Bruins v. Vols: Numerical Notes
Let’s continue to study up some more on this weekend’s big game by looking at the offensive and defensive statistics from last year. Now right off the bat we have to remind ourselves that we have to take these numbers with grain of salt considering our Bruins are going to unveil a new offense under a new staff and without the returning starters from last season. We also lost 75 percent of our starting secondary and are looking to replace couple of our emotional fire starters in Bruce Davis and Christian Taylor. Similarly Tennessee is looking to not only break in a new coordinator, the Vols are also going to feature a new starting QB – Jonathan Crompton – who attempted a total of 12 passes last season. So numbers from last year will not necessarily establish much in terms of what we can expect on Saturday. However, it would be good to keep them in mind as data points for reference as we try to get a total picture on Saturday’s matchups.
I will start by looking at the numbers comparing the Bruin defense v. the Vols offense from last season:
As mentioned in my last post
Bruins will have to force the Volunteers to beat us with their passing game. We have discussed before how
As for what happens when the Bruins are on offense, this is the great unknown at this point of time. Here are the numbers from last year:
But right now we are not sure what we can take from those numbers because we don’t have any data on our current coaches. We have beaten to death about the concerns re. our offensive line and the inexperience of our QBs. The question will be whether our line will be serviceable enough to mount a decent running attack and give our QBs enough time to get a short passing game going which will move the chains?
Again it will be up to Craft (or Forcier) to get in the mindset in which they don’t get too excited or feel pressure for having to win this game (easier said than done I know). But I think our coaches will get them to be in a place where they know they won’t have to be heroes on Monday night, instead looking to play an assigned role within Chow’s scheme which will require them to make quick and easy (hopefully) decisions. Chow will probably look for decent play from our QB with a multifaceted running game (through
GO BRUINS.
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I don't think last year's numbers mean much
and you pointed this out at the beginning of your post. To carry it a little further, if we go by last year’s numbers, then the Rays should be the Devil Rays and should be in last place.
I don’t think there are any numbers which can be used to do any sort of comparison. Each team has only practiced. Each team has good points and bad points. I don’t know that anyone has watched and critically analyzed the practices of both teams.
I guess it’s been a slow football news day. I’m trying to keep my emotions on an even keel until the end of Monday night. I have a very strong feeling that I will not feel the way I felt after the Utah game or the Wazzou game. We might get beat and we might get beat by a lot. But I have a feeling that if the planets align themselves even a little closely, we might win. I never had that feeling during the Reign of Error.
by Fox 71 on Aug 27, 2008 2:56 PM PDT 0 recs
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Bruins seem to be getting more coverage than the Vols. Mainly beacuse of Neuheisel and your QB situation. All I hear is georgia, Florida, LSU and Bama in the SEC. Fine by me. No arrests (lately!), minor bruises and an energized senior class is all I need to hear about. Still think it will be close. But as for numbers, I just read your PK was 5-5 beyond the 50 and your punter pinned teams regulalry inside the 20. Impressive considering out punter was suspended again. Go Vols.
by VegasVol on Aug 27, 2008 4:49 PM PDT 0 recs















