25 Questions to Throw Out the Record Book

 What is their body of work?

Look, UT is our arch-rival.  But, we do have to concede some things.  Their program is where you want to be.  They are in the conversation every year.  They have changed coaches and not missed a beat.  BG rose up to win two titles, but then fumbled the ball in coaching changes.  You want to be good and stay good, and then you will win your share of championships.  Their body of work is excellent.

How many seniors and juniors on the two-deep?

They have 19...which is a very young team.  They start 7 FR or SO.

Who are their statistical leaders? (Top 20 Nationally)

Khalil Robinson is #4 in INT.
Samuel Womack #1 in passes defended
Mitchell Guadagni is #14 in yards per completion.
Bailey Flint is #9 in punting
Bryant Koback is #6 in yards per rush, #13 in rushing TDs and #7 in rushing yards.
Bryce Mitchell is #7 in yards per reception

What is their turnover ratio?

They are even.

Offense:

How is their QB play?

They are well QB'd.  Mitchell Guadagni is #1 in the MAC in passing efficiency...completing 61% of his passes at an eye-popping 14.6 per reception and 7 TD over 2 INT.  He's also a dual-threat, at 5.3 per carry including sacks.

What is their scoring and yards per play

They are scoring 34 per game on 6.7 yards per play.  Both very solid numbers.

Can they run the ball?

Yes.  They average 5.8 per carry, with Roback at almost 7 per carry.

Do they pass the ball?

See above.  Bryce Mitchell is averaging 24 per reception and McKinley-Lewis at 19.7.

How is their run/pass balance?

This is a very run-oriented team, at 65% of plays.

Do they convert on 3rd Down?

They are good at 41%, which is #4 in MAC.

Do they score in the red zone?

Yes, they do.  In 18 trips, they have one miss.  That's 5.7 points per trip.

Do they protect the quarterback?

They give up a decent number of sacks, at 8.3% of passing attempts  (NCAA average is 6.4%).

Defense:

Topline: Scoring and yards per play

Their scoring defense is 23 per game, which currently is #1 in the MAC.  They allow 6 yards per play, which is not especially good (99th in the country) and 115 in total yards allowed.  These numbers don't go together usually.

Do they defend the run effectively?

They are allowing 4.8 yards per carry, which is slightly worse than the D1 average of 4.5.

Can they be passed on?

They are #53 in pass defense, which is not bad.  They allow only 60% completions, 7 TDs and 5 INT and 11.6 yards per completion...all decent results.

Do they get off the field on 3rd down?

Yes they do, 32%.  That's #2 in the MAC.

Do they defend in the red zone?

They are pretty good at 4.6 per trip.

Do they pressure the QB?

Not especially well...sacks on 4.9% of passing attempts.

Special Teams:

Punting?

They are #2 in the MAC in net punting.  The distance is outstanding, but they have given up some returns.  They have been blocked once.

Punt Return?

They average 8 per return but both returns have been over 20 this year.

Placekicking?

He's 7 of 8 with a long of 46.  Appears to be pretty good.

Kickoff?

He gets a TB on over 50% of his kicks and they allow 24 yards per return.

Kickoff Return?

Nothing special on kickoff returns

Miscellaneous: Overall atmospherics and intangibles.

Pray that the record book is, indeed, thrown out.