Sure, there are good reasons to be skeptical of Ole Miss’ new offensive coordinator, Phil Longo. His video game offenses have all been played on FCS mode and even then they’ve frozen against better defenses in the playoffs.
Still, the numbers put up by his balanced version of the Air Raid offense are staggering regardless of the competition. Like, averaged-547-yards-and-49.5-points-per-game-in-2016 staggering. Here are some more eye-popping stats from his last three seasons as offensive coordinator of Sam Houston State.
- Sam Houston State put up 22,243 yards—or more than 12.5 miles—of total offense over the past two seasons.