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tyndal23 wrote: ↑October 8th, 2022, 8:50 pm I hate cheap points hurting our defensive ranking,If it makes you feel any better all advanced metrics such as FPI and SP+ tosses out trash time stats. Does anyone really look at straight points against to determine how good a defense is anymore? It feels like ERA in baseball.
Ill flame wrote: ↑October 9th, 2022, 12:19 amIt doesn’t really make me feel better - I will stick with stats vs reality - reality is LU has a great D and only time I was upset with them was last week - way too overaggressive and it burned them. Rest is occasional bad calls with a missed tackle giving up a big play or occasional confusion ending in a big pass play, in return we get a ton of TFL, Sacks,Picks,Forced Fumbles...and of course the LU first drive “figuring it out drive “ that has been a bad staple, but other than that - a scary and dominator D.tyndal23 wrote: ↑October 8th, 2022, 8:50 pm I hate cheap points hurting our defensive ranking,If it makes you feel any better all advanced metrics such as FPI and SP+ tosses out trash time stats. Does anyone really look at straight points against to determine how good a defense is anymore? It feels like ERA in baseball.
JK37 wrote: ↑October 9th, 2022, 7:31 pm No it’s not.1- Consider the Source
But we are better than JMU, I believe.
FlamesHighontheTide wrote: ↑October 10th, 2022, 10:03 am JMU's win over app st. doesn't look as good as it did a few weeks ago.The question is, who do Flame fans root for later in the semester when JMU plays Coastal? I don't like either team!