October 17, 2010

Passing Your Way to Victory?

The conventional wisdom in college football today is that if you are not a pass oriented offense, you will struggle to win, attract recruits, excite fans, etc., et.c, etc.


Maybe we should take Sherlock Holmes' advice of not theorizing before we have the data (from Coach Wyatt's blog)



(1) Halfway through this season, in the list of the top 25 major college rushing teams (yards per game), there is not one with a losing record; you have to go clear to number 28  before finding one (Wake Forest, at 2-4).


(2) Among the top major college passing teams, however, there are three teams in the top 25 with losing records: Duke at 15, Central Michigan at 18 and Arkansas State at 24.


(3) The Top 10 rushing teams have an overall record of 50-8 (.862) ; the Top 10 passing teams are 35-15 (.700)


(4) The Top 25 rushing teams are 116-30 overall (.795) ; the Top 25 passing teams are 83-48 (.633)

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