FootballScoop is proud to announce that Bob Shoop is the recipient of the 2018 FootballScoop Defensive Coordinator of the Year presented by AstroTurf as selected by prior winners.
If the goal of any defense is to keep the opponent out of the end zone — and what would the goal be other than that? — then Mississippi State has one of the best defenses of the past decade.
Through their 12-game regular season, Mississippi State permitted only 12 touchdowns. That number not only led the nation by eight scores (Clemson and Appalachian State both allowed 20 through their first 12 games), it’s the best number by any FBS team since 2011.
Only five Bulldog opponents posted more than 10 points. Four were held out of the end zone entirely, and a fifth — LSU — needed three plays to cross the goal line after taking over after an interception at the Mississippi State 3-yard line. In fact, even Mississippi State’s worst game was still a good showing, where the Bulldogs limited the nation’s No. 2 scoring offense to half its season average, when Alabama (47.9 points per game) posted a season-low 24 points against Shoop’s troops.
If the goal of any defense is to keep the opponent out of the end zone — and what would the goal be other than that? — then Mississippi State has one of the best defenses of the past decade.
Through their 12-game regular season, Mississippi State permitted only 12 touchdowns. That number not only led the nation by eight scores (Clemson and Appalachian State both allowed 20 through their first 12 games), it’s the best number by any FBS team since 2011.
