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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1161652, member: 289"] TOTALS FOR YEAR When SU had the ball: KO- SU 15 OPP 13 P- SU 20 OPP 8 FG- SU 10 OPP 4 XP- SU 12 OPP 2 Total for kicking game: SU 57 OPP 27 1st rush- SU 69 OPP 56 1st pass- SU 24 OPP 33 First Down total: SU 93 OPP 89 2nd rush- SU 35 OPP 23 2nd pass- SU 32 OPP 42 Second Down total: SU 67 OPP 65 3rd run- SU 12 OPP 14 3rd pass- SU 20 OPP 39 Third Down total: SU 32 OPP 53 4th run- SU 3 OPP 1 4th pass-SU 2 OPP 3 Fourth Down total: SU 5 OPP 4 Total for plays from scrimmage: SU 197 OPP 211 Running plays: SU 119 OPP 94 Passing plays: SU 78 OPP 117 Penalties (not added onto play): SU 11 OPP 24 (penalties by the other team that each team benefited by) Turnovers (by SU): SU 0 OPP 8 Total for penalties and turnovers: SU 11 OPP 32 Total when Syracuse had the ball: SU 265 OPP 270 When the Opposition had the Ball: KO- SU 6 OPP 26 P- SU 7 OPP 20 FG- SU 2 OPP 8 XP- SU 1 OPP 17 Total for kicking game: SU 16 OPP 71 [SIZE=3]1st[/SIZE] rush- SU 59 OPP 59 1st pass- SU 30 OPP 49 First Down total: SU 89 OPP 108 2nd rush- SU 29 OPP 43 2nd pass- SU 30 OPP 38 Second Down total: SU 59 OPP 81 3rd run- SU 8 OPP 24 3rd pass- SU 32 OPP 18 Third Down total: SU 40 OPP 42 4th run- SU 0 OPP 1 4th pass-SU 1 OPP 1 Fourth Down total: SU 1 OPP 2 Total for plays from scrimmage: SU 189 OPP 233 Running plays: SU 96 OPP 127 Passing plays: SU 93 OPP 106 Penalties (not added on to play): SU 26 OPP 15 (penalties by the other team that each team benefited by) Turnovers: SU (got) 11 SU 11 OPP 0 Total for penalties and turnovers: SU 37 OPP 15 Total when the opposition had the ball: SU 242 OPP 319 Overall kicking game total: SU 73 OPP 98 Overall plays from scrimmage total: SU 386 OPP 444 Running plays: SU 183 OPP 187 Passing plays: SU 142 OPP 181 Overall penalties and turnovers: SU 48 OPP 47 Game Total: Syracuse 509 Opposition 589 Comments: I think the way to look at this is not as a percentage, (We have been successful in 509 of 1098 plays: 46.4%. But to view the difference as if the other team was running extra plays we didn’t get to run that were successful. The opposition has had 25 more successful kicking plays than we have: 6 more successful running plays and 52 more successful passing plays. We are +1 in turnovers and penalties, (not tacked onto the play). That’s really quite a difference. SEASON SUMMARY VILLANOVA SU scrimmage: 29-36 VIL scrimmage: 40-46 Kicking: 17-11 PEN/TO: 5-10 Total: 91-103 C. MICHIGAN SU scrimmage: 41-36 CM scrimmage: 36-22 Kicking: 14-13 PEN/TO: 8-5 Total: 99-76 MARYLAND SU scrimmage: 41-34 MD scrimmage: 30-27 Kicking: 14-21 PEN/TO: 6-9 Total: 91-91 NOTRE DAME SU scrimmage: 29-37 ND scrimmage: 22-51 Kicking: 8-18 PEN/TO: 12-8 Total: 71-114 LOUISVILLE SU scrimmage: 23-37 LOU scrimmage: 30-37 Kicking: 9-21 PEN/TO: 9-5 Total: 71-100 FLORIDA STATE SU scrimmage: 34-31 FS scrimmage: 27-45 Kicking: 11-15 PEN/TO: 8-10 Total: 80-101 I noted that against Lousiville, both teams had 14 possessions and we had a combined 1,025 yards to go to score vs. 871 for Louisville. That to me was 154 yards of “hidden offense” the Cardinals didn’t have to generate to score. I decided to keep track of that stat for all the games this season: Syracuse 9 possessions with 714 yards to go(average 79) Villanova 9/706 (78). +8 hidden yards for Villanova Syracuse 11/746 (68) Central Michigan 11/865 (79) +119 hidden yards