LJS: No Excuses for Cav's Line This Year
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famoustitles
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In the Deed the Glory
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BigRedBuster
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famoustitles
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Abdullah's senior year he was hit behind the line of scrimmage more than any other back in college football.... it was reported his senior year.
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I can't find in statistics on yards before contact but according to Football Outsiders our offensive line was #11 in the country in Adjusted Line Yards for the year so I think it's pretty plausible to think that AA would have at least been in the Top 10.
famoustitles
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not really anything to do with the yards before contact stat. Abdullah could be hit at the line every play theoretically but if he managed to get positive yards the line would grade well
RedSavage
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While I hate to admit it because I've been anything but impressed with our line play, I do remember hearing that stat. Although, I still believe that had more to do with AA's ability to make people miss than excellent blocking.
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famoustitles
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I must have a poor memory of that year'. If you watch ameer's highlights you can see some massive holes at times, he was also really good at making himself small to avoid contact in the hole. My biggest complaint about the line the last 5+ years is the inconsistency (which could apply to the whole team). Michigan state in 14 really stands out in that regard.
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To say it has "not really anything to do with" it is pretty short-sighted. Technically it's correct but very unlikely to the point of not really being worth talking about. As I said, it's not perfect but absent the actual yards before contact stat it's the best anyone's come up with.
You obviously don't want to believe it. And that's fine. But you don't have any stats to back up your position either.
famoustitles
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Im not the one who started using that stat to back up my argument of how good the o-line was. I'm also not claiming the o-line was terrible, I think it was better in '10-14 than it has been the last two years.
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suh_fan93
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Just for sake of reference they voted the Iowa Hawkeyes as having the best offensive line unit last year. Better than Alabama, Michigan and Ohio State just to name a few.
Personally I have never heard of this award until today.
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