(11-25-2019, 02:26 PM)Austroturf Wrote: I would also be interested to see statistics on how long our defense is on the field these days and how many 3-and-outs they manage versus previous defensive units (but I don't have the stats).
Here you go. No exact numbers on 3-and-outs that I saw, but a couple metrics that help paint a picture.
Average offensive TOP under Shaw (FBS rank) - naturally time on defense follows:
2011 33:46 #5
2012 31:40 #23
2013 31:43 #29
2014 32:15 #16
2015 34:45 #2
2016 32:46 #18
2017 30:15 #62
2018 29:51 #66
2019 32:22 #21
Opponent Third Down Conversion % under Shaw (FBS rank):
2011 31.1% #7
2012 32.4% #12
2013 32.3% #9
2014 37.8% #37
2015 36.5% #40
2016 36.9% #33
2017 43.2% #97
2018 39.2% #61
2019 46.9% #118
Opponent Punts per Offensive Score under Shaw (FBS rank):
2011 1.5 #31T
2012 2.1 #7T
2013 1.5 #19T
2014 2.0 #6
2015 1.1 #56T
2016 1.4 #25T
2017 1.0 #70T
2018 1.0 #66T
2019 0.7 #98T
Opponent 1st Downs per Game under Shaw (FBS rank):
2011 16.2 #10
2012 18.1 #20
2013 20.1 #42
2014 17.8 #15
2015 19.1 #35
2016 19.5 #35
2017 20.9 #73
2018 21.4 #75
2019 22.7 #98
Pretty simple conclusions to draw from this. Our defense wasn't even on the field a lot...it was just plain bad.