Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
Around SBN: Indy 500: 'Greatest Spectacle In Racing' Set For Sunday

Bama-PSU: Looking at the defensive game (Mostly) purely statistically

Continuing on with the theme of looking at the Alabama game, I'm going to try to draw conclusions just from stats, on defense (Since offense has already been covered and covered and covered). So here goes nothing:

Defensively, Penn State had 7 pass deflections. 2 from Crawford, 2 from Latimore, 2 from Mauti, and 2 from Hull. One of both of Latimore's and Crawfords Pass deflections seemed to come from them batting down a pass to the flat. But all 4 were plays where they blew by the OT's and none came off of screen passes.

Mauti had 13 tackles, 2 solo and 11 assisted. Hodges had 11, 4 solo and 7 assisted along with half a TFL. Carson had 11 tackles, 2 solo and 9 assisted. This shows that the gang tackling was very effective, and when we didn't gang tackle, we got killed. Maybe something to worry about, but it shows the the LB's can swarm to the ball, a stark contrast from last year. 

Sukay and Astorino had 10 tackles, 4 solo and 6 assisted. For all the times Alabama ran, I don't think that's terrible, and assuming (Yes, here's the lone opinion analysis) some of those are the safeties making plays closer to the LOS than 10 yards back. 

Still and Hill both had a TFL, Still had 3 solo tackles and 5 assists, while Hill finishes with 2 solo's and 4 assists. Alabama had Barrett Jones and William Vlachos, some of the nations top OL, starting on the interior and there was still a good amount penetration. Overall, I think this shows that we'll be tough, very tough to run on in the middle. A lot of the Tide's runs to the outside were more successful than the ones inside, and Crawford and Latimore finishing with just 6 assisted tackles would back this up imo.

Powell finished with 4 solo tackles and 1 assist, and Lynn finished with 2 solo's and 1 assist. Tough to draw any conclusions because the cover 3 and the way Alabama attacked the cover 3 (MOstly middle of the field) makes it tough to say anything.

Overall, the defense had 26 solo tackles, and 66 assisted ones. When Eddie Lacy came in though, we couldn't stop him. 11 carries for 7.7 yards and he seemed to drag the pile. We won't face a 1-2 combo like this again this year though, but when Lacy came in the defense went down hill.

Alabama, defensively, had 10 passes defensed, with 3 coming with 3 PBU's from the DL. Demarcus Millner & Dre Kirkpatrick had a total of 4 PBU's, which in turn accounts for 4 drops by the receivers.

Overall, the Tide defense had just 1 TFL, but took down Redd in 1 on 1 matchups more often than we did (32 solo tackles, 28 assisted) 

Aww, look at you. You created a Fanpost! Any content from a premium site that requires a subscription will be deleted once we catch wind of it. If you simply want to share a link, quote, or video, please consider using Fanshots instead. Thanks.

Comment 6 comments  |  0 recs  | 

Do you like this story?

Comments

Display:

Nice work, thanks.

This all seems to make sense.

Running back physical stats:
Redd: 5’-10" 209 lb
Richardson: 5’-11" 224 lb
Lacy: 6’-0" 220 lb

Maybe this is oversimplifying, but Redd is lighter than Richardson (and the ‘Bama LB’s are significantly heavier than ours), so I’d expect him to break fewer tackles. As for Lacy, he had the benefit of entering the game midway thru the 3rd quarter with fresh legs, while the PSU defense is sucking wind. Also, the ’Bama fans nearby said they felt their line was blocking better for Lacy, FWIW (cue flame war re: PSU run game under McGloin vs Bolden…)

by coachKofPA on Sep 11, 2011 11:15 AM EDT reply actions  

No problem

Yeah, Lacy entering was really hurtful to the D. I doubt we’ll face a rotation like that, but when you have two really talented RB’s and Lacy just acts as the finisher, well, that’s hard to stop. But something I think we’re capable of doing

"We're going to do all we can to get this team right, to go after that national championship" - Devon Still

by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Sep 11, 2011 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

D looks much improved over last year.

PSU played the run well during the first three quarters. The game plan seemed to be to stop the run, and make the QB prove that he could win the game. The game planned worked.

Elizabeth, with Vin Scully, only folks working longer than JoePA at same place!

by joefromboalsburg on Sep 11, 2011 12:24 PM EDT reply actions  

I'm not worried about the D.

"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.

by DerryPharmer on Sep 11, 2011 12:27 PM EDT reply actions  

D played well

But with the major issue being the DE play. Not bad, but not really scaring the QB. Crawford and Lattimore got close enough to deflect passes. They need to get close enough for the QB to taste the turf.

by gcdyersb on Sep 11, 2011 10:11 PM EDT reply actions  

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to Black Shoe Diaries. If you haven't already done so, create an account and get involved in the conversation.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

Avatar2_small
Sad News: 717's Own, Reading Rambler Passes On
154690_10100374022013820_13900087_66639438_4085030_n_small
Breaking Down Penn State's Inaugural D1 Hockey Schedule
At_the_foot_of_a_legend_small
My Obligatory Off-Season Book Post

Recent FanPosts

Hugh_griffith_small
Food for Thursday....The PA Pineapple Company
Psukoolaid_small
Suggestions for fun in Minneapolis?
1-joe-paterno_small
Please clarify your posting policy.
A_cullen_the_bug_small
JoePa & Esquire - and other stories
Jet_ski_jump__reef_central_avatar__small
Sandusky Jury Selection Begins June 5th
Small
Kameron Miles
Small
ESPN - reporting PSU considering schedule changes
Joepa1_small
Jimmy Johnson's worst loss

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

SHOP THE BLACK SHOE DIARIES STORE

Gameday Depot University Apparel


Managing Editors

Zn_avatar_small Mike Pettigano

Img110_small Jeff Junstrom

Asst. Editors

6a00d8341c630a53ef0105369fb7ee970b-800wi_small Jared Slanina

Olmec_small Devon Edwards

Baller_small Eric Gibson

Mauti_small Cari Greene

Staff Writers

Iron_armor_small Galen

New4_good_small Nick Blonde

Turd_ferguson_psu_small Tim Aydin

On_the_way_to_grad_small Kyle_Martin

N53100510_31463067_5584_small Adam Collyer

Bus-fire-bikes_small Dan Vecellio

What-a-country-yakov_small bscaff

Small Keith Platt

Small TimHyland