Are blowouts more common than ever?

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This is the weirdest year of college football ever. I have no idea which teams are the best.

Sparty sure thinks so...

Yes they are its college football and sometimes kids dont execute as expected.

A lot of parity in college football. There is no clear cut #1 team.

Honestly with the way Auburn played tonight it wouldn’t shock me to see them beat Alabama.

LOL at UGA gettin’ blown out.

No.

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I don't think there are more blowouts in the sport overall, and even if there is a modest statistical bump (no idea) this season I think it's just a year-by-year variation. BUT I have a hard time recalling a time when so many good, top ten-type teams have not only lost but been absolutely destroyed. We're part of this category, btw.

With teams past the run run pass era (except for us), offenses are just more potent. Back in the day if you won 24-10 it was a blowout.

Yes, cause the dumbass internet starts to panic if you pack in your offense when up by 4 TDs at halftime. If you were on the live blog during the third quarter, the Nancy's were everywhere. Never seen so many chicken- littles

Iowa scored 55 against OSU and only had 66 yards of offense against Wisconsin today. The changes in how teams perform from week to week are unbelievable.

No,absolutely not. 

I was just thinking there was more parity, with closer finishes.

Hell no! Oh wait, did you say blow outs?

Everytime I have Taco Bell

I have this nauseating feeling that Ohio state is going to be gifted a spot in the playoffs. Sick to my stomach. We better beat those fuckers.

But I think with a lot of teams running spread offenses now and often also with option elements, it's the kind of thing where if the other team can't stop it in the 1st quarter, they probably can't stop it in the 3rd or 4th either..so things add up.

Like you watch those spread offenses and it seems like some weeks the opposing D just has it figured out and really stuffs it. Then other weeks it just works and works and works and you get basketball point totals.

Only if you are using the wrong size diapers. We go pampers swaddlers and size up a bit earlier to try and avoid the blowouts

Offenses are more potent than ever so big point totals happen more often.

Top to bottom is about 60% hot garbage:

BIG10 EAST

Rutgers

Maryland

Indiana

BIG10 WEST

Purdue

Illinois

Minnesota

Nebraska

Iowa

 

So you are going to witness lots of blowouts.

I don't have time for in-depth statistical analysis, as I sit here waiting for the holiday performance to start, but it does seem as though, even by college football chaos standards, there has been more inconsistency than usual this year. Hopefully that bodes well for us the next two weeks!

Modern hyper-spread, read-option offenses are the main cause. Many teams treat defense as optional but when a team can't run with an athletic offense that is stretching them in every direction, you get a blowout. Further, even if a team can run with you the defensive gameplan has to be sound and executed. Bad gameplan? Bad execution? Blowout. Very few teams do both well, offense and defense. Those that do have a low number by their name and even they are always at risk. Why? Modern offenses. Teams no longer line up with a FB, a TE or 2 and slam bodies into each other. That style alone often kept evenly talented teams in close games. It covered a lot of bad execution, etc on defense. Today's space eating offenses do not spare the poor gameplan/execution.

Has a vast majority of games within one score at the end. Yet the college game is so much more compelling

If that is true, I think it is probably a combination of things to be observed.

Tempo offenses, which make possessions- good and bad- shorter, and therefore more possession per game, and more exhaustion overtaking losing defensive units.

More blitz/man high risk/reward defenses which means more big plays.

There seems to be more volatility in the performance of QBs these days:
Improved passing skills (among many QBs) and catching by receivers means when a QB is on and a defense is worn down, they can be shredded.

Players are starting and leaving earlier- younger players tend to be more emotional and affected by momentum.

Better technology and enlarged coaching staffs can mean that any mismatches are exploited more mercilessly.

Can't rule out rule changes, which nearly always favor the offense having an effect, too.