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Best, Bears Add Consistency To Their Running Game
Jahvid Best has long been a highlight reel machine running the football, but one of the knocks on him has been a reputation for a lack of toughness. It was felt that, for all his speed, when you...
Game Log Positional Breakdown: RBs. A Database of Running Stats and Analysis.
It is no secret that Florida State plans to run the ball a lot this year. The offensive line under Rick Trickett is much better at run blocking than pass blocking. Also, keeping the other ...
It's the Rock M Nation Weekly Podcast!
That's right, it's already your favorite time of the week again--time for another RMN Weekly Podcast! In this edition, rptgwb and I discuss... The Matt Eberflus Era (it wasn't as bad as you w...
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, ...
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 menti...
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 t...
Beyond The Box Score: 'Big Play' Scoring, Texas 2007
There's been lots of chatter lately about Texas' lack of proven playmakers on offense: I discuss it in the annual, it's been a topic here at BON, the Barkers have been on it, etc. With Limas Sweed, Ja...
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 gam...
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 m...
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 ...
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