News of the day, 10/10
Hey everyone. Another busy day here at HABOTN headquarters, where we're preparing for the big trip to Arkansas this weekend. My peeps live in Tulsa, Okla. -- a two-hour drive from Fayetteville -- so my paper graciously agreed to fly me out on Thursday to help facilitate more family time. Why do you care? I had some business to handle today before leaving, so today's blog is being posted much later than usual.We regret it. Blogging is our raison d'être, so please accept our apologies.
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I've been getting a few emails and a comment or two regarding former Auburn linebacker Patrick Trahan, who left school during the summer because of academic problems. He could have stayed at Auburn, improved his grades and regained eligibility in the spring. He elected instead to attend a Mississippi junior college. I didn't understand that decision at the time. Now I do. Trahan, in essence, is a free agent now and is using that status to generate interest from several schools -- mostly notably Ole Miss. The caveat is that if Trahan wants to play somewhere other than Auburn, he must graduate from junior college first. If he wants to play at Auburn and his grades are back in the satisfactory range, he can enroll immediately. My guess is that he ends up at Auburn. If I'm an Auburn coach, though, I'm not very happy with the way Trahan has played this little game.I thought it would be fun to take a gander at some SEC stats you probably haven't seen, which indicate patterns you probably didn't identify. Or care about.***INSTANT REPLAY***
Games using SEC replay: 45
Play stoppages: 61
Plays overturned: 16
Average time of review: 1 minute, 38 seconds.
***TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED***
Auburn has allowed 12 touchdowns this season. Only two teams have allowed fewer: LSU (7) and South Carolina (11). Vanderbilt also has allowed 12 touchdowns.
***DRIVE STATISTICS***
Auburn is averaging 5.1 plays per drive this season. Only one team, Arkansas (4.99), has a lower average. The leader is Kentucky at 5.73 plays/drive.
Auburn is averaging 26.03 yards per drive. That's the lowest among SEC teams. The leader is Florida at 39.66 yards per drive.
***FOURTH-QUARTER SCORING***
Auburn is basically the middle of the pack here, but this is a really interesting category to me. Here is a list of each team's fourth-quarter scoring margin:
LSU -- +47
Florida -- +41
Kentucky -- +40
So. Carolina -- +38
Georgia -- +31
Vanderbilt -- +29
Arkansas -- +26
Auburn -- +7
Tennessee -- +7
Miss. State -- (-3)
Alabama -- (-6)
Ole Miss -- (-35)
posted by Jay G. Tate at
3:43 PM
7 Comments:
I'd like to see a list of first-quarter scoring margins. You know, to tell whether teams are having to constantly come from behind or whatnot.
So if Trahan comes back to Auburn next year, he will have 3 years of eligibility? or 2?
Who leads the SEC in post-game scoring?
My guess is Tebow.
As I understand it, Trahan would have three years at Auburn or two elsewhere.
Ask Irene about post-game scoring.
whats the word on terrel zachery? and any mention of greg smith becoming eligable for this comming season. he was the lone 5-star recruit from 2 years ago, big time JUCO guy....came in over weight and didnt make grades....is he even enrolled currently?
Greg Smith is gone and won't ever be back.
Terrell Zachery? Doghouse.
Trahan will be at Ole Miss with Alonzo Horton.
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