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2008, By The Numbers, Part 5

You know, sometimes it’s fun to just play with the numbers from last year and try to make comparisons, whether it be between teams or between conferences. You can learn a lot that way… or you can confuse the hell out of yourself and your readers. There’s always a risk to everything, isn’t there? Today, [...]

By The Numbers, Part 4

So far we’ve looked at quite a few stats in our “By The Numbers” columns. We’ve covered stat rankings, mismatched schedules in terms of rankings, and one cupcake conference. Today I think we’ll discuss some statistics about scoring. It’s no secret that some of the elite teams this year had some pretty high scoring offenses. [...]

2008, By The Numbers Part 3

Welcome back to the Stat Department at OTP. Last week we discussed 20 teams that were grossly mismatched against all their opponents, whether it be for the better (Boise State) or the worse (Washington). Today, let’s take a step back and look at a larger chunk of teams. I promised that we would let some [...]

2008, By The Numbers Part 2 Revisited

The numbers are in, and we have finally had a chance to review some fairly interesting things from the 2008 season. A few weeks back, I took you through the top 25 most statistically balanced teams. What we found was quite expected in some cases, but in others the results were a little more surprising [...]

2008, By The Numbers Part 2

The numbers are in, and we have finally had a chance to review some fairly interesting things from the 2008 season. A few weeks back, I took you through the top 25 most statistically balanced teams. What we found was quite expected in some cases, but in others the results were a little more surprising [...]

2008 – By the Numbers

Numbers don’t lie. They can deceive, but they sure as hell don’t lie. We started a project a few weeks ago to analyze all 119 FBS teams’ performances. What we found was both expected and, frankly, surprising in some cases. We checked and rechecked the work, and we’ve finally come up with the most statistically [...]

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