fyi Charles Huff..

[sluggo72]

Charles Huff has been superb this season at Marshall, has the Herd atop the Sun Belt Conference Eastern Division standings and should be undefeated in league play if not for a late letdown against Georgia Southern. The Herd have won six of their last seven and control their destiny to play for the Sun Belt Conference crown.

from Football Scoop.com

 

[Rock98Dog]

I’m just going to point out something, take it however you want.

There are currently 7 teams over .500 and 7 teams that are .500 or worse in the conference. We are 0-1 against the first group and 5-0 against the second group.

We missed the best 4 teams in the west and have so far only played one of the other 3 top teams in the east.

If we lose the next 2 we will be 0-3 against teams with a winning conference record and 5-0 against the bad teams. That means we are the most average team in the conference.

If we beat ODU and lose to JMU it means we are the 5th or 6th best team this year.

To me, being between the 5th and 8th best team in a 14 team conference isn’t close to acceptable. If we don’t win the next two it will be another blah, useless, wasted season.

 

[whf2]

I don't know if you gent's watch SBC football continuously like I do, but Marshall has one of the very top "grid it out" teams in the conference, not (however) among the top big play teams. When we contain the big plays, we win with our grind it out capabilities. ODU and JMU are both proud of some big play games this year, but candidly, neither have played anyone in the conference with the closing speed of our DBs and Safeties. Now, their both also good JAC teams, which is a downfall of ours. Both away is a problem, I'm not a betting person, but if I were, and we were at home, I'd take the Herd in both games. So I'm saying its 60/40 for us on both their fields.

 

[bris1112]

saw this today and thought it was interesting.

What is stop rate? It's a basic measurement of success: the percentage of a defense's drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. Defensive coordinators have the same goal regardless of their scheme, opponent or conference: prevent points and get off the field. Stop rate is a simple metric but can offer a good reflection of a defense's effectiveness on a per-drive basis in today's faster-tempo game.

Last year, national champ Michigan finished No. 1 with a stop rate of 81.6% in its games against FBS opponents. The top 25 teams in the final 2023 stop rate standings won a total of 249 games, with seven earning conference titles. Great teams find a way to get stops in critical situations.

Team	Games	Stop Rate	Pts/Drive
1. Notre Dame	10	81.7%	0.95
2. Ohio State	10	81.7%	0.86
3. Army	8	80.6%	1.18
4. Texas	10	79.7%	0.94
5. Tennessee	9	77.8%	1.19
6. James Madison	9	76.1%	1.40
7. Ole Miss	9	75.2%	1.18
8. Indiana	9	74.5%	1.38
9. Alabama	9	74.3%	1.33
10. Sam Houston	10	74.2%	1.51
11. Oregon	10	72.8%	1.38
12. Iowa State	9	72.3%	1.58
13. Miami (OH)	10	71.4%	1.53
13. Penn State	10	71.4%	1.28
15. South Carolina	10	71.3%	1.52
16. Colorado	9	71.2%	1.64
17. Tulane	10	71.1%	1.49
18. Oklahoma	9	70.8%	1.50
19. Northern Illinois	9	70.6%	1.46
20. Utah	9	70.4%	1.57
21. Virginia Tech	10	70.4%	1.77
22. Iowa	9	70%	1.53
23. UConn	9	69.5%	1.49
24. SMU	9	69.4%	1.82
25. Clemson	10	69.1%	1.74
26. Wisconsin	9	69.1%	1.75
27. Duke	9	68.9%	1.65
28. Louisiana Tech	9	68.9%	1.68
29. Nebraska	9	68.8%	1.86
30. Ohio	9	68.6%	1.69
30. California	9	68.6%	1.81
32. Auburn	9	68%	1.71
33. Navy	9	68%	1.94
33. Texas State	9	68%	1.60
35. Houston	10	67.8%	1.83
36. Western Kentucky	9	67.7%	1.96
37. Toledo	9	67.5%	1.63
38. Colorado State	9	67.3%	1.95
39. Texas A&M	9	67%	1.72
40. Minnesota	9	66.7%	1.72
40. Kansas State	9	66.7%	1.95
40. Missouri	9	66.7%	1.89
43. UNLV	9	66.4%	1.95
44. Rice	9	66.3%	1.86
45. BYU	9	66%	1.75
46. Kentucky	9	65.9%	1.82
47. Boise State	9	65.7%	2.07
48. Pittsburgh	9	65.5%	1.97
49. Florida International	9	65.4%	1.92
49. Marshall	9	65.4%	1.9