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[QUOTE="CIL, post: 1222642, member: 22"]
I agree with the yards = more points.  I don't think anyone would deny that.  However, I think your philosophy as to WHY teams rack up more yards is flawed.  4 WR, wide splits don't always mean more yards.  Ga Tech and Ga Southern run the veer out of the flexbone and are top 20.  Alabama and Wisconsin run an old school 22 and are top 20.  Michigan State and Boise State are "multiple" and are top 20.

It can work the opposite way too.  Oklahoma State and La Monroe are two historical air raid schools and they were abysmal this year.  Even Clemson's vaunted offense struggled this year.

At the end of the day, offensive production comes down to talent a coaching.  Chad Morris didn't get dumber overnight.  Clemson struggled because ether lost a ton of talent on the offensive side of the ball.  Baylor has a great scheme, but they also have a boatload of talent to go with it.

Our offenses have struggled lately because our talent level is marginal at best.  When was the last time we had a skill player drafted in the first 2 rounds? It's been since McNabb!

As for your analysis up above, help me understand a few things.  Why would you only look at 1st Q rushes?  Why not 2nd Q and 3rd Q?  Are you talking Syracuse football 2014 or every NCAA football team 2014?  Your sample size may be really, really small there.

How negative a correlation are you talking there, -.01, -.8?  It could just be noise, right?  Did you look at the correlation between passing as well?  I'm really not trying to be combative here, I'm just trying to understand the math.

As for 2012, how many "bad" punting decisions did we make?  What defines a "bad" decision vs the peer group?  How many points is a good decision worth in the long run?
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