I will go with 165. On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:23 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last year the defense gave up (on average) 12.9 points per game * 14 games > = 181 points (versus 611 points scored by the good guys). > > We get everyone back this year - two deep on defense - so the defense > should be much better. > > I think the goal for the defense this year will be to hold teams to 10 > points or less - times 14 games = 140 points. Since there is the "less than > 10 points per game" they figured 130 points would be a good number to pick. > > > But I will go with 140 points. That is about a 30% improvement over an > already great defense last year - and everyone will be bringing their best > game for us this year as not only the repeating national champs - but the > favorites to win it again. > > We also should do a prediction of the Tenn score. > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Over/Under for season defense > From: Jerry Belloit <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, July 20, 2009 8:58 pm > To: [email protected] > > There was a thread on GatorCountry asking if people thought our defense > would hold our opponents to under 130 points against us for the regular > season. I would like to have a Gatornet contest this year predicting the > points against us for the season. The winner is the one closest to the > correct number. > > > I will start. I predict 100. (The 2006 and 2008 teams allowed in the > 180s.) > > > Jerry > > > p.s. We need some way of keeping track of the entries. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
