Remember that oregon and stanford were really the only 2 powerful offenses from from 2010 to 2012. Most of the teams were either weak, undergoing regime changes or had offenses that were sporadic. I am not taking away any defensive touchdowns so the numbers are slightly off. But they still show his overall pattern. I am also not making remarks about teams that scored less than 30 on him because that is a solid benchmark for moderate defensive success.
The pattern I notice with him is that he generally shuts down most of the average to weaker offenses he faces. But then gets beaten soundly by 2 good offenses per yr. And then is beaten soundly by 2 or more average offenses in most years. But he did show good improvement in the 2nd half of 2013 at usc. I wanted to keep him around and see if he could take his bad losses and make progress against those teams. Well now he gets his chance.
I am just not sure about him. He has shut down some good teams. But he does give up a lot of points in several games each yr. And his overall defensive numbers look better than they really are because he holds average or weak offenses to really low point totals. But I will give him the benefit of the doubt because his offenses at cal and usc never really helped him out.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2010/california-golden-bears
with cal---in 2010 he gave up 31 to nevada, 48 to usc, 35 to ore st, and 48 to stanford. he did hold oregon to 15 that yr. he only got hammered twice that yr but the offenses were not that great either.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2011/california-golden-bears
in 2011 he have up 33 to col, 31 to uw, 43 to ore, 30 to usc, 31 to ucla, 31 to stan, 38 asu. decent yr, but he gave in the 30's or more 7 times.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2012/california-golden-bears
2012- he gave up 31 to nev, 31 to so utah, 35 to oh st, 49 to utah, 59 to ore, and 62 to re st. he did decent and held stanford to 21 but got crushed 3 times and gave up pretty points 6 times. so utah, utah and ore st were bad teams. ouch.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/30/year/2013/usc-trojans
2013 with usc-- he gave up 62 to asu, 31 to az, and 35 to ucla. he got mauled twice, but did do well against stanford, nd and fresno state. asu , stan, ucla, fsu were probably the only really good offenses he faced. and he went 2 for 4 with them. but fsu has no talent except for their qb.
The pattern I notice with him is that he generally shuts down most of the average to weaker offenses he faces. But then gets beaten soundly by 2 good offenses per yr. And then is beaten soundly by 2 or more average offenses in most years. But he did show good improvement in the 2nd half of 2013 at usc. I wanted to keep him around and see if he could take his bad losses and make progress against those teams. Well now he gets his chance.
I am just not sure about him. He has shut down some good teams. But he does give up a lot of points in several games each yr. And his overall defensive numbers look better than they really are because he holds average or weak offenses to really low point totals. But I will give him the benefit of the doubt because his offenses at cal and usc never really helped him out.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2010/california-golden-bears
with cal---in 2010 he gave up 31 to nevada, 48 to usc, 35 to ore st, and 48 to stanford. he did hold oregon to 15 that yr. he only got hammered twice that yr but the offenses were not that great either.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2011/california-golden-bears
in 2011 he have up 33 to col, 31 to uw, 43 to ore, 30 to usc, 31 to ucla, 31 to stan, 38 asu. decent yr, but he gave in the 30's or more 7 times.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/25/year/2012/california-golden-bears
2012- he gave up 31 to nev, 31 to so utah, 35 to oh st, 49 to utah, 59 to ore, and 62 to re st. he did decent and held stanford to 21 but got crushed 3 times and gave up pretty points 6 times. so utah, utah and ore st were bad teams. ouch.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/30/year/2013/usc-trojans
2013 with usc-- he gave up 62 to asu, 31 to az, and 35 to ucla. he got mauled twice, but did do well against stanford, nd and fresno state. asu , stan, ucla, fsu were probably the only really good offenses he faced. and he went 2 for 4 with them. but fsu has no talent except for their qb.
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