cane4life;1764758; said:wtf...u gave up 41 to fl and 38 to lsu why would i need to keep trying....i think the reason osu has good defensive numbers every year is the big ten doesn't have very explosive offenses to begin with....cause when the weather sucks you need to grind the ball....so in the last few years i haven't seen some awesome defensive machine here when u play talented teams outside the big ten...
Well let's look at the numbers....points scored by the opponents per game
OSU 26.5 Miami 28.4
(If we take out New Mexico St., a warm weather team by the way OSU's average opponents scoring average jumps up to 27.8 points a game.) Hardly a huge difference and disproves your point.
How did those defense do against these offenses? OSU held their opponents to 14 points below their average with 3 shutouts and only one team (Iowa) scored more than their average against OSU.
Miami held their opponents to 6.2 points below their average with no shutouts and 4 opponents scored more than their average against Miami (Florida State, Clemson, Wake Forest, and North Carolina).....
Not bad for a team that plays in the slow plodding Big Ten....
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