4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

(06-16-2017 05:28 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

Wish I had your optimism

Navy lost more last off-season than this off-season...

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Didn't realize quinton flowers was 74.2% of usf's offense last year. What would they do without him.

(06-16-2017 05:31 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:28 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

Wish I had your optimism

Why not?

(06-16-2017 09:34 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:31 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:28 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

Wish I had your optimism

Why not?

This will be my 25th year of being a SMU football fan and I have been conditioned to be inherently negative

(06-16-2017 09:37 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 09:34 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:31 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:28 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

Wish I had your optimism

Why not?

This will be my 25th year of being a SMU football fan and I have been conditioned to be inherently negative

Dang you are a good sport. You were after the Dickerson and James teams.

79% of our receiving yards return (top 3 WRs)
60% of our rushing yards return (Ryquell Armstead is better than Jahad Thomas too)

Basically supremely penalized for losing our starting QB.

(06-16-2017 08:16 PM)zfred12 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Didn't realize quinton flowers was 74.2% of usf's offense last year. What would they do without him.

don't worry he has plenty of help surrounding him.

(06-16-2017 11:46 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  79% of our receiving yards return (top 3 WRs)
60% of our rushing yards return (Ryquell Armstead is better than Jahad Thomas too)

Basically supremely penalized for losing our starting QB.

jhg, losing Phillip Walker is a big deal. He was a 4 year starter, and very successful. Our next QB will have zero starts at FBS. I have confidence that the right guy will get the job, but there will be a learning curve.

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

So those are the skill returnees. Here were the OL returnees:

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

Memphis is Top 10 nationally in both returning categories. From a Top 25 ranked offense a year ago (15th in scoring, 28th in yards per game).

No wonder our TV partners have chosen to highlight the Tigers this year, (and people are picking them to win the division):

UCLA at Memphis on ABC
Memphis at UConn on ESPN - Friday
Memphis at Houston on ESPN - Thurs
Memphis at Tulsa on ESPN2 - Friday
Memphis at UCF on ESPNews
ULM at Memphis on CBSSN - Thurs
Tulane at Memphis on CBSSN

I'm guessing their Navy and SMU games get televised as well.

Haven't read the rest of the posts, but just wanna put in my two cents here... UTSA is listed as #8, with 91% returning. That can't be true though because Sr. RB Jarveon Williams had 900 yards from scrimmage for us from rushing alone. So even if you don't count his receiving yards (which may fall under QB yardage), his rushing yardage alone accounts for about 18% of our yards from scrimmage. Furthermore, even if you count punt and kickoff return yardage, Jarveon's percentage only drops down to about 15% of our offense. I have no idea how Steele arrived at us having 91% of our yardage returning, looking at Jarveon Williams' stats alone. So even though these numbers are fun to look at, the discrepancy with our data makes me question all the rest of it, and you guys might wanna double-check your own stats.

(06-17-2017 01:11 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Haven't read the rest of the posts, but just wanna put in my two cents here... UTSA is listed as #8, with 91% returning. That can't be true though because Sr. RB Jarveon Williams had 900 yards from scrimmage for us from rushing alone. So even if you don't count his receiving yards (which may fall under QB yardage), his rushing yardage alone accounts for about 18% of our yards from scrimmage. Furthermore, even if you count punt and kickoff return yardage, Jarveon's percentage only drops down to about 15% of our offense. I have no idea how Steele arrived at us having 91% of our yardage returning, looking at Jarveon Williams' stats alone. So even though these numbers are fun to look at, the discrepancy with our data makes me question all the rest of it, and you guys might wanna double-check your own stats.

From the link in OP:

"I took all of the yards each QB threw for as well as all of the individual rushing yards and receiving yards for each team."

Sounds like receiving yards were counted twice (once as passing, once as receiving).

(06-17-2017 01:01 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

So those are the skill returnees. Here were the OL returnees:

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

Memphis is Top 10 nationally in both returning categories. From a Top 25 ranked offense a year ago (15th in scoring, 28th in yards per game).

No wonder our TV partners have chosen to highlight the Tigers this year, (and people are picking them to win the division):

UCLA at Memphis on ABC
Memphis at UConn on ESPN - Friday
Memphis at Houston on ESPN - Thurs
Memphis at Tulsa on ESPN2 - Friday
Memphis at UCF on ESPNews
ULM at Memphis on CBSSN - Thurs
Tulane at Memphis on CBSSN

I'm guessing their Navy and SMU games get televised as well.

All we had to do was give football a little love.

(06-16-2017 09:34 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:31 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:28 PM)rosewater Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2017/JUN...une16.html

Smu will score many points this year! Their problem is defense. I can see SMU finishing 2nd in the west.

Wish I had your optimism

Why not?

Because you're right - we are still swiss cheese on defense and were one of the worst teams in the country on special teams last year. How we do in those two areas will tell how well we do this year.

Right now Memphis has the more complete team. Great find though - thanks to gulfcoastgal for posting.

(06-17-2017 06:01 PM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(06-17-2017 01:01 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(06-16-2017 05:11 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  4. SMU 94.8%
10. Memphis 90.1%
43. UCF 74.3%
44. USF 74.2%
48. UCONN 71.9%
51. Tulane 71.2%
58. Cincinnati 68.7%
103. Temple 46.8%
104. Houston 46.5%
108. East Carolina 40.7%
119. Navy 31.3%
123. Tulsa 27.0%

So those are the skill returnees. Here were the OL returnees:

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

Memphis is Top 10 nationally in both returning categories. From a Top 25 ranked offense a year ago (15th in scoring, 28th in yards per game).

No wonder our TV partners have chosen to highlight the Tigers this year, (and people are picking them to win the division):

UCLA at Memphis on ABC
Memphis at UConn on ESPN - Friday
Memphis at Houston on ESPN - Thurs
Memphis at Tulsa on ESPN2 - Friday
Memphis at UCF on ESPNews
ULM at Memphis on CBSSN - Thurs
Tulane at Memphis on CBSSN

I'm guessing their Navy and SMU games get televised as well.

All we had to do was give football a little love.

If Memphis football was a tree...

FEAR the Mustangs' Offense! Get ready for lights out scoring. This year should be fun... for us.