For you GLOV: Most Overrated Stat in Football...

[Custerdome]

"Remember, they get the ball FIRST in the second half..."

MEANINGLESS.

 

[marshall23]

fact

 

[LongJakk]

TOP is meaningless. # of plays is a useful stat.

 

[PSUQBKeeper]

that's not even a stat

 

[Ian]

Negative plays.... lost yds, sacks, penalties, turnovers, blocked kicks determines who loses. Minimize and you win. Pretty simple formula.

 

[91Joe95]

I thought it was the score.

 

[BBrown]

"Remember, they get the ball FIRST in the second half..."

MEANINGLESS.

That’s not a “stat”.

 

[Leo Ridens]

I posted this in the Strange Stat thread started by mrtailgate on Sunday evening, but because it is directly relevant to this thread, I'll copy it here.

I am doing this from fading memory, so the exact details may be wrong, but in 1994 the talking heads at halftime said something like this:
"Here is how statistics can sometimes be misleading. The time of possession at halftime of the Penn State - Northwestern game shows Northwestern leading with a time of possession of 24 minutes 43 seconds to Penn State's 5 minutes 17 seconds. The score at halftime is 38 -6...(long pause)...Penn State."

Update - here is a link that describes the game in some detail. That 1994 team was amazing:
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/sports/college-football-penn-state-defense-provides-offense.html

 

[Rollin Stone]

I posted this in the Strange Stat thread started by mrtailgate on Sunday evening, but because it is directly relevant to this thread, I'll copy it here.

I am doing this from fading memory, so the exact details may be wrong, but in 1994 the talking heads at halftime said something like this:
"Here is how statistics can sometimes be misleading. The time of possession at halftime of the Penn State - Northwestern game shows Northwestern leading with a time of possession of 24 minutes 43 seconds to Penn State's 5 minutes 17 seconds. The score at halftime is 38 -6...(long pause)...Penn State."

Update - here is a link that describes the game in some detail. That 1994 team was amazing:
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/sports/college-football-penn-state-defense-provides-offense.html

If I’m remembering correctly either for the year or at some point in that 1994. The PS Offense average scoring drive was like just over 2 minutes of possession time.

Kinda amazing.

 

[djr4rebs]

If I’m remembering correctly either for the year or at some point in that 1994. The PS Offense average scoring drive was like just over 2 minutes of possession time.

Kinda amazing.

Particularly because the Hurry Up / Tempo type of offense was still in it's early days and we were in no way running it. Just an entire offense, even the subs, that were all NFL quality who happened to be here at the time.

 

[ivan brunetti]

I like taking the ball to start the second half. Sort of like first playing D in OT.

 

[TheGLOV]

"Remember, they get the ball FIRST in the second half..."

MEANINGLESS.

One must also remember grasshopper: "No game, is ever won or last at half time!

TRUTH.

 

[TheGLOV]

If I’m remembering correctly either for the year or at some point in that 1994. The PS Offense average scoring drive was like just over 2 minutes of possession time.

Kinda amazing.

Correction sir.

On average, that offense scored 1:18 .

That was an ESPN/ABC sports fact that was talked about a ton back then.

One minute and eighteen seconds.

 

[bison13]

A lot of coaches like to defer to get it first in the second half for the idea of potentially doubling up on possessions. If you can get the last possession of the first half (both teams had equal possessions) you keep their offense off for a longer period of time and you can potentially have one more possession overall.

 

[nitlion6]

Particularly because the Hurry Up / Tempo type of offense was still in it's early days and we were in no way running it. Just an entire offense, even the subs, that were all NFL quality who happened to be here at the time.

Basically the last team Joe worked his ass off to recruit to Penn State as he prepared for Big10 play.

I really wish it had been a young Joe that had taken Penn State into Big10 play.