A few weeks ago Quinton wrote a pretty balanced piece about the relative awfulness of Oklahoma State defense. On Tuesday, I went back at their offense and defense a bit a few days ago over on the DawgRun.
As my retort to ESPN's comment that they have one of the best offenses in the country, I would retort that much of their greatness was manufactured at the expense of America's Top Cupcakes.
Yes, they have great stats on offense, but look at who they ran the numbers up against. Overall, the Cowboys averaged 40.8 points per game on offense. That's good enough for 9th in the nation. However, against schools with a losing overall record or from a non-BCS conference, that scoring average ballooned to 55 points per game.
Against BCS schools that did not have a losing record, they only averaged 29 points per game. Just saying...look closer at the numbers.
Also, we linked yesterday to the outrageous predictions by T. Boone Pickens that the Cowboys would score 387 points on the Dawgs. I found some other good reactions to that news that I thought you'd appreciate
- -- Richt has God's phone number - EDSBS
-- 55 TDs or 6.85 points per second - Obi's Sister
-- The downside of testosterone - Get the Picture
-- All Ok State Needs....except 387 points - Fanhouse
-- Oklahoma State 2008 Stats - NCAA.org
-- Tickets: Georgia Bulldogs at Oklahoma State Cowboys
PWD
(BTW-- The header graphic tag line above about buying first downs is from something Bob Davie of ESPN said during the 2007 game.)
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