I am pretty sure everyone else has noticed as well this year, but you are starting to see some of the effects of Billy Napier’s system and his focus on limiting penalties. We are 4th in the nation in penalty yards. We had 1 penalty this past Saturday and I believe it wasn’t until the 4th quarter with Ethan White’s false start. Really a remarkable turnaround from years past. Napes has this organization going in the right direction. College Football Stats - College FB Team Penalty Yards per Game | TeamRankings.com
Lol, true, but I wasn’t correlating penalties and natty’s. Just pointing out one of the measurable’s Napes wanted to change here. Can’t change the players he has but he can change the penalty culture and pretty sure we all know we lost a big game because of a boneheaded penalty with LSU. it’s good to see his system starting to work. There are a minority of fans who need the encouraging signs he knows what he’s doing.
We also won our Nattys beating the hell out of Georgia - to the tune of 18-3 over those two decades. What’s your point?
The point is that statistically, there's no correlation between winning and low penalty yardage. Its nice that the Gators are committing fewer penalties, but that's generally not a factor for being an elite team. In other words, the best teams out there are not necessarily low penalty teams.
Sh…I can name a few games we would’ve won if it weren’t for penalties off the top of my head: LSU 2020, Kentucky 2021, Missouri 2021.
I'm a bit different on this topic. I want us to knock the piss out of people. If you get a penalty that is just part of the game.
More than one way to skin a cat. I’ll gladly take Billy Napier’s style after what we endured last year.
That us a wonderful thing to hear. We were always one of the most penalized teams in the countr dating back to Spurrier’s days.
I agree. It seems to me that penalties are not critical for high scoring, big play offenses like those of SOS and UM. Penalties are more critical with ball control offenses that are not as high scoring or generate as many big plays.
And Miami won an couple of NCs with a bunch of thugs. Talent has a way of hiding issues. We ain't got enough of it...yet. And to the OP, it tells me that the guys ARE taking coaching, just that the rest seems to be a step too far for the veterans. Well, except for Ventrell.
My guess is that Alabama plays pretty clean as far as penalties goes. That seems to be working out for them. (yeah, I know it's all rigged and the refs love them and used to hate us, blah, blah). The point the OP makes is well taken. A more disciplined team is a step in the right direction.
