Stats through 3 games to make you smile

AlaGold said:
exactly what I was thinking today--neither are likely to not get hurt with this workload sometime.--unc is now missing 6 guys in last 10 days I hear
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Well we get another bye after the UNC game so that can only help. Quaide and Howard will take more reps so Benson should be fine. Taquan should be fine as well. JT5 did just fine for 2 years starting and Devin was a smaller QB as well
 
wreckem1990 said:
Well we get another bye after the UNC game so that can only help. Quaide and Howard will take more reps so Benson should be fine. Taquan should be fine as well. JT5 did just fine for 2 years starting and Devin was a smaller QB as well
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JT5 started 3 years. Over those years he averaged about 12.1 carries/game. Through 3 games Marshall is averaging 25 carries/game. At this rate he'll match the number of carries JT5 had last year by about halftime of the WF game.
 
gtrower said:
Rushing Offense: 393.7 rypg (1st) and 5.85 ypc
Total Defense: 264.3 typg (14th) and 4.78 ypp (32nd)
TOP: 36+ mpg (4th)
Sacks: 2.67 spg (T-38th)
3D%: 54.5% (5th)
3D% Defense: 26.5 (13th)

If you had showed me these stats through Week 4 I'd take them in a second. That 3D% defense is a sight for sore eyes. Didn't look up kicking or kick coverage on purpose.

Also TaQuon is 10th in the country in rypg (128.7) and 1st in rushing TD per game (2.67)
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This did make me smile. Thanks for that.
 
From the mesh issues it looks like Quade and Jerry need more practice reps with the #1's.
 
gtrower said:
JT5 started 3 years. Over those years he averaged about 12.1 carries/game. Through 3 games Marshall is averaging 25 carries/game. At this rate he'll match the number of carries JT5 had last year by about halftime of the WF game.
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Nesbitt or Washington is probably a more interesting comparison to Marshall in terms of carries. JT didn't seem to keep it up the middle as much.

JRjr
 
I hope Army crushes Duke's knees later in the season in their "tune up" game for us.
 
beej67 said:
What interests me is how much further ahead we were prior to last week. We were way out in front by a wide margin, then we had a great week with over 400 yards rushing, and suddenly we're neck and neck. Navy must have really crushed someone last week.
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SECSPN headline:
Navy runs for 569 yards in 42-32 win over Cincinnati
 
gtrower said:
Rushing Offense: 393.7 rypg (1st) and 5.85 ypc
Total Defense: 264.3 typg (14th) and 4.78 ypp (32nd)
TOP: 36+ mpg (4th)
Sacks: 2.67 spg (T-38th)
3D%: 54.5% (5th)
3D% Defense: 26.5 (13th)

If you had showed me these stats through Week 4 I'd take them in a second. That 3D% defense is a sight for sore eyes. Didn't look up kicking or kick coverage on purpose.

Also TaQuon is 10th in the country in rypg (128.7) and 1st in rushing TD per game (2.67)
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Jesus. Maybe by the time we close out the Vengenge Tour against Miami, Marshall will have become the new Jackson. That spin of his has gotten some people's attention.
 
vapspwi said:
Nesbitt or Washington is probably a more interesting comparison to Marshall in terms of carries. JT didn't seem to keep it up the middle as much.

JRjr
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#1 QBs carries/g under CPJ

2008) 15.6, 172 in 11 (Nesbitt)
2009) 19.9, 279 in 14 (Nesbitt)
2010) 18.4, 166 in 9 (Nesbitt)
2011) 18.7, 243 in 13 (Washington)
2012) 9.1, 127 in 14 (Washington)
2013) 14.0, 182 in 13 (Lee)
2014) 13.5, 190 in 14 (Thomas)
2015) 12.1, 145 in 12 (Thomas)
2016) 11.4, 137 in 12 (Thomas)
2017) 25.0, 75 in 3 (Marshall)
***I did this quick so could have screwed up the # of games somewhere***

Obviously we've got a smaller sample size that includes a 2OT game. But it's still a lot higher than even Nesbitt's high volume seasons. Presumably the defenses are forcing us to do it so if they continue to do so we're gonna need to start sprinkling in some Jordan/Jones/Johnson series to spell him. 25 carries/game is a lot for a RB and he's not built like a RB.
 
gtrower said:
Presumably the defenses are forcing us to do it so if they continue to do so we're gonna need to start sprinkling in some Jordan/Jones/Johnson series to spell him. 25 carries/game is a lot for a RB and he's not built like a RB.
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I could be wrong but I'm thinking it's this. Everybody so far has been trying to shut down the edge on us and force us to use the new QB and BB's up the middle as opposed to our veteran AB's that can take it out wide. Now that the cat's out of the bag that we're fine at those 2 positions, look for D's to start trying something different.
 
gtrower said:
#1 QBs carries/g under CPJ

2008) 15.6, 172 in 11 (Nesbitt)
2009) 19.9, 279 in 14 (Nesbitt)
2010) 18.4, 166 in 9 (Nesbitt)
2011) 18.7, 243 in 13 (Washington)
2012) 9.1, 127 in 14 (Washington)
2013) 14.0, 182 in 13 (Lee)
2014) 13.5, 190 in 14 (Thomas)
2015) 12.1, 145 in 12 (Thomas)
2016) 11.4, 137 in 12 (Thomas)
2017) 25.0, 75 in 3 (Marshall)
***I did this quick so could have screwed up the # of games somewhere***

Obviously we've got a smaller sample size that includes a 2OT game. But it's still a lot higher than even Nesbitt's high volume seasons. Presumably the defenses are forcing us to do it so if they continue to do so we're gonna need to start sprinkling in some Jordan/Jones/Johnson series to spell him. 25 carries/game is a lot for a RB and he's not built like a RB.
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One thing that could skew those, to a very small degree, is QB scrambles when the pass protection breaks down or the QB just decides to tuck it and run. It's not a lot, but for JT, I wonder how many it was, like his big run out of the endzone against Duke last year.
 
Why would that skew anything? All our QBs have had their share of scrambles, and it's still a carry where they could get hit.
 
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