Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
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Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
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2. Washington
3. Utah
Without looking, can anyone guess #1?
2. Washington
3. Utah
Without looking, can anyone guess #1?
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
GrantDuck wrote:1.
2. Washington
3. Utah
Without looking, can anyone guess #1?
im going with the ducks
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GrantDuck wrote:1.
2. Washington
3. Utah
Without looking, can anyone guess #1?
im going with the ducks
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
WSU?
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
Pretty sure the Ducks arent even close. I think it is the Huskies in both Conference and All games, even though thats not the answer you're looking for.
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I cheated and peeked. Surprising answer.
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Arizona State?
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
I hated this stat when we had the bend-don't-break because while 5 yards allowed per play is considered good, we were literally giving 5 yards up each play. It seemed like we could NEVER get a 3 and out.
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
Yards per play can be a misleading stat. Points per possession is the best single metric for measuring a team's defensive and offensive output. It was a hard to find stat for a long time, but cfbanalytics.com has it available. That being said, looking at a variety of stats will paint a better picture of a team than any single stat will.DuckMastaFunk wrote:I hated this stat when we had the bend-don't-break because while 5 yards allowed per play is considered good, we were literally giving 5 yards up each play. It seemed like we could NEVER get a 3 and out.
Oregon is at 2.7 pts per offensive possession, which ranks #22 in the country. Oregon gives up 1.96 pts per possession, which is somewhere in the middle tiers, but the website is kinda bad and doesn't have rank numbers (or I can't figure out how to display them) and I'm not counting that far. Oregon State gives up 3.47 pts per possession, which is second to last. By contrast, Alabama's offense is #2 and their defense is #4.
cfbanalytics also has data on the percentage of drives resulting in touchdowns, which George Wrighster has talked about on his podcast and youtube/twitter show, and is how I heard about the site in the first place.
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
You got it!greenyellow wrote:Cal
No surprise our informed moderator gets it.
I had to double check this myself..and over the 2nd half of conference, they were lights out on defense.
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Ehh, yes and no. Points per possession doesn't factor in field position, opponents missing FG's, or random bad unforced turnovers.wepto wrote:Yards per play can be a misleading stat. Points per possession is the best single metric for measuring a team's defensive and offensive output. It was a hard to find stat for a long time, but cfbanalytics.com has it available. That being said, looking at a variety of stats will paint a better picture of a team than any single stat will.DuckMastaFunk wrote:I hated this stat when we had the bend-don't-break because while 5 yards allowed per play is considered good, we were literally giving 5 yards up each play. It seemed like we could NEVER get a 3 and out.
Oregon is at 2.7 pts per offensive possession, which ranks #22 in the country. Oregon gives up 1.96 pts per possession, which is somewhere in the middle tiers, but the website is kinda bad and doesn't have rank numbers (or I can't figure out how to display them) and I'm not counting that far. Oregon State gives up 3.47 pts per possession, which is second to last. By contrast, Alabama's offense is #2 and their defense is #4.
cfbanalytics also has data on the percentage of drives resulting in touchdowns, which George Wrighster has talked about on his podcast and youtube/twitter show, and is how I heard about the site in the first place.
Yards per play allowed is a much more pure representation of what the defense itself is doing, independently. Of course, it has its flaws too, as you point out, including that it's not going to measure a good RZ defense or a defense that creates a lot of turnovers.
I would take either one over traditional stats like "total yards".
FWIW Pac-12 top 3 on points per possession defense are the same, although the order is UW, Utah, Cal.
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Re: Top 3 defenses in yards per play allowed (Pac-12)
Preach it, brother. The YPP allowed stat is assuredly imperfect, but much better than the standard "total yards" stat. I have at different times also mentioned the https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/fei website for "advanced" analytics. I don't know how it compares to the cfbanalytics.com site mentioned above.GrantDuck wrote: Yards per play allowed is a much more pure representation of what the defense itself is doing, independently. Of course, it has its flaws too, as you point out, including that it's not going to measure a good RZ defense or a defense that creates a lot of turnovers.
I would take either one over traditional stats like "total yards".