(06-16-2017 12:33 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 11:55 AM)Hurricane Drummer Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 09:30 AM)zfred12 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 07:55 AM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(06-15-2017 12:27 PM)coogrfan Wrote:  https://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JU...une13.html

Nat'l rank School(conf rank) Career starts

4. MEMPHIS (1) 103
5. UCF (2) 101
13. TULSA (3) 91
22. HOUSTON (4) 86
30. SMU (5) 80
57. UCONN (6) 68
72. TEMPLE (7) 61
93. ECU (8) 46
108. USF (9) 40
115. TULANE (10) 37
116. NAVY (11) 36
119. CINCINNATI (12) 32

Discuss. Note that a low ranking is not always fatal. Case in point: Navy, who entered last season dead last in the country.

I'd be interested to see these stats going into last year, to see how they line up with final standings. i.e. I don't have the attention span to wait until after this season to see if the stat equates to wins.

A better indicator of this stat would be last years returning o line starts and offensive production. You could have an awesome o line but lose games because your defense sucks. I don't have time to break it down or analyze the info but you could use the two links below to take a look. Obviously there are outliers both ways and circumstances where o line previous starts don't play a factor.

https://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2016/JU...une13.html
http://www.espn.com/college-football/sta...stat/total

That's pretty interesting. Just comparing the Oklahoma schools you get:

# of Starts Ranking
10. Oklahoma St.
81. Tulsa
113. Oklahoma

Total Offense Ranking
3. Oklahoma
6. Tulsa
14. Oklahoma St.

One could say talent and injuries probably has more to do with offensive production than returning starts does.

Aaaaand there we go.

Navy in 2016:
OL Starts returning #128, dead last
Total yards #23
Points per game #20
Rushing yards per game #4