Was 2025 really an improvement over 2024?

[Blakejc]

In B10 play

	2024	2025
PPG	20.4 (13th)	22.7 (11th)
YPG	337 (11th)	315 (15th)
PPG allowed	24.2 (10th)	28.0 (12th)
YPG allowed	335 (8th)	349 (8th)

 

[gtlacey]

Riley’s three years stack up against Rhule’s three years.

Context is that which is scarce

 

[gtlacey]

In B10 play

	2024	2025
PPG	20.4 (13th)	22.7 (11th)
YPG	337 (11th)	315 (15th)
PPG allowed	24.2 (10th)	28.0 (12th)
YPG allowed	335 (8th)	349 (8th)

Thanks for putting this together! Watching the Cockeye and Penn St game, it was apparent how important Raiola was at giving our D a break by just avoiding 3 and outs and it shows in how much worse our D's stats were post Raiola injury.

2024	2025	2025 w/ Raiola	2025 w/out Raiola
20.4 (13th)	22.7 (11th)	25.00	18.00
337 (11th)	315 (15th)	293	326
24.2 (10th)	28.0 (12th)	25.67	32.67
335 (8th)	349 (8th)	334	380

 

[gtlacey]

Riley’s three years stack up against Rhule’s three years.

Riley inherited a team that had been top 30 the year before and managed within three years to field the worst team we've had in probably 50 years. Each year under Riley was worse than the year before.

Rhule inhereited a team that had been 70th the year before has improved each year (until Raiola got hurt).

To say Rhule and Riley are similar in their first three years is lazy surface-level analysis.

 

[GAHusker]

I think Rhule is the best used car salesman on the planet.

This guy sucks.

He also doesn’t do any of the shit he promises.

He always suggests his philosophy involves playing physically, running the ball, stopping the run, having stout lines etc., but then we go out and get bullied by most of the league, including PJ Fleck. And in the offseason we settled on Moore and George because we spent most of our war chest on WRs. lol

 

[herbsinator]

Yep and on the flip side, add Ek to last year’s team and they probably win 8 and then it’s clear the team as a whole did not get better.

Okay well Rhule did actually hire Ek. It’s not like Ek just forced his way on to the team. So I guess you could give some credit to Rhule for making the move?

 

[Irv]

Okay well Rhule did actually hire Ek. It’s not like Ek just forced his way on to the team. So I guess you could give some credit to Rhule for making the move?

Of course. The point is, that’s where any improvement actually happened, while the other phases stagnated/regressed.

Hopefully he takes to heart what can happen when you hire well.