I had to go look at the stats to see how his offenses at Auburn and Arky State compared. This is what I found:I want to see how well he does this year before I go that far. Don't get me wrong... what he has done at Auburn is impressive but it was basically an otherworldly player in 2010, and then last year it was a practically new offense than his earlier time at Auburn.
He was less than impressive in 2011 at the barn, and didn't set the world on fire in his one year at Arkansas State. Now we've had an entire off season for defenses to really break down film of everything they did last year. I will bet Coach Saban could probably recite every single play they ran last year. I still expect them to be good, and I still expect them to put up good numbers. But I'm betting we see a good bit of drop off from a year ago. We'll see.
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Scoring | 433 | 577 | 334 | 454 | 553 |
Points/Game | 33.3 | 41.2 | 25.7 | 34.9 | 39.5 |
First Downs | 266 | 344 | 227 | 319 | 334 |
Rushing Yards | 2756 | 2987 | 2370 | 2681 | 4596 |
Rushing Yards/Game | 212 | 284.8 | 182.3 | 206.2 | 328.3 |
Passing Yards | 2857 | 3002 | 2022 | 3386 | 2422 |
Passing Yards/Game | 219.8 | 214.4 | 155.5 | 260.5 | 173 |
Total Offense | 5613 | 6989 | 4392 | 6067 | 7018 |
Yards/Game | 431.8 | 499.2 | 337.8 | 466.7 | 501.3 |
3rd Down Percentage | 40% | 53% | 36% | 47% | 47% |
Touchdowns Scored | 55 | 75 | 42 | 58 | 73 |
Red-Zone Scores | 95% | 86% | 84% | 87% | 89% |
2011 was the only year he didn't average at least 33 points per game, 400 yards per game, or score more than 50 touchdowns. Remember Chris Todd was the starting QB in 2009. He was anything but an athletically gifted QB.