The traditional stats such as passing yards and rushing attempts don't mean what they used to in the game of football. God forbid someone starts telling you how important time of possession is to winning. Never sleep on yards per play, though. It's one of my favorite old-school indicators of quality football, even without adjusting [...]
Over the course of a season not many traditional stats remain relevant these days. One exception to this would be yards per play differential, a simple yet fairly effective metric on a macro-level. Consider this the antithesis to Michael Bryan's in-depth advanced preview from earlier this week. Over two years ago in the nascent days [...]
What if I told you not to worry so much about the Brian VanGorder defense and its impact on the upcoming season, or even the future of Notre Dame football? You'd think I was crazy, right? Well, I'm going to use Yards Per Play (YPP) metrics to explain why there might be more pressure on [...]
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