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Pete Knows Defense

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For an interesting read, check out Brian Grummell’s article at fanhouse.com examining Points Per Possession allowed by the Trojans defense over the past four seasons (excluding special teams scores, defensive scores and end of half kneel-downs).

2005 – 1.979
2006 – 1.240
2007 – 1.216
2008 – 0.748

The 2008 statistic is mind-bottling…

“Opponents punted nearly 100 times, at a rate of over seven a game. They scored just 14 touchdowns while tossing 19 interceptions, losing 10 fumbles and getting stopped on downs eight times. Plus they missed on five of 12 attempted field goals, including several blocks.”

Defense does wins championships.

Pete Carroll Is Frighteningly Good at Coaching Defensive Football [fanhouse.com]

  1. kim Avatar
    kim

    I’m excited to see how Chris Gallipo and the new crop of LBs play.
    And oh yeah, I have no affiliation with CSUN, just disappointed to see Trojanwire ripping other SoCal teams that aren’t USC rivals.

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  2. the dude Avatar
    the dude

    Collosal fail by the new TW contributor: “mind-bottling”?

    There’s mind bending, mind boggling, and then yours. Time to get new letter “t” for your keyboard!

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  3. trey dalton Avatar
    trey dalton

    “mind-bottling” is a reference to a Will Ferrell joke in Blades of Glory. something that always holds water around these parts, imho.

    But thanks for the catch, grammar police. Hopefully they’ll promote you to sergeant soon for all your diligence and hard work on the force.

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  4. chad Avatar
    chad

    word to the wise “dude” — if you’re going to call someone out for a typo, it’s probably best to not start your rant by misspelling colossal.

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  5. Dude Avatar
    Dude

    Fair enough! Misspelling are lame! Damn that ‘puter.

    But I am writing a damn comment in the half second that I waste looking at this damn blog, and I am not mixxxing my metaphors on something that I “published,” which tend to get more scrutiny.

    And fwiw – better not to quote the mixed metaphor without quotes or italics! And look grammar sort of matters. But mixed metaphors are just gross. They ring in your brain with a dissonant pounding that’s just disturbing.

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