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Is the 2009 Boise State football team battle-tested? Survey says ...

A chief concern of Boise State Bronco fans is and always will be the unerring sucktitude of the WAC. Conference pushovers cost BSU more national respect than anyone will ever know, and blowout after ...

A Statistical Look at Drafting QBs: LCF Reduxe

Back in October, I introduced the Lewin Career Forecast (LCF) to Niners Nation (NN). To put it mildly, the post stirred up some lively debate, and signaled the beginning of a still-raging internecine ...

Penn State - Indiana Stat Comparison

   Advantage Rush Offense (yd/game) 221.7 (12) 175.9 (53) Rush Defense (yd/game) Pass Offense (yd/game) 221.0 (53) 238.9 (91) Pass Defense (yd/...

A Statistical Look at Drafting QBs: Who Should the 49ers Take?

Thanks to mikev, Fooch's post about Hill being named the starter turned Niners Nation into Niners Draft Day War Room. mikev's question was, "So who are the top QBs coming out of college this year?" No...

Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Baylor Bears - Big 12 Stats Rankings

Granted these statistics are about three games, but after the jump are Nebraska’s and Baylor’s ranking in Big 12 statistical categories. I was looking around, wondering what Baylor does we...

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...

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...


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