Bad teams allowed JJ to complete 78% of passes.
Bad teams only completed 48% vs Penn State.
PSU D vs McCarthy
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Bad teams allowed JJ to complete 78% of passes.
Bad teams only completed 48% vs Penn State.
not disputing that UM has played bad teams, his high comp percentage is more due to them being short to intermediate passes...
Just because he can run doesn't mean he won't get sacked or make an errant throw. Not every QB scramble is a positive if the rush does not get home. Again, he has not faced a lot of pressure where those mistakes can happen. Let's see how he handles Sat.
No, I contend that both Michigan and Penn State's lofty stats are due in part to poor competition.
O’Connell is an accurate QB. By far the best one we have seen until tomorrow. He's 66% on the season after we held him to 49%.
McCarthy's numbers are not that much better than Cliff's. They've both played in 5 games - McCarthy is averaging 230 Passing YPG. Cliff is averaging 206 Passing YPG. Cliff has 9 TD Passes vs 2 INTs. McCarthy has 9 TD Passes vs 1 INT. They're both averaging 12 YPC. Completion % obviously favors McCarthy (78.3% vs 62.0%). The thing with Cliff, it's usually a question of which Cliff you get - against Auburn and Ohio he had a very high Competition % - against Purdue and NW around 50%. I don't think you can read all that much into his last game (the NW game) - the weather conditions were very unique. Honestly, Cliff is "a gamer" - I think he plays well tomorrow.
McCarthy is averaging 9.6 yards per attempt. Clifford is averaging only 7.5 per attempt.
McCarthy's rating is 182.1. Clifford's rating is 144.0.
McCarthy's rating is 182.1. Clifford's rating is 144.0.
Actually yes he is. And Actually...Clifford tends to play well in bigger games.
McCarthy on the other hand, has not.
The average per completion tells you more (and both avg about 12 YPC). The higher Completion% (which I already listed) is telling you the exact same thing as the higher yards per attempt (i.e., dividing yards by more attempts = lower yards per attempt).
ok, no need to get huffy, lol....honestly, i think manny diaz is a younger version of don brown, blitz all game..and it works really well when you have the better players, not so much when you don't..so yeah, we'll see..
Think his comment was based on the fact that until the Michigan game this year, 5 if the last 6 Top 5 teams in the rankings that visited Iowa came out with a loss. You may not agree with his wording, but you wanted facts.
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13 > 10, not to mention Iowa scored its last TD in garbage time with :08 left in the game. Margin of victory comparisons,in general, can be very deceiving. Applies to PSU's 10 pt win over NW too.
But 2 scores makes you technically correct.
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Didn't start that game and didn't finish it either. We gonna find out soon...McCarthy played pretty damned well vs the Buckeyes.
Mostly when it is at least an afternoon game or later and they are at least good (8-5 or better). This year’s Iowa has a good defense and bad offense. Average at best right now.
Are we on 247? Here he is a 4 star. Today he will look like a 2 star.
Our defense is likely much better than their’s was last year. They got their DC fired.McCarthy played pretty damned well vs the Buckeyes.
By the way, it looks like 26 is being held right in front of the ref. No wonder he’s able to run.
Ok then. In his Michigan bio on the website it said 5 star as well. Doesn't matter...just trying to be accurate
I mean, this is what I was saying--if they're pretending Penn State has impressive wins then so does Michigan
I think you can throw out the nw game due to conditions and cmu has a pretty good team and that game followed a big win over the sec.
My guess is 31/20 good guys fingers crossed.Young qb will not see where the blitz will be coming from and I think Cliff will have his best game of the season by far.
Steve Dace the mulch man says mulch all the way but he was fearful of the betting line.
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we're fans, we're both confident until proven otherwise...i think psu has 2 great freshman rb's, but the key will be how the psu offensive line plays..to paraphrase denny green, we'll see if your o-line is who i think they are, lol.
True but correct does not always equate relevant and/or accurate. Whatever makes you happy.
It is both relevant and accurate. The reason you talk about # of scores instead of number of points is that is the most relevant to "how close a game was". Have a seat.
