Published 11/14/2008
by David Wunderlich
at Bleacher Report - College Football
The biggest football-related storyline with the game this Saturday has to do with the quality of the South Carolina’s defense. It is statistically the best Florida has played so far. Ellis Johnson has made a big difference, they’ve got a 4-2-5 scheme, and so on and so forth.
Not so fast, my friends, many Florida fans have said. Their response is that of course South Carolina has better stats than the teams UF has faced so far.
The reason? They haven’t played the Gators yet, so their numbers haven’t been diminished by a Florida offensive outburst yet.
Well, let’s examine that one for a second:
SEC Defenses & the Florida Effect
Team Yds/Game Points/Game Yds/Game net UF Pts/Game net UF
LSU
303.44
24.2
282.00
20.9
Kentucky
324.50
20.1
311.00
15.3
Georgia
308.90
24.9
301.78
22.2
Vanderbilt
334.33
19.3
323.37
16.5
South Carolina
256.50
15.6
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