The defense has improved for three consecutive years, and
the offense regressed by only a bit last season * after improving the previous two years.
Last year,
the offense regressed more than I would have expected, but the defense surged.
You run under the assumption that Shurmur leaving means
their offense regresses.
But not only did
the offense regress through attrition last fall; the special teams unit also fell apart.
It will be interesting to see if the Broncos
offense regresses to the extent that oddsmakers are projecting.
Not exact matches
That tends to lead to regression, and Akron's
offense was already pretty...
regressed.
The defense improved just in time for the
offense to
regress by an equal amount.
The defense indeed
regressed, and the
offense only occasionally generated any sort of momentum.
Wilson
regressed without the benefit of Bobby Petrino running the
offense.
The
offense will absolutely
regress, but there's nothing saying the defense has to.
If they
regress to their all too frequent careless
offense and indifferent defense, they can also lose to the 7 seed.
Chad Morris has offensive pieces assembled in his third year, and if UCF's
offense improves more than its defense
regresses, Scott Frost's UCF could be East contenders.
While I suspect the pitching will
regress closer to the mean over the course of the season, I think the
offense will pick back up as well.