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Football 1st half defense in the big12

MRAcat

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Fan found a statistic that i find fascinating and worthy of further exploration.. and instead of ruining his fantastic gif thread, we can discuss it here.. here's the part of the post

I usually don't do a lot with the defense here, but here are the drive rate stats by quarter for the defense this year and in Big 12 play only. The first half has been brutal for the K-State defense as opponents score nearly 80% (!!!!) of their drives with a touchdown rate over 40%. That's not sustainable in this league, especially facing Top 7 Top 50 offenses and 5 that rank in the top 25.
quick note, i used espn's drive summaries which are just wrong in cases (counted missed FGs as makes etc, counted a made FG in the 1st for ISU as points in the 2nd half) so these could be slightly off, but thought i caught most of the confusion

OSU 1st half

Kstate
- 5 possessions, 3 tds, 1 fg, 1 punt

60% td rate, 80% score rate

Baylor - 6 possessions, 2 tds, 2 punts 2 picks

33% td and score rate

Texas – 6 possessions 2 FGS, 3 punts, 1 int

0% TD rate, 33% score rate



OU 1st half

K-State –
3 possessions, 1 td, 2 fg

33% td rate, 100% score rate

WVU – 5 possessions 1 td, 3 punts, 1 int

20% td rate, 20% score rate

Texas – 8 possessions, 2 tds, 2 fgs, 2 punts, 1 int, 1 fumble

25% td rate, 50% score rate

TCU – 6 possessions, 3 tds, 1 fg, 1 missed fg, 1 punt

50% td rate, 67% score rate



Iowa State 1st half

K-State –
6 possessions, 2 tds, 2 fgs, 2 punts

33% td rate, 67% score rate

Baylor – 5 possessions, 1 td, 2 fg, 1 missed fg, 1 punt

20% td rate, 60% score rate

Ku (lol) – 7 possessions 5 tds, 1 fg, 1 punt

71% td rate, 86% score rate



the 3 opponents have played 10 total teams.. for OK State, we were the worst performance on defense without argument. Against ou, TCU allowed a higher TD rate. and we are clearly 2nd behind ku for ISU... and we haven't forced a first half TO yet

so i know the popular narrative right now is we've simply faced hard teams, which is true, but we've been about the worst against them in the non-ku division. and really, what the heck is klandy doing during the week if these are the 1st half performances? is he not trying? is je just not good enough?

and in conclusion... Klandy has got to go. at a minimum, his performance requires a demotion, but if results actually matter, it's probably time to go
 
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