Time of Possession
Does anyone know what the time of possession was in this game? I think it was something like 10 min for Michigan and 20 min for Purdue in the first half. I realize that we scored quickly on the Odoms punt return, but Purdue scored quickly when Odoms muffed the other one in their red zone. Those should basically even out. We scored the other 21 points in basically 9 minutes.
I wonder if the spread, even when run at high efficiency, will gives us a solid adavantage in the time of possession. Here are RR's stats for the last 3 years:
2005 - 30:57min Ranked 36 Nationally
2006 - 30:07min Ranked 51 Nationally
2007 - 30:11 Min Ranked 54 Nationally
Basically is breaks about equally for offense and defense. Look at the national rankings I saw a lot of bad teams in the Top 50. I can see why Brian doesn't really like this stat. I just wonder about it because people always worry about TOP and think it is an indicator of suceess. I don't think it matters that much. I just think that the defense gets worn out if it stuck on the field for a long time. I think things like starting field position for the defense matter much more. What are people's thoughts on this?
November 1st, 2008 at 4:19 PM ^
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1 Wisconsin 33:44
2 Wake Forest 33:26
3 Arizona St. 33:08
4 Iowa St. 32:50
5 BYU 32:40
6 Oregon St. 32:20
7 LSU 32:15
8 La.-Monroe 32:04
9 Houston 32:00
10 Southern California 31:56
Some great teams, and some really random ones. Teams like LSU and USC make it because they had great defenses that could stop the run. Our problem is when we stop the run we still give up huge 3rd and Long plays. It would be nice if TOP was higher against good running teams.
November 1st, 2008 at 5:01 PM ^
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