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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 382363, member: 289"] Again, the concept is to keep track of how often each team got the minimum they would have wanted from a play. On first down, you want to get at least a third of the way to a first down. On second down, you want to get at least halfway to a first down. On third or fourth down, you want to get a first down. If the offense achieves those goals they have won the play. If not, the defense has won the play. Offensive scoring plays are wins for them. Turnovers are wins for the defense. Penalties get tacked onto the result of the play if that’s the way they were marked off. If they canceled the play or were dead ball fouls, I kept track of them separately. Sacks are counted as passing plays. Kickoffs are wins for the kicking team if the other team starts it’s possession from the 25 in, (per the new touchback rule). Punts are wins for the kicking team if they produce a net +40 yard change or the other team starts from their 20 in. Placekicks are offensive wins if they go through the uprights. Any other result is a win for the defense. If the resulting tally of plays won is close, the game wasn’t decided by one team dominating the other. It was decided on big plays, mistakes and breaks, (as most games are). When SU had the ball: Kickoffs: 20, 23, 25 (SU 3 RU 0) Punts: 39(7), 47(6), 46(25), 39(34) (SU 2 RU 2) Field Goals: NG, blocked (SU 0 RU 2) Extra Points: Good, try-Good (SU 2 RU 0) Total for Kicking Game: Syracuse won 7 plays, Rutgers 4 1st down runs: 4, 6, 5, 8, 3, 5, -6, 7, 2(5), 1, 3, 2, 3 (SU 7 RU 6) 1st down passes: 5, I , 21, 13(15), 17, 4, 15, 17, I, 33, 17, 27, I, I 8, 40, I 10 (SU 13 RU 5) 2nd down runs: 2(2), 2(5), 2(3), 3(3), 8(2), 2(7) (SU 4 RU 2) 2nd down passes: 23(6), 8(4), -11, 2(5), -11, 6(10), 9(16), I, I 4(8), I, I, I, 5(2), 15 (SU 7 RU 8) 3rd down runs: 7(5), 4(1), -2, 2(11), 6(7), -3, 6(13) (SU 5 RU 2) 3rd down passes: 5, 5(11), I, 9(10), 12(6), 4, 12(8) (SU 5 RU 2) 4th down runs: none 4th down passes: I (SU 0 RU 1) Total for SU scrimmage plays: Syracuse 36 Rutgers 31 Penalties: SU had 6 (that weren’t tacked onto the play) Pitt had 3 Turnovers: SU 4 Pitt 0 Total for Penalties and Turnovers: Syracuse 5 winning plays Rutgers 10 When Rutgers had the ball Kickoffs: 30, 34, 10, 25, 35 (SU 3 RU 2) Punts: 44(29), 20(R30), 31(20), 36(20), 29(13), 36(R48), 46(12) (SU 2 RU 5) Field Goals: Good (SU 0 RU 1) Extra Points: Good, No Good (SU 1 RU 1) Total for Kicking Game: Syracuse 6 Rutgers 9 1st down runs: 0, 2, 0, 5, 0, 5, 5, 0, 3, 4, 2(8), -1, 1(8), 5(7), -2 (SU 12 RU 7) 1st down passes: 27, 43, I, 11, 4, 16, I, 12 (SU 2 RU 5) 2nd down runs: 2, 1(1), -1, -1, 6(7), 1(11), 5, -1, 1(8), 5(7), -2 (SU 8 RU 3) 2nd down passes: 3(3), I, I, 5(5), -4, I, I, I (SU 5 RU 2) 3rd down runs: 7(5), 4(1), -2, 2(11), 6(7), -3, 6(13) (SU 5 RU 2) 3rd down passes: 5, 5(11), I, 9(10), 12(6), 4, 12(8) (SU 5 RU 2) 4th down runs: none 4th down passes: I (SU 1 RU 0) Total for Rutgers scrimmage plays: Syracuse 39 Pittsburgh 19 Total for the Game: Syracuse ‘won’ 93 plays. Rutgers ‘won’ 73 plays. Scott Shafer’s defense totally dominated the Rutgers offense, winning 39 of 58 plays, including 20 of 28 first and second down runs. In the first four games, we were 33-47 on the other team’s first down runs. In the last two, we are 25-14. The young defense is growing up fast. Our own first down runs gained 43 yards on 13 plays. Our first down passes gained 227 yards on 18 plays. That’s 54% of our total offense on first down passes. The game should certainly have been a decisive win for Syracuse but 4 turnovers to none represents about another 160 yard for Rutgers, at least in field position and when you add the blocked kick for a score, that’s the equivalent of a “pick 6”. Mistakes aches. [/QUOTE]

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