More Ticket Cutoffs Announced
The athletic department released more ticket cutoffs yesterday and it looks like enthusiasm for UGA football has returned to sustainable levels after last year’s stratospheric numbers. How can I tell? The cutoff for Oklahoma State was a score of 4,000! Contrast that with last year’s cutoff for Arizona State – 27,007.
There are a lot of [...]
More Ticket Cutoffs Announced
The athletic department released more ticket cutoffs yesterday and it looks like enthusiasm for UGA football has returned to sustainable levels after last year’s stratospheric numbers. How can I tell? The cutoff for Oklahoma State was a score of 4,000! Contrast that with last year’s cutoff for Arizona State – 27,007.
There are a lot of [...]
Respect for BC fans and other links
We need to get the Princeton Review folks on some bowl selection committees. Despite our travel reputation or the belief that we are more concerned with tailgating than kickoff, BC made the top ten in the Review’s annual survey for “Students Pack the Stadiums.” One of the ideas I’ve been calling for — a bowl [...]
The Seven Deadly Sins Of the Trade Deadline: Wrath
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. –Proverbs (ch. 15, v. 1)
Thy tradeline wrath comes from players who feel scorned by their franchise and desire to spend their years in the arms of others. In most cases this comes in the form of superstars who are downright tired of losing [...]
Hidden Yardage: Killer Penalties
(Image: An Opinion on Sports)
As you already know, UGA was the most penalized team in the SEC and fourth most penalized team in the NCAA (116th) last year with 112 penalties (8.6/game) for 938 yards (72.2 yards/game).
UGA
UGAAvg./Gm
Opp.
Opp.Avg./Gm
Penalties
112
8.6
66
5.1
Penalty Yards
938
72.2
558
42.9
First Downs by Penalty
15
1.2
35
2.7
Many folks (including me) have said in the past that [...]
