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Our passing defense might have some historically ridiculous statistics this year.

Here's the teams with (arguably) the worst QBs so far:

NCAA leaders in LOWEST offensive passing completion percentage
29.6% - Temple
31.3% - Navy
31.6% - San Diego State
32.1% - Miami
42.4% - USF
42.4% - Indiana

#22 - 53.6% - Tulsa
#23 - 53.7% - ECU

(09-09-2021 12:09 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Our passing defense might have some historically ridiculous statistics this year.


NCAA leaders in LOWEST passing completion percentage
29.6% - Temple
31.3% - Navy
31.6% - San Diego State
32.1% - Miami
42.4% - USF
42.4% - Indiana

#22 - 53.6% - Tulsa
#23 - 53.7% - ECU

What you showed is the opponents. Here's the team rankings.

1 TX El Paso 27.27%
2 Rutgers 29.63%
3 Marshall 31.25%
4 Cincinnati 32.14%
5 NC State 42.42%

I specifically watched the pass defense in the first game and Miami only threw at Gardner one time that I saw. I would assume most teams will do this so Coby Bryant is gonna have his hands full this year.

(09-09-2021 12:54 PM)nachoman91 Wrote:  I specifically watched the pass defense in the first game and Miami only threw at Gardner one time that I saw. I would assume most teams will do this so Coby Bryant is gonna have his hands full this year.

Sauce had 0 official targets.

(09-09-2021 12:54 PM)nachoman91 Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 12:09 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Our passing defense might have some historically ridiculous statistics this year.


NCAA leaders in LOWEST passing completion percentage
29.6% - Temple
31.3% - Navy
31.6% - San Diego State
32.1% - Miami
42.4% - USF
42.4% - Indiana

#22 - 53.6% - Tulsa
#23 - 53.7% - ECU

What you showed is the opponents. Here's the team rankings.

1 TX El Paso 27.27%
2 Rutgers 29.63%
3 Marshall 31.25%
4 Cincinnati 32.14%
5 NC State 42.42%

I specifically watched the pass defense in the first game and Miami only threw at Gardner one time that I saw. I would assume most teams will do this so Coby Bryant is gonna have his hands full this year.

I changed the OP to state it more clearly.

(09-09-2021 01:02 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 12:54 PM)nachoman91 Wrote:  I specifically watched the pass defense in the first game and Miami only threw at Gardner one time that I saw. I would assume most teams will do this so Coby Bryant is gonna have his hands full this year.

Sauce had 0 official targets.

Where do you find that data?

(09-09-2021 12:09 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  NCAA leaders in LOWEST offensive passing completion percentage
29.6% - Temple
31.3% - Navy
42.4% - USF
42.4% - Indiana
#22 - 53.6% - Tulsa
#23 - 53.7% - ECU

All 6 of these are upcoming opponents for us. I bet they would be pretty tasty with some Sauce all over them...

(09-09-2021 01:11 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 01:02 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 12:54 PM)nachoman91 Wrote:  I specifically watched the pass defense in the first game and Miami only threw at Gardner one time that I saw. I would assume most teams will do this so Coby Bryant is gonna have his hands full this year.

Sauce had 0 official targets.

Where do you find that data?

PFF Pro has all of that, but I think Sauce said it on Twitter...first game he has ever not been targetted. Hell, the ball was only thrown to his HALF of the field once, on a swing pass.

Fick mentioned in his presser this week that the staff may have to move him around. He didn't quite say it this directly but the take was to keep Sauce involved/engaged in the game. We don't need him acting like a baseball outfielder and scratching his nuts and looking at airplanes going overhead.

(09-09-2021 05:25 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Fick mentioned in his presser this week that the staff may have to move him around. He didn't quite say it this directly but the take was to keep Sauce involved/engaged in the game. We don't need him acting like a baseball outfielder and scratching his nuts and looking at airplanes going overhead.

But that was my favorite position, lots of time to plan world dominance, in little league.

(09-09-2021 05:25 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Fick mentioned in his presser this week that the staff may have to move him around. He didn't quite say it this directly but the take was to keep Sauce involved/engaged in the game. We don't need him acting like a baseball outfielder and scratching his nuts and looking at airplanes going overhead.

When I coached Knothole it was always a hoot to try to keep the outfielders from picking clover or their noses.