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Section 238 Row 21
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I looked at our stats for the past ten seasons and found that when playing against BCS conference foes, our winning percentages are as follows:
Before October 15 = .441
After October 15 = .375
In my mind, there could be 4 reasons for this:
1) Poor conditioning of players - as the season wears on, our players strength/health declines;
2) Poor depth to the team - as players wear down throughout the season, their replacements are a big drop off;
3) Not prepared for cool/cold weather when on the road. This doesn't seem to be the case as our winning percentage as the visiting team is .368 before 10/15 and .348 after - not a big difference in my mind.
4) Other teams figure out our schemes and the coaches do not adequetely change/improve game-planning throught the season.
My opinion is that the primary causes are #2 and #4 above. Both Mitch Browning and Mike Dunbar got pretty predictable with their play-calling.
Hopefully, with Brewster's added emphasis on conditioning and his apparent concern over the 5-game skid late last fall, he is focused on fixing this problem.
Before October 15 = .441
After October 15 = .375
In my mind, there could be 4 reasons for this:
1) Poor conditioning of players - as the season wears on, our players strength/health declines;
2) Poor depth to the team - as players wear down throughout the season, their replacements are a big drop off;
3) Not prepared for cool/cold weather when on the road. This doesn't seem to be the case as our winning percentage as the visiting team is .368 before 10/15 and .348 after - not a big difference in my mind.
4) Other teams figure out our schemes and the coaches do not adequetely change/improve game-planning throught the season.
My opinion is that the primary causes are #2 and #4 above. Both Mitch Browning and Mike Dunbar got pretty predictable with their play-calling.
Hopefully, with Brewster's added emphasis on conditioning and his apparent concern over the 5-game skid late last fall, he is focused on fixing this problem.