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Message: [QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 2858459, member: 720"] There's gotta be some kind of formula that combines plays per game, yards per play and time of possession to determine a true tempo rating. As you mentioned, both Bama and Oklahoma have big plays and score quickly. In fact, Bama led the country in plays gaining over 10 yards (293). They were 3rd in 20+ yard plays (101), 5th in 30+ yard plays (47), 3rd in 40+ yard plays (32) and 2nd in 50+ yard plays (20). [URL="http://www.cfbstats.com/2018/leader/national/team/offense/split01/category30/sort01.html"]cfbstats.com - 2018 National Team Leaders[/URL] Combine this with the fact that according to this metric, Alabama was 12th in the country in average field position. So they led the country in 10+ yard plays and were 12th in the country in average field position. It's no wonder they didn't need to run as many plays per game as other higher-tempo teams. [URL]https://www.cfbanalytics.com/2018-field-position[/URL] [/QUOTE]