Richt says he's is taking a more aggressive approaching in dealing with penalties this year. Good. As I stated last week, it's not just the quantity, it's the timing that's a killer.
In the article from last week, I talked about the value of a 2008 possession for a UGA opponent as being about 2.13 points (points allowed / defensive possessions). By cleaning up penalties a little at key moments and by getting better kickoff coverage, I said that we could trim about 4.3 points per game out of our defensive scoring average.
The flip side of that is the offensive penalties. We averaged about 2.7 points per offensive possession last year. Eliminate a costly holding call or drive killing ineligible receiver down field penalty per game, and you can add another 2.7 points pretty easy.
Again...all of this is without getting more talented. Just less careless.
PWD
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