A few interesting statistics

KrAzY3 said:

First, I'd like to point out that Blake Sims is 6th in Total QBR: http://espn.go.com/college-football/qbr
This puts him ahead of Jameis Winston, Trevor Knight, Nick Marshall, Bo Wallace, Brett Hundley, etc... and one spot below Mariotta. He's barely behind several highly touted guys, Petty, Hill and Kiel.

Clint Trickett is third in passing yards, Kenny Hill is fifth.

Amari Cooper is third in receiving yards and first in receptions.

Alabama's SoS is weak right now, but Florida (21 according to Sagarin will help that). Sagarin still has Alabama at #2 though. Given that Alabama has played the softest part of their schedule by far, it's still not that low. Baylor, Stanford, Florida, Miss. State, etc... have played easier schedules and Alabama hasn't started conference play yet.

As it stands now, upcoming teams have this rank according to Sagarin:
Florida: 21
Mississippi: 15
Arkansas: 46
Texas A&M: 4
Tennessee: 38
LSU: 9
Mississippi State : 28
Western Carolina: 181
Auburn: 5

Clearly, Alabama has a brutal season ahead of them, and really, given the styles of play I'm not sure you can really expect any team other than Western Carolina to give them a breather. It should be interesting.

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KrAzY3 said:

First, I'd like to point out that Blake Sims is 6th in Total QBR: http://espn.go.com/college-football/qbr
This puts him ahead of Jameis Winston, Trevor Knight, Nick Marshall, Bo Wallace, Brett Hundley, etc... and one spot below Mariotta. He's barely behind several highly touted guys, Petty, Hill and Kiel.

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Con said:

And Blake sure doesn't have the baggage as one of these guys.

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bamaga said:

even though it is not listed on ESPN for some reason, Bama have the fewest punts in the country at three,

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bamaga said:

even though it is not listed on ESPN for some reason, Bama have the fewest punts in the country at three,

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TexasBama said:

As good as Scott is punting, theres a good chance he won't have enough punts to qualify to win the punting title.

I think Greg Gantt had the same issue.

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CrimsonForce said:

Blake has played really well this season but I would be really surprised if he is still top 10 QBR by the end of October. I don't think he is gonna fall apart but it will be tough to keep up the pace he is on given the upcoming competition (which I know you alluded to).

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KrAzY3 said:

I'd be surprised if he stays in the top 10 as well, given the simple fact he has to face the SEC. But, I do think some of the impact of tougher defenses will be mitigated by the fact that they are breaking in a new OC and starting QB. So, they should improve while the competition improves.

Auburn was in a similar situation last year (more growing pains I surmise, since the system was more different), but that offense didn't really come alive until their Western Carolina game. In the previous 5 games, they scored more than Alabama's lowest output this season once. After that, they went on a tear and didn't score below that until the championship game.

So, there is the potential for Alabama to kind of bog down against the better defenses, but if Kiffin/Blake find another gear (which I think would largely lie in more emphasis on the HUNH and specific plays catering to his skill set), it's not out of the question to see Alabama keep this up.

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