[JohnR34231]

Well, so far this season, UCLA has given up 38.3 ppg, so he is in essence saying that our offense is comparable to a composite of Texas A&M, Hawaii, and Memphis, the 39th, 50th, and 21st ranked teams in scoring offense.  By way of comparison, not adjusting for opponent quality, we are ranked 47th in scoring offense.

UCLA has scored 48.7 ppg, so winflop is saying our defense is marginally better than UCLA's three opponents.

But I agree that predicting 38 points is not exactly saying you've lost faith in our coaching staff, unless you really have a low opinion of UCLA's defense.

BC

I suppose you could make an argument that UCLA's offense is so strong and their defense so weak that a 45-38 loss to them would be more on our offense than on our defense.
Still struck me as a bit of an odd statement to make, though.

[JohnR34231]

Well, so far this season, UCLA has given up 38.3 ppg, so he is in essence saying that our offense is comparable to a composite of Texas A&M, Hawaii, and Memphis, the 39th, 50th, and 21st ranked teams in scoring offense.  By way of comparison, not adjusting for opponent quality, we are ranked 47th in scoring offense.

UCLA has scored 48.7 ppg, so winflop is saying our defense is marginally better than UCLA's three opponents.

But I agree that predicting 38 points is not exactly saying you've lost faith in our coaching staff, unless you really have a low opinion of UCLA's defense.

BC

I suppose you could make an argument that UCLA's offense is so strong and their defense so weak that a 45-38 loss to them would be more on our offense than on our defense.
Still struck me as a bit of an odd statement to make, though.