🏈 Some stats worth sharing - balanced half rushing, 24.48 MOV

[planomateo]

Speak up if you are shocked at where Alabama's MOV is over the last 5 years

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Interesting stat just posted on RBR. Average MOV over last 5 years: Boise St: 24.48 Alabama: 22.6 TCU: 21.72 Oregon: 20.74</p>&mdash; Roll Bama Roll (@rollbamaroll) <a href="https://twitter.com/rollbamaroll/statuses/355348766510940161">July 11, 2013</a></blockquote>
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This chart will give an example of what we are witnessing, in terms of defense and offensive production. 542 points scored last year, just damn! Let alone Alabama is the only team to have won 61 games in 5 years (61-7 or .897 and is 38-6 in the SEC). This chart below shows just how many points Alabama has scored and allowed since 1990, going back that far to give a little perspective of what we as fans are witnessing.

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[TD] Season[/TD]
[TD] Conf[/TD]
[TD] Record[/TD]
[TD] PF[/TD]
[TD] PA[/TD]
[TD]AP[/TD]
[TD] Coach[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD] 2012[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 13-1[/TD]
[TD]542 [/TD]
[TD]153 [/TD]
[TD] 1[/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2011[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 12-1[/TD]
[TD]432 [/TD]
[TD]106 [/TD]
[TD] 1[/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2010[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 10-3[/TD]
[TD]415 [/TD]
[TD]169 [/TD]
[TD] 10[/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2009[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 14-0[/TD]
[TD]449 [/TD]
[TD]164 [/TD]
[TD] 1[/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2008[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 12-2[/TD]
[TD]422 [/TD]
[TD]200 [/TD]
[TD] 6[/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2007[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 7-6[/TD]
[TD]352 [/TD]
[TD]286 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Nick Saban[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2006[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 6-7[/TD]
[TD]298 [/TD]
[TD]250 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Shula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2005[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 10-2[/TD]
[TD]263 [/TD]
[TD]128 [/TD]
[TD] 8[/TD]
[TD] Mike Shula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2004[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 6-6[/TD]
[TD]295 [/TD]
[TD]189 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Shula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2003[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 4-9[/TD]
[TD]331 [/TD]
[TD]333 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Shula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2002[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 10-3[/TD]
[TD]367 [/TD]
[TD]200 [/TD]
[TD] 11[/TD]
[TD] Dennis Franchione[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2001[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 7-5[/TD]
[TD]318 [/TD]
[TD]232 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Dennis Franchione[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 2000[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 3-8[/TD]
[TD]228 [/TD]
[TD]246 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Dubose[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1999[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 10-3[/TD]
[TD]378 [/TD]
[TD]265 [/TD]
[TD] 8[/TD]
[TD] Mike Dubose[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1998[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 7-5[/TD]
[TD]251 [/TD]
[TD]287 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Dubose[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1997[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 4-7[/TD]
[TD]246 [/TD]
[TD]248 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Mike Dubose[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1996[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 10-3[/TD]
[TD]316 [/TD]
[TD]195 [/TD]
[TD] 11[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1995[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 8-3[/TD]
[TD]260 [/TD]
[TD]188 [/TD]
[TD] 21[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1994[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 12-1[/TD]
[TD]305 [/TD]
[TD]190 [/TD]
[TD] 5[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1993[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 9-3-1[/TD]
[TD]340 [/TD]
[TD]168 [/TD]
[TD] 14[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1992[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 13-0[/TD]
[TD]366 [/TD]
[TD]122 [/TD]
[TD] 1[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1991[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 11-1[/TD]
[TD]324 [/TD]
[TD]143 [/TD]
[TD] 5[/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] 1990[/TD]
[TD] SEC[/TD]
[TD] 7-5[/TD]
[TD]260 [/TD]
[TD]161 [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] Gene Stallings[/TD]
[/TR]
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Speaking to how balanced the rushing game has been over the last 15 and 51 games. Anyone else guess Alabama was this balanced across the half?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JohnnyLFootball">@JohnnyLFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SaturdayEdge">@SaturdayEdge</a> Over last 51 (09-12) Bama averaging 94 rush yards in first half and 106 in the second.</p>&mdash; CoachesBTN (@CoachesBTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachesBTN/statuses/356945740779622400">July 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JohnnyLFootball">@JohnnyLFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SaturdayEdge">@SaturdayEdge</a> Over last 15 games, Alabama has averaged 119 rush yds in the first half and 103 in the second half.</p>&mdash; CoachesBTN (@CoachesBTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachesBTN/statuses/356936989645340672">July 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[planomateo]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Under Nick Saban, Alabama's defense has allowed less than 14 pts 44 times.</p>&mdash; CoachesBTN (@CoachesBTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachesBTN/statuses/351698557704740864">July 1, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[TerryP]

