So the interview with Coach Tort at the end of the SRU game, by GregD has caused alot of discussion.
If you listen, and I heard it again this morning, it is not an excuse, as the Coach says both teams are to balme to some degree, but he pointed to the comparison of our teams to other conferences. So I looked at the national stats.
SRU is # 2 most yds penalized with 112 per game
LHU 107 /game # 5
Seton Hill 99.2 #8
Clarion 92.7 # 15
Shep 92.17 #17
IUP 90.5 #19
The least penalized PSAC school is Bool at 55.3 - which is 45th least penalized in the nation.
So, it seems like the PSAC is high, but not outrageously high compared to other conferences. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/d2/current/team/698
The other issue would be the types of penalties called. I'm thinking LHU and Seton Hill may have alot more procedure type penalties, while SRU and IUP have tons of personal fouls, so the timing of these judgement calls can have an impact on the game - 9 first downs by penalty in the IUP/SRU game.
So what does everyone think, we complain alot about officials, but is the PSAC worse than others ? Maybe the PSAC west, since they seem to be higher than the East ? A few specific crews out west here ? ?
If you listen, and I heard it again this morning, it is not an excuse, as the Coach says both teams are to balme to some degree, but he pointed to the comparison of our teams to other conferences. So I looked at the national stats.
SRU is # 2 most yds penalized with 112 per game
LHU 107 /game # 5
Seton Hill 99.2 #8
Clarion 92.7 # 15
Shep 92.17 #17
IUP 90.5 #19
The least penalized PSAC school is Bool at 55.3 - which is 45th least penalized in the nation.
So, it seems like the PSAC is high, but not outrageously high compared to other conferences. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/d2/current/team/698
The other issue would be the types of penalties called. I'm thinking LHU and Seton Hill may have alot more procedure type penalties, while SRU and IUP have tons of personal fouls, so the timing of these judgement calls can have an impact on the game - 9 first downs by penalty in the IUP/SRU game.
So what does everyone think, we complain alot about officials, but is the PSAC worse than others ? Maybe the PSAC west, since they seem to be higher than the East ? A few specific crews out west here ? ?
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