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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 7, 2008 18:30:45 GMT -6
Did a little research on the NCAA stat board. www.ncaa.org/stats/football/footballMenu.html I researched the top ten teams according to SI.. sorry OSU fans I got TCU stats by accident. Anyway, i was surprised to find that 9/10 teams actually had more rushing than pass attempts. I excluded yardage because of the different conferences. (a liitle easier in the Big 12 south than the SEC I would say) Comments??? Carries Pass attempts fla 501...... 299 ok 560...... 476 tx 479...... 389 al 535...... 304 usc 468...... 353 psu 482...... 346 utah 475...... 373 TT 303...... 604 boise 429...... 403 TCU 591...... 335 |
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Post by dc207 on Dec 7, 2008 18:41:35 GMT -6
To me it's not that surprising, because I believe in running the ball to win.
Against playoff teams, we faced two who we could run the ball against with great success, and surprise we won those games. During the game, we felt IN CONTROL, like we could not lose.
In four other games against playoff teams, we were hit-or-miss when it came to running the ball. Went 4-0 in those games, including a game where we COMMITTED to running the ball and ended up like 29-84 yards or something.
My point is, we are a spread team but we play our best against good teams when we are able to run the ball.
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Post by Yash on Dec 7, 2008 18:46:26 GMT -6
I don't find this suprising at all. I would actually assume that would be the case.
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Post by touchdowng on Dec 7, 2008 19:36:03 GMT -6
Not sure why this is surprising. If you went to the bottom feeders, you should find just the opposite.
When you are ahead by large margins - as your top 10 is - they are usually running the ball a large proportion of the time to keep the game clock running.
This would generally be the opposite of teams that find themselves behind a lot.
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Post by dubber on Dec 7, 2008 21:25:45 GMT -6
Not sure why this is surprising. If you went to the bottom feeders, you should find just the opposite. When you are ahead by large margins - as your top 10 is - they are usually running the ball a large proportion of the time to keep the game clock running. This would generally be the opposite of teams that find themselves behind a lot. Also, more talent = easier time running the football at that level. |
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Post by spos21ram on Dec 8, 2008 8:38:56 GMT -6
Not sure why this is surprising. If you went to the bottom feeders, you should find just the opposite. When you are ahead by large margins - as your top 10 is - they are usually running the ball a large proportion of the time to keep the game clock running. This would generally be the opposite of teams that find themselves behind a lot. Exactly....If you somehow had stats of the first halfs only then you might get a better reading |
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 8, 2008 10:05:01 GMT -6
Not sure why this is surprising. If you went to the bottom feeders, you should find just the opposite. When you are ahead by large margins - as your top 10 is - they are usually running the ball a large proportion of the time to keep the game clock running. This would generally be the opposite of teams that find themselves behind a lot. Exactly....If you somehow had stats of the first halfs only then you might get a better reading Good point here. I guess I was a little surprised because of all the talk we hear about spread offenses... air raid ... and other "named" offenses. I thought the stats would be closer to 50/50 |
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Post by touchdownmaker on Dec 8, 2008 10:32:02 GMT -6
Not sure why this is surprising. If you went to the bottom feeders, you should find just the opposite. When you are ahead by large margins - as your top 10 is - they are usually running the ball a large proportion of the time to keep the game clock running. This would generally be the opposite of teams that find themselves behind a lot. Also, more talent = easier time running the football at that level. More talent= easier time throwing and catching too I think. |
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Post by robinhood on Dec 8, 2008 12:18:09 GMT -6
When you have better players, more talent, than your opponents, it doesn't really matter whether you run or throw to advance the ball to the end zone. You will be successful.
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Post by dubber on Dec 8, 2008 16:29:53 GMT -6
Also, more talent = easier time running the football at that level. More talent= easier time throwing and catching too I think. maybe talent isn't the word I want to use. How about big and strong? Generally, you throw the ball to make for the fact you have a smaller, less powerful OL. Let's face it, the truly coveted recruits are the OL guys, because they make any play call good. Speedy kids are a dime a dozen. |
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Post by cqmiller on Dec 9, 2008 16:41:50 GMT -6
You should probably go find a way to look up stats in quarters 1-3 with a point margin of less than 14 points to get a "true" run/pass ratio of a team.
I am shocked that TTech ran it 300 times on the season. But I bet 200 of them were in 4th quarter after they scored 35 points through the air...
Hard to look at one stat and predict anything... unless it's turnover margin (and even then you get a team that makes 5 of them and somehow gets 2 critical ones at the end of the game to pull it out)
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Post by davecisar on Dec 10, 2008 6:21:44 GMT -6
T-TEch does run the ball.
Leach doesnt let off the gas on anyone. His 2nd team QBS come into the game throwing down to the last minute of the 4th quarter. Leach is loud about not taking his foot off the gas, has been all along. Hes taken timeouts with less than a minute and huge leads. Ive got no problem with it in college football, but the truth is as someone in Big 12 Country who has watched a lot of their games, they never let off the gas and run their offense right down to the last tick.
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