21 points is a breaking point, per se.

If Bama allows an opponent to score 21, the record is one game over 500. It's happened 21 times since Saban has been in Tuscaloosa.

 

[TerryP]

Change the number to 17 points allowed, it leaves a 16-12 record. Still three scores...but that 14 point mark is definitely a line of demarcation.

14+ is 25--12

 

[Bamabww]

I had no idea. Thanks for the info.

 

[planomateo]

Speaking to some more stats.

Since people seem to be talking about fast-tempo offenses, lets look back at the last 2 years - Pete Roussel posted this 2 months ago on his site.

Mack Brown has stated he wants 85 snaps per game in 2013.

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He also mentions the fastest play callers in the last few years. See anyone missing on this that you might have thought would be on it?

During the 2013 college football season, expect to see a slew of college programs add an up-tempo element to their offense.

Coaches that have utilized fast-tempo at times last season will rely upon it even more this season.

Face it, the success of coaches like Chip Kelly, Gus Malzahn, and Rich Rodriguez has clearly influenced offensive coordinators around the nation. Kelly is off to the Eagles, Malzahn back to Auburn, and Rich Rod led Arizona to an 8-5 record in his first season in Tucson, while leading the nation in offensive snaps per game with 83.

Let's not kid ourselves, college coaches are also well-aware that Bill Belichick was on-board last season with the Patriots' significantly increasing their tempo. The Patriots went 12-4 before losing in the AFC Championship game to Baltimore, the eventual Super Bowl Champions.

Fast-tempo isn't new. College coaches such as Art Briles, Dana Holgorsen, Kliff Kingsbury, Todd Monken, Chad Morris, Neal Brown, Tony Franklin, Noel Mazzone, and Hugh Freeze have each used fast-tempo to their advantage

This off-season, word has surfaced out of Austin is that new offensive coordinator Major Applewhite will increase the tempo of the Longhorns' offense. Steve Sarkisian will do that same at Washington.

While statistics show that fast-paced offenses score more points, the tempo also forces your own defense to play more snaps. BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall recently stated that he expects his defense to play significantly more snaps per game this season due to the Cougars' new up-tempo offense.


The key to winning a championship is finding a balance.

Remember, Tulsa was the only "fast-tempo" team to win an outright conference championship last season. UCLA won the PAC-12 South, but lost to Stanford in the PAC-12 championship game.

Alabama has averaged only 65 offensive snaps per game over the last four years, three of which ended with the Crimson Tide winning the BCS National Championship.

This week, I wanted to study which play-callers actually operate at the fastest tempo.

I didn't follow colleges; I followed coaches. The goal was to do a 3-year study, but some coaches have only called plays for two seasons. For example, I reviewed the snaps per game while Kliff Kingsbury called the plays at Houston (2011) and Texas A&M (2012). I looked at Chad Morris from Tulsa in 2010 and from Clemson in 2011 and 2012. For Rich Rod, I actually took his last two years at Michigan and his first year at Arizona.

The single most surprising statistic that I discovered through my research was that Gus Malzahn has only averaged 70 offensive snaps per game over the last four years. That would put Malzahn behind at least 30 play-callers in terms of snaps per game, not what I suspected based off perception.

As you can see, nobody operates with a faster tempo than Neal Brown.


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