New Mexico 2024 Rushing TD’s: 37, Utah: 7

I’m not on the negative or positive boat in this hire, I’m in the learning, and let’s see who this guy is boat.

So, thanks everyone for posting all these stats.

So, did you look up all the defenses WASSU and TXSU played? Or were you not liking any of these OCs?

When I check stats, I usually remove the team in question (New Mexico) from the yearly stats and then compare that game to see see if they performed better or worse. For the below I’m calling within +/- 40 yards and +/- 3 points as equal to the opponent’s standard.

Opponent, Opponent AvPPG, Opponent AvYPG, NM score, NM yards:

Arizona: 31.09, 407.82, 39, 471 = better
Auburn: 21.55, 320.09, 19, 448 = better yards, even points
Fresno: 24.91, 343.27, 21, 485 = better yards, close on points
New Mexico State: 35.00, 434.82, 50, 579 = better
Air Force: 20.64, 333.55, 52, 434 = better
Utah State: 36.64, 462.64, 50, 552 = better
Colorado State: 26.00, 389.00, 6, 453 = better yards, worse points
Wyoming: 26.82, 395.55, 45, 576 = better
San Diego State: 30.36, 416.45, 21, 475 = better yards, worse points
WSU: 27.18, 419.45, 38, 534 = better
Hawaii: 25.64, 367.45, 30, 481 = better yards, close on points

I’m not endorsing Beck but the numbers state unequivocally that New Mexico performed better across the board against their opponents average yards allowed and 64% of the time New Mexico scored more that their opponents average. Small sample & single season caveats apply.

The question I would have which can’t be explained through stats is the disconnect between New Mexico’s yardage ranking (#4) and their points per game (#28). From what I posted on another thread, their red zone scoring was in the top 10 although they ended up kicking FG’s 25% of the time. It’s not great to kick that many red zone FG’s but points are better than failures (cough *Utah* cough). I see two defensive TD’s and a Punt Return TD so if anything, I would expect their scoring to be at least equivalent instead of depressed. Does this point to a team that moves the ball great between the 20’s but has a tendency to stall out as the field shortens?

I’ve got nothing better to do this morning so I’ll do a deep dive on New Mexico’s game logs and see if I can answer my own question on a new thread.

I do not think anyone is disputing that New Mexico played weaker competition than P4 conferences. But all four of the OCs that were being considered (Washington State, Texas State, UNLV, and New Mexico) are all at that same lower level (New Mexico was essentially in the same conference as Washington State and UNLV). So the critique would apply equally to all four OCs. If you think all four should have been dismissed for an OC at the P4 level, that is fine, but I think most everyone is comparing apples to apples here.

Yeah, playing with the offensive recruits is definitely something to consider, what he did with the talent available at NM.