The Buckeyes faced a strong opponent in TCU and received their first real test of the season. Reading the box score, the two teams were pretty even statistically, except for one key area. The thing which jumps off the page was TCU’s three turnovers. But when we dig deeper, things were not as even as they seemed.
We have seen two full games of some offensive firepower. Granted both happened at the expense of two pretty bad football teams, but it was still impressive. In both outings we have seen an efficient offense with big play potential and it has put up seemingly video game-like numbers. Let’s take a look at the numbers…
NEWBrutus is a long-time poster on our Legacy Forum and each week he crunches some numbers and shares them on the forum. From time to time, we will bump these posts to the Front Page and share them with everyone. In this particular piece, NEWBrutus looks at who is getting the ball most for the Buckeyes and which position groups…
Certainly the thing that jumps off the page is Dobbins’ average per carry. He’s a special back. You can easily make an argument for why he should get the ball more. Your eyes tell you that too. But let’s look at J.T.’s numbers for a moment–taking sacks out of the equation. Barrett is an effective runner and more importantly an efficient runner.
The points allowed measure overshadows how good our defensive performance was on Saturday. Penn State had very limited success on offense. The Silver bullets did a masterful job on first and second down making it tough on the Lion offense. Of Penn State’s 15 third-down plays, 5 were 3rd and 4 or less. nine of Penn State’s third down…
Here is the Run/Pass Mix through the first half of the regular season. Please note: SACKS are included in the passing totals, as they are passing plays that went awry. Unfortunately there is no easy way to push quarterback scrambles for positive yards to the passing total without hand charting each play. This is all taken from the box scores and play-by-play data.
[Editor’s note: NEWBrutus is one of our long-time posters on the Legacy Forum who crunches numbers after every game and offers up various bits of data. This is one of those posts.] Let’s start with success rate. Successful plays are defined as a gain of 50% of the needed yards on first down, 70% of the needed yards on second and 100%…
