ESPN’s stats on YBC go back to 2011 for Power 5 teams. In that span, only 1 other team has ever had less than 200 in a season on 1st & 2nd down vs FBS - the god awful 2014 Wake Forest unit. It had 111 — or 55x as many as FSU did last year.— That's so David (@ADavidHaleJoint) August 14, 2019
FSU had 253 designed runs vs FBS on 1st and 2nd down. They miraculously averaged 3.36/carry but 848 of their 850 yards came after contact. I literally refreshed my browser and looked again because I figured that couldn’t be right. It might be the craziest stat I’ve ever seen.— That's so David (@ADavidHaleJoint) August 14, 2019
https://247sports.com/college/florida-state/Board/36/Contents/Crazy-stat-on-last-years-O-line-134445415/
2 yards before contact doesn't sound so bad... until I realized that was not an average, that's a total for a whole season! No wonder the Noles had a losing season!!!
ReplyDeleteYup. FSU's OL issues were/are very real. Will be better this year, but much improvement needed.
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