Best Defense this year
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Instant gut reaction to this is McLean, probably might have been Coolidge before last night
I meant my instant reaction to the question without looking anything up either way.
Digging in a bit....
McLean gave up 18 to Strawn week 1 and Garden City gave up 23 to Strawn week 6
Most points given up by those two schools:
McLean = 18 to Strawn (week 1) and White Deer (week 9)
Garden City = 32 to Balmorhea (week 3) and 23 to Strawn (week 6)
and McLean held Balmorhea to 0 points the very next week after the Balmorhea GC game (week 4)
If the debate is whose defense is better McLean or GC's I think on paper it is easily McLean's
As for Coolidge: Before allowing a lot to Milford, they had only given up 69 points all season but with only 6 games played, including against Zephyr, Jonesboro and Calvert, all solid playoff teams.
Let's continue this debate a bit:
How about Strawn's defense? They held Garden City to their lowest point total all season, 34, in GC. AND McLean to their lowest point total all season (51), AND Milford to their lowest point total all season (46) all season, AND is the first team to shut out Borden County since 2013 (Water Valley)...all of those are DI top 10 ranked teams
Point being...there is a solid case to be made that Strawn's defense, even though they have lost 2 games, is the best defense in the state.
Without question I think Strawn and Mclean have the best defenses...oh and they are ranked #1 in their respective divisions as well...
Digging in a bit....
McLean gave up 18 to Strawn week 1 and Garden City gave up 23 to Strawn week 6
Most points given up by those two schools:
McLean = 18 to Strawn (week 1) and White Deer (week 9)
Garden City = 32 to Balmorhea (week 3) and 23 to Strawn (week 6)
and McLean held Balmorhea to 0 points the very next week after the Balmorhea GC game (week 4)
If the debate is whose defense is better McLean or GC's I think on paper it is easily McLean's
As for Coolidge: Before allowing a lot to Milford, they had only given up 69 points all season but with only 6 games played, including against Zephyr, Jonesboro and Calvert, all solid playoff teams.
Let's continue this debate a bit:
How about Strawn's defense? They held Garden City to their lowest point total all season, 34, in GC. AND McLean to their lowest point total all season (51), AND Milford to their lowest point total all season (46) all season, AND is the first team to shut out Borden County since 2013 (Water Valley)...all of those are DI top 10 ranked teams
Point being...there is a solid case to be made that Strawn's defense, even though they have lost 2 games, is the best defense in the state.
Without question I think Strawn and Mclean have the best defenses...oh and they are ranked #1 in their respective divisions as well...
worth noting is Whitharral has given up an average of 12.2 points a game and has played tough teams in Anton, Amherst, Paducah and Petersburg
Garden City also has a solid D without question
Garden City also has a solid D without question
tdog5344":2225u3sq said:
Iredell...let's take a look: I LOVE the Dragons and what coach Guereca has done there! They are the consensus #2 in DII for a reason. They are giving up 8.25 points per game which is awesome...but...who have they played? Unfortunately their week 8 game vs Milford was cancelled due to weather or we would have a solid measuring stick to see just how good their defense and the Dragons really are. Their best win is a 52-20 one over Jonesboro week 7
Let's look at average opponent ratings between those 6 schools I have mentioned thus far (though week 9):
Strawn: 494.645
Coolidge: 490.111666667
McLean: 485.50875
Garden City: 483.9225
Iredell: 436.942857143
Whitharral 399.844444444
Since this thread is about defense... Leman, or anyone else, I started a thread Friday night which has been buried with no responses asking about defensive TD's in a game. Strawn scored 5 (6 - one called back for holding) in a shutout that ended at the half. Are records kept for such? If not is anyone aware of a game where a team has scored more in a full game, something less, or one half?
No idea but Im pretty sure that would be high up on the list
MilfordInsider
Six-man fan
Coolidge has the second best defense in the state and Milford hung 73 on them...
All other 6 teams they played COMBINED to scored 69 points.
All other 6 teams they played COMBINED to scored 69 points.
51eleven":21ma7lcp said:
After tonight that's down to 2.7, 4 shutout's. Including the top 3 in D1 they're giving up 15 a game. Not quite as good as last year which was 12 a game for the whole season with 7 shutouts. Of course they didn't play the top 3 in D1. But the competiton gets better the last few games of the playoff's.
I guess this years team probably still won't top the one of 1927. They gave up 5.7 for the season. With 6 shutouts in their 10 game season. Weatherford, Stephenville, Bridgeport, Jacksboro, Desedmona (Hog Town), and Fort Worth Diamon Hill - Jarvis. They did give up 6 to Mineral Wells and 13 to Graham. As well as 12 to Seymour but won 14-12. And 26 to Farmersville, they're only loss. Of course this was before 6 man was invented, in 11 man.
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Texlonghorn75
Six-man expert
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