OT: Amazing Stat of the Week

[NJCat]

Wake Forest scored 70 on Army.

Wake Forest's time of possession?

17:17.

Let that sink in.....Deacons had the ball for less than 18 minutes and scored 63 offensive points.

OTOH, the Deacs used the Greg Colby defense to give up 56.......

 

[CSCatFan1]

Wake Forest scored 70 on Army.

Wake Forest's time of possession?

17:17.

Let that sink in.....Deacons had the ball for less than 18 minutes and scored 63 offensive points.

OTOH, the Deacs used the Greg Colby defense to give up 56.......

 

[docrugby1]

The Army game years ago really soured me on McCall. Despite limited TOP , NU still had a chance to win the game on its final possession. 3rd and 5 with Siemian at QB, he calls a run up the middle for no gain and leaves it up to 4th down instead of using 2 passing downs with a future pro QB

 

[NUCat320]

Wake had two scoring drives of 3 minutes — everything else was quicker. Awesome.



Time of Possession is this relic of ancient football that became irrelevant about 25 years ago, right around the same time that coaches like Randy Walker began incorporating no-huddle elements and Bob Stoops brought Oklahoma football back from the dead.

I personally believe that third downs conversions*, turnovers, and 20+ yard plays (formerly ‘explosion’, now ‘chunk’) tell the story.


(*third downs — really : ( total 3rd + total 4th converted ) / ( total 3rd attempted)

Basically — if you miss 3rd but get 4th, it should be considered 100% successful, not 50% successful)

There’s definitely a part of Fitz that believes in ToP as relevant, but he believes in third down above all.