Nerd alert! The Bronco Institute of Football Facts and Figures (BIFFF) arrives
by Kevan Lee on Oct 20, 2009 8:37 AM PDT
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PrintBronco fans, I present to you the Bronco Institute of Football Facts and Figures (BIFFF). Want to know Titus Young's YAC? You got it. Need an update on Ryan Winterswyk QB hurries? It's in there. Curious how often Kellen Moore throws on first down and how successful those throws are? You came to the right place.
Those links above are your ticket to Boise State football stat nirvana. Take a look around. Use the glossary to define some new terms and stats. Burn a vacation day if you need to. I plan on using stats found in BIFFF for previews, reviews, and analysis for the rest of the season. Hopefully you all are okay with that. If there's a stat on there that you think is missing, leave a comment or send me an email, and I'll see what I can do.
A couple of quick observations before I leave you guys to some stat exploring:
Kellen Moore passing chart
| Deep Left 4-11, 135 yards 4 successes |
Deep Middle 0-2, 0 yards 0 successes |
Deep Right 3-10, 105 yards 3 successes |
| Middle Left 4-11, 71 yards 4 successes |
Middle Middle 14-19, 262 yards 14 successes |
Middle Right 10-14, 117 yards 8 successes |
| Short Left 47-53, 426 yards 29 successes |
Short Middle 4-7, 22 yards 3 successes |
Short Right 29-38, 266 yards 24 successes |
Note: Short =10 yards or less, Medium = 11-20 yards, Deep = 21 and over. Successes are determined by getting 50 percent of needed yards on first down, 75 percent on second down, and 100 percent on third or fourth down.
The stats support what our eyes tell us: Kellen Moore throws short a lot. His most popular target is short left, but I would love to see him throw up the middle more. That seems to be where he often finds the tight end or a receiver on a drag route.
Ryan Winterswyk's pass rush impact
How's this for some scary stats: Winterswyk has 5.5 sacks on the season, three QB hits, and FIFTEEN QB hurries. Say it with me: "Yikes."
The first quarter belongs to Jeremy Avery
Avery is the clear-cut starter and it shows. He has four times as many carries in the first quarter than any other back, despite his overall success rate not being as high as Harper pre-injury or Martin. Will Avery's first quarter carries change? We'll have to wait and see.
What interesting stats can you glean from this? What would you like to see that's not on there? Any corrections or fixes I need to make?
BIFFF will have its own home on OBNUG once I get around to creating it, so for now just hit up those Google Doc links for all the stat updates. Also, big thanks to MKingery for helping with play-by-play files and OBNUG's Nick for his assistance.
Go Broncos! Go math!
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Stats are just exciting.
Now what the h are swing points? Its under Team Stats.
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
Swing points ...
… are points scored on defense, special teams, or drives of <25 yards. Boise State’s been pretty good in that regard, huh?
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
Ahh, its all coming together now.
I was thinking those 47 swing points came from Blount decking Hout. This makes much more sense.
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
by BoiseState on Oct 20, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This can't be right...
Graham Watson said the other day that Winterswyk isn’t even close to his numbers from last year
Knowing Watson...
She might have forgot that with only half the games played the stats should be doubled to get a fair comparison to last year’s numbers.
BCS Evolution -- Punctuating the Equilibrium - twitter
by utesfan100 on Oct 20, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh man...
the last picture disappeared. It was of old man Biff, Oh well.
Catch me on the BroncoNation Podcast!
by OBNUG Intern on Oct 20, 2009 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
That's kind of who I had in mind
Younger Biff, though. Old Biff just creeps me out.
"I eat success for breakfast - with skim milk!" - Tony Perkis
Me likey
the Swedish version
"Gandhi didn't take a knee, Martin Luther King didn't take a knee, Thomas Edison didn't take a knee, and I sure as hell am not going to take a knee." - Dan Hawkins
Stats are great, but not everything
The “real” logic that BSU and Utah State should meet in the BCS title game. Instead of Florida vs. USC, try:
BOISE
Div I – FBS Boise St beat Oregon 19 – 8
Div I – FBS Oregon beat UCLA 24 – 10
Div I – FBS UCLA beat Tennessee 19 – 15
Div I – FBS Tennessee beat Georgia 45 – 19
Div I – FBS Georgia is better than Florida because Georgia beat Arkansas 52 – 41,
while Florida only beat Arkansas 23 – 20
Utah State
Div I – FBS Utah St. is better than UAB because Utah St only lost to Texas A&M 38 – 30
while UAB lost to Texas A&M 56 – 19
Div I – FBS UAB beat Southern Miss 30 – 17
Div I – FBS Southern Miss beat Virginia 37 – 34
Div I – FBS Virginia beat Maryland 20 – 9
Div I – FBS Maryland beat Clemson 24 – 21
Div I – FBS Clemson beat Wake Forest 38 – 3
Div I – FBS Wake Forest beat Stanford 24 – 17
Div I – FBS Stanford beat Washington 34 – 14
Div I – FBS Washington beat USC 16 – 13
Its simple, really.
P.S. This also works for West Texas A&M vs. Cal Poly in the title game. What a matchup!
Yay Logic!
Obviously you're not a golfer...
Nice work Kevan...
This turned out better than expected and I look forward to how it is mixed in to your game previews.
"...east and west is the problem, north and south the solution."
Lesson learned.
Don’t ever create a 3rd down!
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
I would like to see these stats
adjusted similar to the colley matrix adjustment for PCT.
BCS Evolution -- Punctuating the Equilibrium - twitter
Missing stat?
Moore to Moore completion. Why has this stat not happened yet?
I love the colors Orange and Blue. Go Broncos!!! Go Titans!!!
2/2
They each hit each other over the last biscuit at the dinner table. One with an elbow, the other put a fork in the others’ ankle.
"You know where i'm from, a little suspicion about one's true identity and motives is considered good manners."
-- Nale
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