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Haven't actually sat down and analyzed yet, but I would ask you guys where is he getting his yards? From memory isn't he getting more outside sweep-like stuff, where Trey and JC are being asked to go up the middle? Maybe the type of yards are tilting the numbers. Or I could be wrong.
Looks a lot like Ryan Williams....wearing that 34 doesn't hurt either!
McMillian looks like the best running back so far. Has the most explosive play threat on the roster IMO. I haven't paid particular attention to his blocking. Anyone who has, is he serviceable?
I agree, based on his play so far he seems to have all the tools to be the #1 back very shortly. I have not had a good chance to see him picking up blitz's/blocking. But he seems to have good hands catching balls out of the backfield.
That's an industrial sized tenderizer, too. Never seen one that size. Meat that size I'd still be shootin'!
Anyone else catch that suit Tyrod sported in the postgame interview? He's certainly picked up some style.
Tyrod did it, and gave a classy interview afterward. Great game, wish I could have seen more than the highlights, but they were prettty much all Tyrod.
TB is probably wishing they drafted Mariota right now.
Lawson showed that he is not ready to be the guy. I do wish Beamer had let Durkin throw the ball as well. I hope he does on Saturday against Purdue.
Only if it was the playoffs. The non-playoffs NYD bowls don't really mean as much as they used to.
Nailed it.
TOP doesn't necessarily mean anything. We controlled TOP against Ohio State for most of the game. Furman controlled it against us until the fourth quarter.
Remember how we thought he was second team?
Yeah, I agree. I think that's why it is a continuing discussion.
nicely done there!
If eleven straight hasn't changed their mind, their recruiting isn't influenced by VT vs UVA.
In Utah? Who knew
Will it be as funny when Notre Dame takes VTs post season spot this year?
Really, really nice work. I'm thinking plays per game coupled with plays per drive and yards per play would be a great replacement for TOP. Straight plays per game might favor a team like Georgia Tech, that's designed to consistently get 4 yards per play. Meanwhile, teams that get bigger chunks of yards per play might have fewer plays per game just by virtue of it taking fewer plays to get to the end zone.
I'll include plays per game, plays per drive and yards per play going forward. Thanks again for your input!
Absolutely. That did not occur to me.
They're AFC teams. The jets and bills will always play on CBS unless they host an NFC team. Or they play a primetime game
As far as sacks allowed, wouldn't including hurries/pressures be a better metric?
All football statisticians include defensive scores in the scoring offense stat. It's actually one of the reasons I don't like scoring offense as a stat.
I never knew this, and I'm kind of disappointed in ESPN for this.
I'm worried sacks allowed might draw false parallels since Motley has better escape ability than Brewer, but I'll ponder that further.
This is true, I just though that this is the best way to track progress of the offensive line.
Turnovers are more a function of an individual player than the scheme, IMO.
Also very true.
We'll run more with Motley than Brewer, so run:pass ratio might draw some misleading comparisons.
Also true, but I'm thinking that even if Brewer is healthy, we typically put Motley in for at least 2-4 snaps/game, so the number of runs may be relatively similar?
The one you suggested that threw me is plays per game.
There's a couple reasons behind this:
- I feel like in today's game, plays/game (offensive snaps/game is what I intended to say) is the "new TOP". The opposing defense may only be on the field for 25 minutes, but if we're snapping the ball 60 times in those 25 minutes, it could potentially be more effective than 50 snaps in 30 minutes.
- The second is that our O seems to play better with a faster tempo. I'm curious to see if there's any positive corilation between offensive snaps/game and other statistics (scoring O, ypg, 3rd down conversion rate, etc.)
Anyways, I like the idea of tracking progress through the season. Will be interested to see how this goes.
Keep in mind that 10.3 ypc average is really skewed by one run of 63 yards. Take that out and his average is still solid, though, at 5.5 ypc. All told, I think he has shown the ability to break the big run, which is something we've been missing for a while. A home run threat on the ground opens up a lot in terms of play-action, which is especially important with playmakers we have on the outside like Hodges and Ford.