Likely end up ranked 8th in Pac 12 giving up 163.08 rushing yds per game
Somewhere around 56th in FBS.
It never felt to me like we had a particularly strong rush D last year (when we were 20th in FBS) nor this year (when we were 28th going into this game).
It just felt like we were sending 6 so often that if the opponent happened to run the ball that we had a very good shot at a TFL. Also sending 6 so often last season heavily contributed to the sacks that helped the rushing stats a lot.
It felt like the major contributing factor was that there was no need to establish a ground game vs ASU when they could throw at-will
Obviously not having Sam hurts a lot this yr.
Somewhere around 56th in FBS.
It never felt to me like we had a particularly strong rush D last year (when we were 20th in FBS) nor this year (when we were 28th going into this game).
It just felt like we were sending 6 so often that if the opponent happened to run the ball that we had a very good shot at a TFL. Also sending 6 so often last season heavily contributed to the sacks that helped the rushing stats a lot.
It felt like the major contributing factor was that there was no need to establish a ground game vs ASU when they could throw at-will
Obviously not having Sam hurts a lot this yr.
