Per game. I know that these were not all on the defense (safety, pick 6s), but the apples to apples comparison to statistical averages
Nevada: 20 (Season Average 27)
Duke: 41 (Season Average: 27)
Bowling Green 7 (Season Average 20.5)
Wisky: 33 (Season Average 36.6)
Penn State: 31 (Season Average 40)
Maryland: 21 (Season Average 29)
Iowa: 10 (Season Average 26.1)
The Duke game seems even more odd in this context as it is the ONLY game that we allowed more than our season average; granted, our secondary was absolutely out of bodies in that game after the targeting call, but we lost our two best defenders for a half against Maryland and still heald them below their season average on the road.
The good news: we do not face a team in the top half of the BIG in scoring the rest of the year except for Minny (5th in the BIG but who looks terrible on offense of late and my drop to the bottom half by the time we play them) and we face 3 of the bottom four (Michigan State, Purdue, and Illinois. all averaging 24 pts or less per game). So if our D continues its pattern of allowing less points to their opponents than their season averages, we look to be in decent shape from here on out, since the offense wont need to do much to win.
Now here is the flip side for the offense points scored
Nevada: 31 (Season Average 36.75)
Duke: 17 (Season Average 20.1)
Bowling Green: 49 (Season Average 37.75)
Wisky: 24 (Season Average 13.3)
Penn State: 7 (Season Average 9.6)
Maryland: 37 (Season Average 36.7)
Io_a: 17 (Season Average 18.4)
So, as much as our offense has been roasted on this board, our only scoring outliers have been positive (BGSU and Wisky). Now, we do face two top-half defenses in points allowed (MSU 4th and Minny 7th), we've already faced the top 2, and we also will face two of the bottom 3 (Nebby and Illinois-- Maryland is at the bottom). So not as good an outlook as for the defense, but the way our defense has been playing, combined with the offensive challenges of many of our remaining opponents, means that we won't need to do much...
Nevada: 20 (Season Average 27)
Duke: 41 (Season Average: 27)
Bowling Green 7 (Season Average 20.5)
Wisky: 33 (Season Average 36.6)
Penn State: 31 (Season Average 40)
Maryland: 21 (Season Average 29)
Iowa: 10 (Season Average 26.1)
The Duke game seems even more odd in this context as it is the ONLY game that we allowed more than our season average; granted, our secondary was absolutely out of bodies in that game after the targeting call, but we lost our two best defenders for a half against Maryland and still heald them below their season average on the road.
The good news: we do not face a team in the top half of the BIG in scoring the rest of the year except for Minny (5th in the BIG but who looks terrible on offense of late and my drop to the bottom half by the time we play them) and we face 3 of the bottom four (Michigan State, Purdue, and Illinois. all averaging 24 pts or less per game). So if our D continues its pattern of allowing less points to their opponents than their season averages, we look to be in decent shape from here on out, since the offense wont need to do much to win.
Now here is the flip side for the offense points scored
Nevada: 31 (Season Average 36.75)
Duke: 17 (Season Average 20.1)
Bowling Green: 49 (Season Average 37.75)
Wisky: 24 (Season Average 13.3)
Penn State: 7 (Season Average 9.6)
Maryland: 37 (Season Average 36.7)
Io_a: 17 (Season Average 18.4)
So, as much as our offense has been roasted on this board, our only scoring outliers have been positive (BGSU and Wisky). Now, we do face two top-half defenses in points allowed (MSU 4th and Minny 7th), we've already faced the top 2, and we also will face two of the bottom 3 (Nebby and Illinois-- Maryland is at the bottom). So not as good an outlook as for the defense, but the way our defense has been playing, combined with the offensive challenges of many of our remaining opponents, means that we won't need to do much...
