Cause I like numbers. Even if they are nonsense. And then trying to give them legitimate value.
17.877%
That's the percentage of Iowa's total points that were recorded by defensive players (including PATs as a 'gimmee').
4 tds
2 safeties
32 out of 179 points.
Caveat: It's actually a little hard to find safeties/per team quickly on the Googlebox, so I'm only counting them for Iowa, cause I know them. Also, they wouldn't make much of a difference.
There's a bundle of Big 10 teams at around 5%. Rutgers, Wisconsin, Purdue.
Michigan and OSU are 3% and 2%.
All 5 of them have 2 defensive TDs.
Illinois, Indiana each have 1 defensive TD.
They're percentages are ~2-3%
Western Kentucky (top scoring defense) has 6 defensive touchdowns. Yet, that still accounts for just ~10% of their total points.
Found a few other somewhat relevant teams (Cincy, Pitt) who were close to 10%.
It would take eons to figure out how many points came from take-aways leading to a red-zone possession. Which makes the data above somewhat meaningless.
But no the less "telling".
In my estimation, this is the most complete defense ever for the Hawkeyes. There is not one hole on this defense that is either subjective or objectively measurable. There is no weakness. At least not one that someone has figured out how to exploit. AND, they score points. Doesn't mean they're infallible. Just invaluable.
Certainly, Iowa has never ever had a defense more important than this year's defense. That's where these numbers can start to appear to have legitimate value. I doubt there are very many NCAAf teams in the contemporary era with winning records where the percent of points scored by the defense is near 20%.
17.877%
That's the percentage of Iowa's total points that were recorded by defensive players (including PATs as a 'gimmee').
4 tds
2 safeties
32 out of 179 points.
Caveat: It's actually a little hard to find safeties/per team quickly on the Googlebox, so I'm only counting them for Iowa, cause I know them. Also, they wouldn't make much of a difference.
There's a bundle of Big 10 teams at around 5%. Rutgers, Wisconsin, Purdue.
Michigan and OSU are 3% and 2%.
All 5 of them have 2 defensive TDs.
Illinois, Indiana each have 1 defensive TD.
They're percentages are ~2-3%
Western Kentucky (top scoring defense) has 6 defensive touchdowns. Yet, that still accounts for just ~10% of their total points.
Found a few other somewhat relevant teams (Cincy, Pitt) who were close to 10%.
It would take eons to figure out how many points came from take-aways leading to a red-zone possession. Which makes the data above somewhat meaningless.
But no the less "telling".
In my estimation, this is the most complete defense ever for the Hawkeyes. There is not one hole on this defense that is either subjective or objectively measurable. There is no weakness. At least not one that someone has figured out how to exploit. AND, they score points. Doesn't mean they're infallible. Just invaluable.
Certainly, Iowa has never ever had a defense more important than this year's defense. That's where these numbers can start to appear to have legitimate value. I doubt there are very many NCAAf teams in the contemporary era with winning records where the percent of points scored by the defense is near 20%.