for Syracuse Syracuse 13/1072 (82) Maryland 14/903 (64.5) +169 hidden yards for Maryland Syracuse 12/909 (76) Notre Dame 13/930 (72) +21 hidden yards for Syracuse but +4 per possession for Notre Dame Syracuse 14/1025 (73) Louisville 14/871 (62) +154 hidden yards for Louisville Syracuse 11/711 (65) Florida State 11/748 (68) +37 hidden yards for Syracuse Overall, we’ve had 70 possessions with a total of 5,177 yards to go, an average of 74. The ooopstio0n has had 72 possessions with a total of 5,023 yards to go, an average of 70. The difference is exactly what it was in the Louisville game- +154 yards the opposition didn’t have to gain to score. In the three games where there was a significant difference, the team with the big advantage won all three games by an average of 24 points. It may not be the only reason they won or won by that margin, but I’m sure it helped. I’ve also been comparing the number of plays run from scrimmage to time of possession. (I realize that TOP includes plays that weren’t runs and passes from scrimmage but I’m assuming the time of such plays will be about equal for both teams). The Daily Orange preview handed out before the Villanova game says the goal of both offensive coordinator George MacDonald and quarterback coach Tim Lester was to get off plays in an average of 18 seconds and to get off 3.33 plays per minute. In 2013 SDyracuse got off 2.42 plays per minute. The fastest team in the country was Texas Tech at 3.08 plays per minute, (there was no quote on seconds per play). Syracuse 69 plays in 22:12, Villanova 87 plays in 37:48 That means that we got off a play every 19.30 seconds and 3.11 plays per minute. Villanova got off a play 26.1 seconds and 2.30 plays per minute. But they got off 18 more plays than we did. Syracuse 79 plays in 33:22, Central Michigan 68 plays in 26:18 We: 25.34 seconds/play and 2.37 plays per minute. They: 23.21 seconds/play and 2.55 plays per minute. But we got off 11 more plays. Syracuse 79 plays in 32:14, Maryland 58 plays in 27:46 We: 24.48 seconds/play and 2.45 plays per minute. They: 28.72 seconds/ play and 2.09 plays per minute. Syracuse 68 plays in 26:43, Notre Dame 80 plays in 33:17 We: 23.57 seconds/play and 2.55 plays per minute. They: 24.96 seconds/play and 2.40 plays per minute. But they got off 12 more plays. Syracuse: 62 plays in 23:02, Louisville 70 plays in 36:58 We: 22.29 seconds/play and 2.69 plays per minute. They: 31.69 seconds/play and 1.89 plays per minute. But they got off 8 more plays. Syracuse: 67 plays in 23:33, Florida State 72 plays in 36:27 We: 21.09 seconds/play and 2.85 plays per minute. They: 30.38 seconds per play and 1.98 plays per minute. But they got off five more plays. Total: Syracuse 424 plays in 161:06, Opposition: 435 plays in 198:54 We: 22.79 seconds/play and 2.85 plays per minute. They: 27.43 seconds per play and 2.19 plays per minute. It may be that MacDonald and Lester were eliminating the time taken on kicking plays, (which is included in time of possession), so we might be closer to our goals than it appears. But it’s clear that the speed with which you get plays off does little to determine whether you wi9n the game. It doesn’t even determine which team gets off more plays. What matters is how many successful plays you run and how many first downs you get. You aren’t going to wear teams out by hurriedly running plays that don’t work. [/QUOTE]

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