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Looking at common opponents TTU vs OSU


So usually I hate doing this and I'll admit its a dangerous way to look at things, but here goes... Hopefully no one has posted something similar.

I've been more than a little nervous entering this game knowing that SS has been injured in the past couple weeks, but if you look at common opponents I feel a little better about the upcoming game with Potts at the helm.

Our common opponents are UT, UH, Rice, and A&M.

OSU 35 vs. Houston 45
TTU 28 @ Houston 29

OSU 14 vs. UT 41
TTU 24 @ UT 34

OSU 41 vs Rice 24
TTU 55 vs Rice 10

OSU 36 @ A&M 31
TTU 30 vs A&M 52



Obviously the wildcard game is A&M where we got stomped at home and they one at the road, but if you discount that game given that it is the only real game where our defense was completely absent this season then we've played common opponents better. We allowed less points to both UH, UT, and Rice. UT and UH games were home games for OSU and road games for us. What calms my nervousness a little as well is that these games were with Taylor Potts at the helm, which is what I expect will be the case this weekend barring some quick rehab by SS. I think in comparison our defense is significantly better than theirs despite them ranking statistically slightly higher than us.

Defense Stats from yahoo sports
Total points against per game
TTU 23.4 vs OSU 21

Total yards against per game
TTU 355.6 vs OSU 331.3

The statistical gap is not that large between the two (<20 teams) with similar levels of competition in unshared opponents. Its always dangerous to put too much faith in this kind of comparison, but 4 common opponents is a decent crosssection and I thought I'd share as it calmed my nerves. If our defense plays as well as they have minus A&M, I think we win this game on the road. All the shared games featured Taylor Potts at the helm and I believe TTU fared better especially when you take into account that we played the two toughest (UT and UH) on the road while they had them at home. The wildcard is the A&M game, if we have another letdown like that we won't beat anybody. Here's to hoping these games tell us something. Wreck 'em Tech!!

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