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FEI: Bama's second half 88 yard drive best in 2009 in all college football


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Florida faced 117 opponent non-garbage possessions this season, and 49 percent of those lasted only three plays or fewer. Before the game-clinching drive in the SEC championship, Florida had only given up two non-garbage touchdowns all season on opponent drives that began at or inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. Only 15 out of 79 opponent drives that began at or inside the opponent’s 30-yard line resulted in a score of any kind against Florida this season -- six of these drives were produced by the Crimson Tide offense on Saturday. In terms of game-specific Offensive FEI -- efficiency adjusted for opponent -- Alabama had the single best offensive game of the 2009 college football season.

 Also, a little taste of the upcoming matchup with Texas (ranked #3 behind Bama and Florida).

Compare that to Texas, who faced an almost impenetrable Nebraska defense on Saturday night, eking out a victory in the final harrowing seconds to clinch a spot in the BCS championship game. Colt McCoy and Texas’ offense took the field 16 times in the game, twice as many non-garbage opportunities as Alabama, but only managed 13 points. Against Nebraska and Oklahoma, the two best defenses the Longhorns faced in 2009, Texas’ offense never could find their rhythm. An average offense against an average defense would have expected to score more than 66 points with Texas’ starting field position in those two games -- Texas scored only 29 total points.

For their part, the Longhorns’ defense dominated their side of the ball in those games, setting up Texas for enough short field position situations to knock in a few clutch field goals and pull out victory in the end. But with a championship tilt against the nation’s best defense looming, the Longhorns are going to need to figure out how to jumpstart their offensive attack. Otherwise, workhorse Mark Ingram and the ball-hogging Crimson Tide will roll to a national championship victory.

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Only 15 out of 79 opponent drives that began at or inside the opponent’s 30-yard line resulted in a score of any kind against Florida this season — six of these drives were produced by the Crimson Tide offense on Saturday.

by rugman11 on Dec 9, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Extraordinary, when you think about it

You can't win. You can't break even. You can't get out of the game.

by StablerRaider on Dec 9, 2009 1:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

JMac and GMac...

…are mac….

"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban

by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 9, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

kool-aid stats

it’s true, we beat texas statistically. however i’m guessing they’ll show up and wanna play it out anyway.

i get the point. i think i’m just still traumatized over utah last year. this is a well-coached, athletic texas team who will determine what went wrong against neb. they have the potential to win this game unless we prepare to ‘dominate them for 60 minutes.’

CNS seems concerned about fans and media drinking the kool-aid and infecting the players (mixed metaphor but we understand). i appreciate the stats but also realize they don’t mean much after kickoff.

by Israelbama on Dec 9, 2009 10:39 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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