Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 1609109, member: 78"]
I took every team over the last 5 years and found the biggest year to year improvement in yards per play for each program.

We were at 5.1 yards per play this year.  20% improvement is 6.12 (43 teams have done that at some point in the last 5 years).  25% = 6.4 (28 teams). 30% = 6.6 (18 teams).  35% = 6.9 (8 teams)

Let's go with 30% improvement in yards per play.  If we still only run 62.6 plays per game (no way), that gets us to 413 yards per game.  We had 320 yards per game.

If we get 15% more plays (conservative - faster pace + more first down conversions), that's 475 yards per game.

This is not outrageous.  This team was young and at times they were explosive.  Young talent + much faster pace + best system in the country.  It sounds crazy to go from 320 to 475 but when you break into yards per play and number of plays, it's not nuts.  18 teams have improved that much per play at some point the last 5 years.  and i think a 15% increase in plays per game is not crazy either.

that gets us right back to 2012 with probably better scoring (2012 was unusual for it's gap between points and yards rankings)
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?