Auburn most disciplined SEC team in 2016

[abw0004 10,104]

Auburn proved to be the most disciplined team in the league, having only 4.7 penalties called a game against the team (That was 2.1 penalties fewer called per game than Florida).  Auburn also had the least amount of total penalty yardage, despite not having the crown for least amount of flags thrown.

Here’s the complete breakdown of the flags called in the SEC in 2016:

Rank	Team	G	Pen	Pen. Yds	Pen/G	Yds/G
1	Florida	13	88	758	6.8	58.3
2	Alabama	15	86	660	5.7	44
3	Texas A&M	13	81	685	6.2	52.7
4	Missouri	12	80	685	6.7	57.1
5	Tennessee	13	80	735	6.2	56.5
6	Arkansas	13	80	680	6.2	52.3
7	Georgia	13	74	547	5.7	42.1
8	Mississippi State	13	68	617	5.2	47.5
9	Vanderbilt	13	67	575	5.2	44.2
10	Kentucky	13	66	605	5.1	46.5
11	South Carolina	13	65	606	5.0	46.6
12	Auburn	13	61	475	4.7	36.5
13	Ole Miss	12	59	520	4.9	43.3
14	LSU	12	58	492	4.8	41

[Beaker 2,457]

Surprising the pen/game were so close.  Wow.  Glad we are playing disciplined ball.

[Tiger 8,817]

This is a big thing that Gus got cleaned up and he deserves credit for it. The first 2 years it seemed like there was at least one critical 3rd down per game when we were on defense where we would hit a guy late out of bounds giving the opponent a free 15 yards and first down

[oracle79 3,569]

That is a good sign.  +1 for Gus.  I really wish they could break those out by "mental mistake" penalties vs. performance penalties.  Probably too subjective though.

[WDE_OxPx_2010 5,287]

1 hour ago, oracle79 said:

That is a good sign.  +1 for Gus.  I really wish they could break those out by "mental mistake" penalties vs. performance penalties.  Probably too subjective though.

Agreed. Although some are obviously mental breakdowns 

[McLoofus 35,182]

Good stuff. Thanks for posting this.

Particularly awesome that this coincides with such drastic improvement and physicality on defense. 

[meh130 1,043]

If the "missed" holding and targeting penalties UAT committed were called, Bama would have easily been #1.

And if Carl Lawson had done a better job of avoiding the lining up offsides, we would have done even better.

[lionheartkc 6,150]

5 hours ago, Tiger said:

This is a big thing that Gus got cleaned up and he deserves credit for it. The first 2 years it seemed like there was at least one critical 3rd down per game when we were on defense where we would hit a guy late out of bounds giving the opponent a free 15 yards and first down

I give Steele some credit, too. Muschamp had the boys playing on the edge which cost us a few times, Steele maintained the level of intensity but brought discipline. 

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

Might alter the thread title to "most self-disciplined"

seems, by these measures, to be least punished

 

Neat and revealing stats

[AUpreacherman22 3,876]

Gus haters, its time to spin this in 1...2...3...

[keesler 5,923]

20 hours ago, oracle79 said:

That is a good sign.  +1 for Gus.  I really wish they could break those out by "mental mistake" penalties vs. performance penalties.  Probably too subjective though.

Indeed +1 to the coaching staff for cleaning things up.  Kudo's to Steele and his staff for putting a very good and very disciplined D on the field.

[Strychnine 1,802]

17 hours ago, lionheartkc said:

I give Steele some credit, too. Muschamp had the boys playing on the edge which cost us a few times, Steele maintained the level of intensity but brought discipline. 

 

I excused Muschamp for it, as it ultimately paid off (defensively at least).  That intensity probably went a long way toward changing the defensive culture.  Steele refined it further, and has turned out to be a solid hire thus far.  All teams will have penalties, but I think our "shooting yourself in the foot" penalties have decreased overall.

[aucanucktiger 1,789]

Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties. 

IMHO

[Tiger 8,817]

4 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties. 

IMHO

I get what you're saying and agree to a certain degree. But when you're putting up huge numbers of points consistently like those UF teams your margin for error/penalties grows and you can absorb those penalty yards much better. We have not had an offense even close in the past 2 years that could do that minus maybe the 3 game stretch of Miss State-Arky-Ole Miss this past season.

[oracle79 3,569]

24 minutes ago, aucanucktiger said:

Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties. 

IMHO

Like Miami vs Texas 91 Cotton Bowl?  Miami 16 penalties for 202 yards.  Mostly unnecessary  roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct.  Total beat down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLUvVR3CR0

Youtube wouldn't allow it to embed.

[atl-tiger 655]

On 2/15/2017 at 5:41 PM, meh130 said:

If the "missed" holding and targeting penalties UAT committed were called, Bama would have easily been #1.

And if Carl Lawson had done a better job of avoiding the lining up offsides, we would have done even better.

Drove me crazy, refs missed a bunch too.