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2017 Defensive Ranking (O/U Thread)
- Thread starter Duff Man
- Start date
Under 42nd
Under as meeting that ranking or better.
We play Texas State, UNC, Cal, OSU, ASU, and Utah who either won't challenge the defense, have big question marks on offense, or changing offenses. Texas State and UNC might not pose much of a challenge. OSU and ASU have question marks on offense especially QB. Cal and Utah are changing offenses. Cal has only one OL starter returning and Cal is #129 in returning OL starts. We might be able to slow UA down.
The main thing that the media has failed to recognize is that CU is not replacing defensive starters with as many underclassmen as MacIntyre had to do in his first three seasons. Plus they can't be happy with how they did the last two games of last season.
We play Texas State, UNC, Cal, OSU, ASU, and Utah who either won't challenge the defense, have big question marks on offense, or changing offenses. Texas State and UNC might not pose much of a challenge. OSU and ASU have question marks on offense especially QB. Cal and Utah are changing offenses. Cal has only one OL starter returning and Cal is #129 in returning OL starts. We might be able to slow UA down.
The main thing that the media has failed to recognize is that CU is not replacing defensive starters with as many underclassmen as MacIntyre had to do in his first three seasons. Plus they can't be happy with how they did the last two games of last season.
LongHaulBuff
Club Member
Under...barely 43
Over. I think fewer Pac 12 offenses will be dumpster fires this year. UCLA, ASU, & AU, & Oregon St will all have better offenses
over, 49
50.
Back-the-Buffs
Well-Known Member
Over, 53. Yes they lost 8 starters but there are lots of guys coming back that have played a lot of snaps. I think Mac will hold the defense together pretty well
Over - finish between 50-55.
We gave up 21.7 ppg last year. 45th would be about 25.1 ppg. I wish we would only slide 3.4 ppg with all that graduating talent plus the change in staff.
Honestly, I think we'll fall at least a touchdown per game. That would put us lower than 67th.
Honestly, I think we'll fall at least a touchdown per game. That would put us lower than 67th.
Have to hope they benefit from more complimentary football.
Going slightly under at about 42
CB17Cubed
Well-Known Member
I agree on what @Buffnik says on points per possession. The one thing that concerns me if we go more towards the air raid this year is it can lead to your defense being on the field a lot. Sometimes the best defense is an offense that can control the ball for several mins at a time. It's important to keep those guys, especially our DTs fresh.
