Seriously, does no one play defense in college football anymore?

[deepfat]

O/U's >50 pts on the reg, 55-45 type scores are the norm, 500 yds of offense not a big deal.

It's like the NBA. Do these coaches just say fuk it?

[cncman]

the offenses have evolved far beyond defenses have

no defense masterminds left for these schemes

[lsiberian]

Defense is nerfed in sports now because you can’t hit people anymore. Even soccer is going through this with var.

[Orlando1234977]

Last year there were 6 programs that averaged less ppgd than the NFL leader. So yes, there are some to be found.

[cncman]

Last year there were 6 programs that averaged less ppgd than the NFL leader. So yes, there are some to be found.

has machine learning been banned in CFB? I mean, it would be easy to use a vision algorithm to observe a defense and plan an play based on what it sees, and its history of using that particular "look"

[powerlifterer]

Football is a game of checkers though, not chess. I am also certain that an expert human coach watching game film would handily beat a covnet. It would be different if there were 10,000,000 plays to watch of one team. I don't think the dataset would be big enough really to give a ML algorithm an advantage.

has machine learning been banned in CFB? I mean, it would be easy to use a vision algorithm to observe a defense and plan an play based on what it sees, and its history of using that particular "look"

[Suit]

Well, I know some of you here are extreme aficionados when it comes to this sport. But how about when it comes to the rules?

What rules have changed in the past ~3-5 years that could possibly favor offense over defense OR neuter defense?

[BobLoblawBrah]

Well, I know some of you here are extreme aficionados when it comes to this sport. But how about when it comes to the rules?

What rules have changed in the past ~3-5 years that could possibly favor offense over defense OR neuter defense?

Targeting ejections

fair catches on kickoff out to the 25 (cant pin teams deep)

[soaponarope1]

It's hard to play defense when you can't hit anyone. For example, this hit would result in ejection now but a few short years ago is exactly what you were coached to do (and should be doing, it's a contact sport)



I miss real football

[WoofieNugget]

The other side of it is that beyond a few standouts, people rarely come up through the system playing defense as a speciality because everyone loves to score. If you're fast and agile, you play receiver, not safety.

Basically if you're too big and slow, you play defense. And then fewer players get to the point where they are standout secondary defenders or linebackers. The ones that do exist get far, but you might have 2-3 defensive threats on a team as opposed to 5-6 offensive ones.

[knightofday]

Defense is nerfed in sports now because you can’t hit people anymore. Even soccer is going through this with var.

The truth.

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[Pterodactyl314]

It’s called social distancing

-LSU crew

[jonmcd46]

Talent differential on O vs D. If you have one elite player on your team, a WR/RB is going to make a huge difference an score, while a shutdown defender won't matter because you can just throw in the opposite direction.
Same reason why high school games have way higher scores than college/NFL games
Low IQ to say its because people cant hit anymore and play "real" defense, hard to lay the hit stick on someone when he blows past you for an 80 yd td, this isn't the 80's college is about speed and exploiting matchups

[cncman]

It’s called social distancing

-LSU crew

big dick leach with no spring training and trash to work with again

Elite.