How good is your team on third down?

[zartan]

I've always thought that this is one of the most important stats in football. Here are the 2007 third down stats for the SEC from cfbstats.com - College Football Statistics (http://www.cfbstats.com) (great site).

Third Down Conversion Percentage
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1. Florida 53.42
2. Kentucky 48.21
3. LSU 46.64
4. Georgia 44.81
5. Arkansas 43.08
6. Tennessee 40.10
7. Vanderbilt 39.67
8. Ole Miss 38.36
9. Alabama 37.88
10. MSU 37.70
11. Auburn 36.41
12. South Carolina 35.03

Opponents Third Down Conversion Percentage
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1. Arkansas 33.33
2. Georgia 34.44
3. Vanderbilt 34.78
4. LSU 35.15
5. South Carolina 36.11
6. Auburn 36.55
7. MSU 37.37
8. Tennessee 40.38
9. Alabama 40.39
10. Florida 41.24
11. Ole Miss 43.18
12. Kentucky 45.36

[JerryBeeds]

Not too good.

[zartan]

haha, i guess i should've said 'do you expect these stats to change much in 2008?'

[Fadeproof]

Glad to see that we are in the top 5 of both. Really strange to see UF so low in the opponents average while their conversion rate is so high. Guess that is why you can average 40+ points a game and still lose 4. This tells me 3 things

-their offense was explosive (or maybe just Tebow and Harvin)
-their defense had more gaps than a 2 dollar hooker
-if they get it together they could be nasty

Can't wait till Jacksonville this year.

[shanksta13]

Glad to see that we are in the top 5 of both. Really strange to see UF so low in the opponents average while their conversion rate is so high. Guess that is why you can average 40+ points a game and still lose 4. This tells me 3 things

-their offense was explosive (or maybe just Tebow and Harvin)
-their defense had more gaps than a 2 dollar hooker
-if they get it together they could be nasty

Can't wait till Jacksonville this year.

Yeah, I can't remember how many times we got burned on 3rd and long last year. I would be willing to bet that our 4th down percentage was even worse. And you're right, with half a defense we would be a pretty solid team. Not too many defenses could successfully slow down our offense for a whole game.

[Fadeproof]

I am proud to say that we where one of those teams :stickpoke

[lacene]

Not too good.

Yep, just another sign of our OL's woes last season.....

[reese]

I am proud to say that we where one of those teams :stickpoke

really, aside from a couple fumbles and some well timed sacks, florida moved the ball at will on us too.

[Fadeproof]

really, aside from a couple fumbles and some well timed sacks, florida moved the ball at will on us too.


shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....they will hear you. :happy:

[RW13]

We suck, since 1892.....

[GatorHunter]

Glad to see that we are in the top 5 of both. Really strange to see UF so low in the opponents average while their conversion rate is so high. Guess that is why you can average 40+ points a game and still lose 4. This tells me 3 things

-their offense was explosive (or maybe just Tebow and Harvin)
-their defense had more gaps than a 2 dollar hooker
-if they get it together they could be nasty

Can't wait till Jacksonville this year.

The only team that really "stopped" the Gators last season was Auburn...and I thank the Lord their DC is gone.

If the Gators have any improvement at all on defense this upcoming season...we should be pretty tough to beat.

[BAMAPERRY]

The only team that really "stopped" the Gators last season was Auburn...and I thank the Lord their DC is gone.

If the Gators have any improvement at all on defense this upcoming season...we should be pretty tough to beat.

Muschamps Daddy, Saba, is still areound, though. :thumpsup:

[the Prodigy]

LSU, Arkansas, and Georgia were the only teams in the top 5 on both sides of the ball. I'm guessing Georgia stays in the top 5 in both LSU stays in the top 5 on defense and Arkansas stays in the top 5 on offense.

All three schools have done VERY well on 3rd down over the last decade. A team's success isn't always measured on how they do on 3rd down. But it is usually a pretty good indicator of how their season went.

Auburn fans already know where they rank on this list, or they should. I've cited the statistic enough....

[FightinTiger71]

I wonder where LSU ranks in 4th down conversions?

[zartan]

I wonder where LSU ranks in 4th down conversions?
4th Down Conversion Percentage, 2007
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1 LSU 81.25
2 Auburn 68.42
3 Vanderbilt 57.14
4 Kentucky 54.55
5 Florida 53.85
5 Georgia 53.85
7 Tennessee 52.94
8 Alabama 50.00
9 South Carolina 47.06
10 Mississippi State 40.00
11 Arkansas 36.84
12 Mississippi 33.33

Opponents 4th Down Conversion Percentage
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1 Mississippi State 13.33
2 Georgia 27.78
3 LSU 28.57
4 Vanderbilt 33.33
5 South Carolina 40.00
6 Kentucky 41.18
7 Tennessee 45.00
8 Florida 58.33
9 Auburn 58.82
10 Mississippi 59.09
11 Arkansas 60.87
12 Alabama 61.11

once again i must pimp cfbstats.com - College Football Statistics (http://www.cfbstats.com). the stats i have posted in this thread are just the tip of the iceberg, they have every stat you could possibly imagine for every possible situation.