A look at the MAC Stats

[Lee Adams]

Since the conference season is over,thought it would be interesting to see how the Zips stacked up in some categories. Again,these are CONFERENCE stats only from the MAC site.

Offensively: Total offense: #8 overall/Passing O- #9 overall/ Rushing O-#12(last) overall/Scoring O-#11 overall/Passing Efficiency-#11 overall/Kato Nelson had a pass completion % of 51.6-last in the MAC(9 TD's/6 INT's)/First Downs-#12(last).

Defensively: Total D-#8/Passing D-#4/Rush D-#10/Turnover Margin-#12(last)(-9)/Sacks-For-16/Against-24/Interceptions-#12(last)/Lako was 3rd in Total Tackles/Alvin Davis-12th/Gilbert-22nd/Tackles for Loss-Jamal Davis-#3.

If I have made any errors please advise. Again I saw these on the MAC website.

Given the numbers its fairly easy to see why there were only 2 conference wins.

[NWAkron]

2 minutes ago, Lee Adams said:

Since the conference season is over,thought it would be interesting to see how the Zips stacked up in some categories. Again,these are CONFERENCE stats only from the MAC site.

Offensively: Total offense: #8 overall/Passing O- #9 overall/ Rushing O-#12(last) overall/Scoring O-#11 overall/Passing Efficiency-#11 overall/Kato Nelson had a pass completion % of 51.6-last in the MAC(9 TD's/6 INT's)/First Downs-#12(last).

Defensively: Total D-#8/Passing D-#4/Rush D-#10/Turnover Margin-#12(last)(-9)/Sacks-For-16/Against-24/Interceptions-#12(last)/Lako was 3rd in Total Tackles/Alvin Davis-12th/Gilbert-22nd/Tackles for Loss-Jamal Davis-#3.

If I have made any errors please advise. Again I saw these on the MAC website.

Given the numbers its fairly easy to see why there were only 2 conference wins.

#trainwreck

[Zipmlady]

 

44 minutes ago, Lee Adams said:

Since the conference season is over,thought it would be interesting to see how the Zips stacked up in some categories. Again,these are CONFERENCE stats only from the MAC site.

Offensively: Total offense: #8 overall/Passing O- #9 overall/ Rushing O-#12(last) overall/Scoring O-#11 overall/Passing Efficiency-#11 overall/Kato Nelson had a pass completion % of 51.6-last in the MAC(9 TD's/6 INT's)/First Downs-#12(last).

Defensively: Total D-#8/Passing D-#4/Rush D-#10/Turnover Margin-#12(last)(-9)/Sacks-For-16/Against-24/Interceptions-#12(last)/Lako was 3rd in Total Tackles/Alvin Davis-12th/Gilbert-22nd/Tackles for Loss-Jamal Davis-#3.

If I have made any errors please advise. Again I saw these on the MAC website.

Given the numbers its fairly easy to see why there were only 2 conference wins.

Well...when you put it that way?

[LZIp]

Stats.

 

[zippy5]

Woof. WMU was the only underdog too

[Cykron]

23 hours ago, LZIp said:

Stats.

 

 

 

Ouch.  To what do you attribute this?  Is it the grind of the season?  Not able to prep well for bowls?  Being predictable so other teams can prep well for you?  Those numbers are so bad they defy logic.  

[ZippyRulz]

I attribute it to the relative ease of making a bowl game with 6 wins while playing in a weaker conference.

 

 

[zippy5]

I think we have 6 teams that regularly make it to bowls that do not have good bowl coaches outside of Solich. Coaching for a bowl game is a different animal. You have a few weeks to figure out when/how hard to practice, gameplan out the a**, figure out what the opponent will be switching up, etc.

 

It's not that we have inferior teams, because the MAC handles itself well OOC early in the year. They just don't do it at the end of the year when the variables are a little different.

Edited December 24, 2018 by zippy5

[kreed5120]

I feel a lot of it has to do with the fact players treat it like a vacation. Players are leaving somewhere that's 20s and snowy and traveling somewhere that's mid 60s and sunny. The C-USA and Sun Belt teams are use to this so they still approach it as just another game.

[ZipsVoice]

32 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

I feel a lot of it has to do with the fact players treat it like a vacation. Players are leaving somewhere that's 20s and snowy and traveling somewhere that's mid 60s and sunny. The C-USA and Sun Belt teams are use to this so they still approach it as just another game.

Add to that all the festivities involved, the organized games like bowling, beach volleyball, eating contests that seem to show up on the telecasts for the week-that-was, and the various charity show-ups for the teams....

[clarkwgriswold]

Let's not forget, the Zips had a hurt lineman and a QB who missed some games.   

 

Damn, I knew I couldn't say that with a straight face.   

 

 

As for the bowl record, a conference that has to play on odd weeknights just to get coverage is not likely to be strong conference.

[Zipmeister]

If you are scoring at home, Rulz wins this one.  Inferior talent seldom wins bowl games.