (Better than BYU, on par with Miami)

North Texas - W

Wisconsin - L

Illinois - L

Northwestern - L

Maryland - W

Indiana - L ? (Played Iowa and OSU very tough)

Minnesota - W

Purdue - L

Iowa - L

5-7, maybe 6-6 or 7-5 if we beat Indiana and/or Pitt.

Is that accounting for home team advantage though? And do they still go undefeated, I say maybe they win 10.

 

[Saunders]

Serious question:

Swap out our schedule for Iowa's last year. What do our records look like?

Well, we played alot of the same teams, so:
Illinois State - W

Iowa State - W

Pitt - L ? (Better than BYU, on par with Miami)

North Texas - W

Wisconsin - L

Illinois - L

Northwestern - L

Maryland - W

Indiana - L ? (Played Iowa and OSU very tough)

Minnesota - W

Purdue - L

Iowa - L

5-7, maybe 6-6 or 7-5 if we beat Indiana and/or Pitt.

Is that accounting for home team advantage though? And do they still go undefeated, I say maybe they win 10.

The only game that would have been affected by the traditional 3 point spread for a home game would have been Illinois. I'd say Indiana would have won in Bloomington, and we win Illinois.

At most, we're looking at 8 wins.

 

[RedSavage]

Whether the stats show it or not, last year was the first time in a long time I didn't feel like I had to hold my breath every time the other team's RB touched the ball.

 

[Redux]

Serious question:

Swap out our schedule for Iowa's last year. What do our records look like?

Well, we played alot of the same teams, so:
Illinois State - W

Iowa State - W

Pitt - L ? (Better than BYU, on par with Miami)

North Texas - W

Wisconsin - L

Illinois - L

Northwestern - L

Maryland - W

Indiana - L ? (Played Iowa and OSU very tough)

Minnesota - W

Purdue - L

Iowa - L

5-7, maybe 6-6 or 7-5 if we beat Indiana and/or Pitt.

Is that accounting for home team advantage though? And do they still go undefeated, I say maybe they win 10.

The only game that would have been affected by the traditional 3 point spread for a home game would have been Illinois. I'd say Indiana would have won in Bloomington, and we win Illinois.
At most, we're looking at 8 wins.

I think that if we played Illinois here we would have won a much more competetive game and maybe Purdue never happens like that.

 

[BigRedBuster]

I started this yesterday and go through three games and said screw it.

I looked at all the plays over 35 yards against BYU, USA and Miami. 12 plays over 35 and only 2 of them were runs. I'm guessing that ratio was similar all year.

If we can get the pass defense greatly improved and cutting down on these huge gains multiple times every game and if we can do it without putting 5-6 DBs in the game, this should help the rush defense on the yards per carry stat. Also, if we have D linemen that can get in the back field and cause havoc on pass plays, that also works some on run plays too. Have more tackles for loss and your yards per carry go down.

Last year our defense was bad. No question about it. However, the defense all is tied together and good improvement in one area (without selling out to do it) helps other areas improve too.

 

[The Dude]

Whether the stats show it or not, last year was the first time in a long time I didn't feel like I had to hold my breath every time the other team's RB touched the ball.

Without question.

 

[Elf]

So maybe there was more to it than the players not buying in?

Senior safety Nate Gerry, a captain, said he’s enjoyed the switch to Banker. At times last season, Gerry said, the terminology he’d get from Banker and Stewart during games didn’t match, and it could lead to some confusion.


“Some of the terminology you might use for safeties and cornerbacks can be different,” Gerry said.

I think it was a combination of many things that lead us to a whopping turd of a season last year. I would put players not buying in on that list.

 

[RedDenver]

One thing not mentioned yet is that the run D could actually stuff teams on short yardage plays. We haven't had that in some time. It ended up coming back to cost Mich St the game.

 

[Blackshirt96]

I know you don't want to throw your starting QB under the bus, but Armstrong added to the defenses struggles. Big plays seemed to follow quick turnovers.