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Disruption Percentage: The Saga Continues
OR "Statistics That Will Help Bring You Down from the Post-Bowl-Game-Clinching-Win High" Premise: Boiled down to its basics, playing offense successfully in the sport of football is pretty simple: G...
Getting Disruptive, Part Deux
Time to revisit something KJ first investigated a couple weeks ago: the rate at which Michigan State's defense disrupts the opposing offense's rhythm. To briefly review: The goal of any footbal...
Preseason Musings: Depth
Depth ratio, as formulated last June: Depth Ratio = (minutes played by top two players) / (minutes played by 8th and 9th players) This ratio allows us to compare a single number across different team...
Getting Disruptive
Boiled down to its basics, playing offense successfully in the sport of football is pretty simple: Gain 10 yards in 3 tries. Repeat until you reach the the end zone. (We'll skip the "does punting re...
In the case of Lucas v. Harris
So the other day our favorite Wolverine blogger interviewed our favorite college basketball analyst. All in all, it was a great read, with the sort of incisive wonkery we've all come to expect/l...
Mining the Box Score: Northwestern Edition
Here's to the linebackers. (Photo credit: MSU FB page.) MSU-NW box score is here. Up-to-date MSU season statistics are here. Up-to-date Big Ten statistical leaders are here. Bullet-...
First Down Stats vs. Illinois
Given the circumstances (#2 QB playing the full game; opponent in state of disarray), I'm not sure how much meaning these numbers have. But, hey, I've got an Excel file to keep up-to-date: 17 r...
The Nashville Predators are bound to start scoring, right?
Over the course of an entire NHL season, team-wide shooting and save percentages tend to converge around relatively narrow bands. For example, the hottest shooting team last season was the Pittsburgh ...
MSU's defensive tendencies during the Tom Izzo era
A couple weeks ago, I promised you some long-term analysis of MSU's defensive tempo-free numbers. (I'm sure you've been jumping out of bed every morning and running to the computer to see if thi...
First Down Stats vs. Michigan
Better late than never: 20 rushing attempts for 45 yards (2.3 yards/carry), 1 fumble (recovered by MSU). 6-9 on passing attempts for 53 yards (66.7% comp%, 5.9 yards/attempt), 1 sack for a loss of 8 ...
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