NCAA Stats: good news and bad news

[Great Plains Gopher]

On offense, Gophers 53rd, much better than last year; on defense, 95th, much worse than last year. In Big Ten, last in scoring D, rushing D, pass defense efficiency, and opponents' third down conversions - and 10th overall in total defense. Kicking game way down from last year; Weber eighth in conference in pass efficiency.

 

[Seany]

We've become the Big 10 football version of Duke, utterly irrelevant.

 

[GVBadger]

Those bigger, faster more athletic players on defense aren't quite as good as the other guys they replaced.

 

[MrGopher]

When most of our yards and points come on garbage touchdown drives, I'm not going to be too thrilled about those stats.
Thanks for sharing them, though!

 

[SickAndTiredOfLosingToWI]

And the good news is?

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Offense much better than last year when it was 111th or so - lame, I know, but it's all we've got.

 

[RodentRampage]

We aren't Duke. Duke hasn't had a winning season since 1994. We last had a winning season in 2008. Duke hasn't just had a stretch of losing seasons, they haven't even been close to a winning season for most of that time. Since 1994, they have gone winless 4 times. They have won two games or less 9 times. The Gophers aren't in good shape, but we can be thankful that we are NOT Duke.