we have only improved 4% in first downs per play
but we've gone from 115th in first downs per game to 22nd.
this years count of plays run is already 80% of last year's total.
yes!I was reading one of the Roanoke Times articles from the VT perspective...it mentioned that our fourth down conversions (4 of 5) yielded an additional 24 offensive plays in total. A hidden stat that probably yielded huge dividends in that fourth quarter- the Tech players themselves admitted to being completely gassed. It's so refreshing to have a staff that understands the benefits of an aggressive approach.
yes!
we've gone for it 17 times this year, last year 15
7th in attempts this year, 99th last year
good point hahaAnd half of those were fake punts
True. I've been told that stats are for losers.Don't you know it doesn't matter.
I was reading one of the Roanoke Times articles from the VT perspective...it mentioned that our fourth down conversions (4 of 5) yielded an additional 24 offensive plays in total. A hidden stat that probably yielded huge dividends in that fourth quarter- the Tech players themselves admitted to being completely gassed. It's so refreshing to have a staff that understands the benefits of an aggressive approach.
You could see that with their (VT) poor of tackling in the 4th. Stricklands TD run looked like he was running through tackling dummies.
And I was screaming "fake punt" before most of them. If I can sniff that out then we are in trouble.And half of those were fake punts
It made me immediately look at the clock and see if this was one of the situations where you let the other team score instead of running extra time so you can get the ball back. Don't think that woulda made sense then, though.When it happened live, I told my wife "I think they thought the play got whistled dead."