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Truths, Whole Truths, and Advanced College Football Statistics: Bill Connelly Answers Questions About the Georgia Bulldogs
Bill Connelly writes for Football Outsiders, Rock M Nation, Football Study Hall, and SB Nation, and he and I have a lot in common. In addition to our shared association with the finest sports blogging network of them all, Bill and I both root for SEC teams that recently have dealt with embarrassing...
Is the 2009 Boise State football team battle-tested? Survey says ...
A chief concern of Boise State Bronco fans is and always will be the unerring sucktitude of the WAC. Conference pushovers cost BSU more national respect than anyone will ever know, and blowout after blowout fail miserably to prepare Boise State for games against bigger and better teams. At least,...
Penn State - Indiana Stat Comparison
Advantage Rush Offense (yd/game) 221.7 (12) 175.9 (53) Rush Defense (yd/game) Pass Offense (yd/game) 221.0 (53) 238.9 (91) Pass Defense (yd/game) QB Rating 141.7 (23) 140.6 (100) Opp. QB Rating Total Offense (yd/game) 442.7 (19) 414.8 (100) Total Defense (yd/game) Sacks...
Baylor Football: Beyond the Box Score 2007
By god, I'm putting the same energy into this as I have for the others. Or I'm at least going to try. Or try to try. Initial Stat Assault It's easy to pin Baylor down in a "bad offense, bad defense, bad everything" mold, and to some general degree you'd be somewhat correct in doing so,...
Beyond the Box Score: Win Correlations (Part Two)
So in yesterday's WinCorr conversation, I mentioned that while WinCorr could be (and was) used to look at the overall stats that are most directly connected to success on the field. I also mentioned that the measure could be used to create an individual 'footprint' for each team. To illustrate...
Beyond the Box Score: Win Correlations (Part One)
Gary Pinkel has always mentioned that playing defense is all about leverage. If two guys are pursuing a runner who is running toward the sideline, the job of the first guy isn't necessarily to tackle him, but to make him cut back toward the middle of the field to be tackled. (I'm horrifically...
Texas Football: Behind the Box Score 2007
Quick bitter impressions of Texas' 2007 season: Colt McCoy regressed, the secondary couldn't stop anybody, the LBs were slow, the offense leaned too much on Jamaal Charles, and Texas only won...10 games. Let's take a look at how 'bad' Texas really was last year and how much improvement they can...
Beyond the Box Score: Special Teams
So after yesterday's look at Turnovers, it's now time to establish point values for special teams. Leaving PATs out of it for now (it will obviously be easy to add them later), there are three major special teams category (and a fourth minor one): Field Goals, Punts, and Kickoffs (and then Free...
Beyond the Box Score: Turnovers
In most of my previous BTBS posts, I've acknowledged that the whole thought behind my EqPts measure (and therefore the PPP and S&P measures as well) is only one part of scoring points. It's the most important part, but there are other factors involved--namely Turnovers and Special Teams (and...
Oklahoma State Football: Beyond the Box Score 2007
2007 was a year of emergence and disappearance in Stillwater. The offense was supposed to dominate with Bobby Reid throwing to Adarius Bowman and handing off to Dontrell Savage, while a relatively young defense was supposed to struggle a bit. A few injuries, collapses and tirades later, Zac...
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