But we scored 30 points against Cincinnati and 27 against BYU, that should have been enough to win either of those games. It's too easy blame the offense, when its 8th in the conference in scoring, the same place the defense is ranked.
We have an one more game than all but one of the teams above us, so total is a weird way to judge. We are 6th in the conference through 10 games in points allowed per game, 5th if only counting Big 12 games, and that includes a pick 6 so we're actually maybe 3rd or 4th.
Also the offense is 12th in scoring per game through 10 games, where are you seeing 8th?
Iowa State is ranked 12th in scoring offense and 6th in scoring defense, among the Big 12.
Count me in as someone who firmly believes (and believes it is very obvious) that the offense this year has been one of the biggest letdowns in the CMC era. And oddly enough, it certainly feels like we have a really solid offensive line and a rock solid running game.
It evens out, I really doubt that come Sunday morning our offensive or defensives stats are going to drop or gain more than one spot in the rankings after everyone has played 10 games.
You want to put the record on the offense and the mistakes it has made. No one is saying the offense has been lighting it up, but the defense also has a share of the blame here along with special teams.
Or you could just use per game stats rather than total.
It's all going to even out even though the difference between the offensive total and offensive per game stats is 4 places.
Even when using total points, offense ranks 10th, and defense ranks 8th. There's one defense, that has played 10 games, ranked ahead of Iowa State: TTU.
It’s ok that you were wrong but this is weird.
Merely pointing out your comparison is methodologically insufficient, and frankly incorrect.
