[shinsengumi]

*  the Card have always been in the Pac-12's top three in scoring defense. (1st in '14, 3rd in '15, 2nd the last two years)

*  no Pac-12 team forced more turnovers this year than Stanford. All the more amazing considering that two years ago, the Cardinal were 11th (out of 12) in that category.

1. Stanford's total yardage stats are often helped by the slow pace of play that we employ
2. I think BC mentioned in a separate post that we generated more turnovers than leading stats may indicate (luck?) - not entirely sure that this is something that's going to be repeatable longer term

I will say that this year's D regression is cause for concern and introspection. Next year should reveal more.

Here are some advanced rankings of our D (FEI and S&P) under our last 3 coordinators. Fangio's one year D ranking = 6; Mason's average ranking = 12; Anderson's average ranking = 30

Year DC DFEI Rk DSP Rk
2010 Fangio 6 6
2011 Mason 13 22
2012 Mason 10 11
2013 Mason 11 9
2014 Anderson 6 4
2015 Anderson 45 43
2016 Anderson 11 18
2017 Anderson 62 54

[shinsengumi]

*  the Card have always been in the Pac-12's top three in scoring defense. (1st in '14, 3rd in '15, 2nd the last two years)

*  no Pac-12 team forced more turnovers this year than Stanford. All the more amazing considering that two years ago, the Cardinal were 11th (out of 12) in that category.

1. Stanford's total yardage stats are often helped by the slow pace of play that we employ
2. I think BC mentioned in a separate post that we generated more turnovers than leading stats may indicate (luck?) - not entirely sure that this is something that's going to be repeatable longer term

I will say that this year's D regression is cause for concern and introspection. Next year should reveal more.

Here are some advanced rankings of our D (FEI and S&P) under our last 3 coordinators. Fangio's one year D ranking = 6; Mason's average ranking = 12; Anderson's average ranking = 30

Year DC DFEI Rk DSP Rk
2010 Fangio 6 6
2011 Mason 13 22
2012 Mason 10 11
2013 Mason 11 9
2014 Anderson 6 4
2015 Anderson 45 43
2016 Anderson 11 18
2017 Anderson 62 54