Defense vs HUNH

[Snout team]

I tried to google stats of teams solely against the HUNH but couldn't find anything.  I did find this article about the way defense is being measured differently than in the past.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.al.com/articles/11933022/college_footballs_scoring_bing.amp

I do recognize that there are a few elite defenses which are still elite regardless of the style of competition.  What I'm curious about in the defensive rankings is how many of those teams
1. Played against mediocre opposition vs elite competition
2. Played more pro style vs HUNH

That would require a lot of research with a game by game breakdown of the opponent and stats related to each style.

What are your thoughts?

[Jimbob111]

I tried to google stats of teams solely against the HUNH but couldn't find anything.  I did find this article about the way defense is being measured differently than in the past.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.al.com/articles/11933022/college_footballs_scoring_bing.amp

I do recognize that there are a few elite defenses which are still elite regardless of the style of competition.  What I'm curious about in the defensive rankings is how many of those teams
1. Played against mediocre opposition vs elite competition
2. Played more pro style vs HUNH

That would require a lot of research with a game by game breakdown of the opponent and stats related to each style.

What are your thoughts?

Sounds like a job for Biggus. I've never been good with stats. Look at Oklahoma. They can run with tempo, have a fair defense, and can also control clock.

That's the future. You can't ONLY have HUNH but man, does it work. I can't say this enough but even the king of ball control, run-the-ball offenses is running up tempo at times.

I think defenses have figured it out, mostly, but it has changed the style of play of even the most traditional offenses...except GT and maybe the service academies.

[ChopSooie]

Points per Snaps Played or Yards per Snaps Played?

[Cinco de Hogo]

I tried to google stats of teams solely against the HUNH but couldn't find anything.  I did find this article about the way defense is being measured differently than in the past.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.al.com/articles/11933022/college_footballs_scoring_bing.amp

I do recognize that there are a few elite defenses which are still elite regardless of the style of competition.  What I'm curious about in the defensive rankings is how many of those teams
1. Played against mediocre opposition vs elite competition
2. Played more pro style vs HUNH

That would require a lot of research with a game by game breakdown of the opponent and stats related to each style.

What are your thoughts?

Oh it's even more complicated than that.  The HUNH is more of a playcalling system than a scheme.  A coach while using the HUNH can very his scheme quite a bit.  This affects TOP and points scored, does Auburn have a lower TOP than its opponents? 

I think it easy to say that faster paced offense's are very popular today and that they produce more scoring.  That naturally means defensive scoring averages should go up.  I wonder if you could find the answer simply by looking at NCAA stats and seeing what the defensive scoring averages have done over the last few years.

[Snout team]

Points per Snaps Played or Yards per Snaps Played?

That would be a good place to start but it would need to be broken down by the different styles and quality of the opponent.

[bphi11ips]

Western Kentucky just established a degree plan for advanced sports stats. Maybe you can put an intern on it.