***TEAM STATS/RANKINGS - through 10/31***

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Total Team Stats - including national ranking as of games 10/31/09 – the number in parenthesis is the ranking improvement/decline from the previous week (+ is improvement, - is worse). As always, if you see any errors please let me know in this thread or via PM and I’ll make any necessary edits. All stats from http://www.cfbstats.com/.

OFFENSE
Scoring Offense ---------23 ppg - #88 (+13) **** 2008 – 23 ppg - #83
Rushing Offense --------104 ypg - #103 (+2) **** 2008 – 103 ypg - #105
Passing Offense ---------212 ypg - #66 (+23) **** 2008 – 219 ypg - #55
Total Offense ------------316 ypg - #101 (+10) **** 2008 – 322 ypg - #91
3rd Down Conversions -----38% - #93 (-3) **** 2008 – 34% - #96
Time of Possession -----28 mpg - #105 (+9) **** 2008 – 30 mpg - #65

DEFENSE
Scoring Defense-----------26 ppg - #75 (-5) **** 2008 – 25 ppg - #61
Rushing Defense ----------172 ypg - #89 (+7) **** 2008 – 143 ypg - #68
Passing Defense -----------230 ypg - #78 (-2) **** 2008 – 240 ypg - #94
Total Defense --------------402 ypg - #92 (-3) **** 2008 – 384 ypg - #81
3rd down conv allowed – 50% - #115 (na) **** 2008 – 39% - #61

MISC
Penalty Yardage -------63 ypg - #86 (-41) **** 2008 – 54 ypg - #76


BIG TEN CONFERENCE (including conference games only)

OFFENSE
Scoring Offense ------25 ppg - #7 **** 2008 - 17 ppg - #10
Rushing Offense ------113 ypg - #9 **** 2008 – 78 ypg - #11
Passing Offense ------202 ypg - #7 **** 2008 – 204 ypg - #6
Total Offense ---------315 ypg - #10 **** 2008 – 282 ypg - #11
Time of Possession ---28 mpg - #9 **** 2008 – 29 mpg - #7

DEFENSE
Scoring Defense -----28 ppg - #8 **** 2008 – 26 ppg - #8
Rushing Defense ----172 ypg - #9 **** 2008 – 165 ypg -#8
Passing Defense -----255 ypg - #10 **** 2008 – 225 ypg - #9
Total Defense --------427 ypg - #9 **** 2008 – 390 ypg - #9

MISC
Penalties -------67 ypg - #11 **** 2008 – 57 ypg - #10
 



Last year two of the three best teams in the Big Ten were off our schedule: Penn State and Michigan State. This year, two of the three worst teams are off our schedule: Indiana Michigan.

Northern Illinois and FAU have been replaced by California and Air Force. A MAC road game was replaced by a BCS road game. Montana State (7-5) is replaced by a SDSU, who will compete to win the FCS National Championship, and already has 7 wins.

If the scedules are too different to be of any use in comparision how can we compare the statistical rankings?
 

Goldmember said:
Last year two of the three best teams in the Big Ten were off our schedule: Penn State and Michigan State. This year, two of the three worst teams are off our schedule: Indiana Michigan.

Northern Illinois and FAU have been replaced by California and Air Force. A MAC opponent was replaced by a Big East team. Montana State (7-5) is replaced by a SDSU, who will compete to win the FCS National Championship, and already has 7 wins.

If the scedules are too different to be of any use in comparision how can we compare the statistical rankings?
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Excellent point... This is why overall the team is better than it was last year.
 



Handsome Pete said:
Heavily skewed because of 2 games.
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Or heavily skewed because of such a poor Gopher performance in those two games? (Isn't that the same kind of argument as saying a RBs ypc average is skewed by a couple of long runs? Of course it is! ;) ) It's one thing to say that PSU and OSU are better than the Gophers (they are) - but to dismiss the ytd stats because the Gophers far underperformed even our limited expectations for them in those two games? Seems awfully convenient.

Bottom line - I am posting these stats with no agenda - GHers will interpret them however they choose. That's my intent actually - to see what sort of discussion the stats will generate. Let's keep it up!
 

Bump for the Friday crowd - I always like to keep these kinds of stats in my head as I watch the game each week. It helps to have some sense of a baseline to work with when I look up at the scoreboard stats during the game.
 

Encouraging to see improvements re O stats...still the worst penalized team in the BT and I assume that's something the staff/team is working hard to overcome.

A loss due to more of what Brew calls "self-inflicted wounds"...what GHers call stupid mistakes...would be difficult for GN to swallow.
 




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