Run/Pass % and YPP by Formation
This is the last table I am going to put up, because I think people are getting overloaded with stuff right now. This table shows our Run/Pass % by formation, and then also adds Yards Per Play by formation. I only used the last 4 games for this one (PSU, IU, MSU, Neb)
| Formation | Pass/Run | Count | Perc | Yards PP |
| Ace (no stack) | 39 | 5.6 | ||
| Pass | 24 | 62% | 7.6 | |
| Run | 18 | 46% | 3.1 | |
| Goal line | 7 | 0.3 | ||
| Pass | 0 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| Run | 7 | 100% | 0.3 | |
| I-Form | 43 | 5.0 | ||
| Pass | 12 | 28% | 12.2 | |
| Run | 31 | 72% | 1.9 | |
| Pistol | 26 | 3.3* | ||
| Pass | 13 | 50% | 6.3 | |
| Run | 13 | 50% | 0.4 | |
| Shotgun (no stack) | 100 | 5.0 | ||
| Pass | 57 | 57% | 6.0 | |
| Run | 43 | 43% | 3.6 | |
| Tackle Over | 19 | 5.2 | ||
| Pass | 4 | 21% | 20.3** | |
| Run | 15 | 79% | 1.2 | |
| Shotgun Stack | 35 | 5.1 | ||
| Pass | 34 | 97% | 4.8 | |
| Run | 1 | 3% | 9.0 | |
| Ace Stack | 8 | 20.5 | ||
| Pass | 8 | 100% | 20.5 | |
| Run | 0 | 0% | 0.0 | |
| All Formations | 280 | 5.3 | ||
| Pass | 152 | 54% | 7.8 | |
| Run | 128 | 46% | 2.4 |
*Bad snaps have killed our Pistol run game (3.73 ypp without them)
**70 yard play to Gallon bumped that up a bit
The biggest thing I found from this is our play calling when we stack WR's. ITS 99% PASS! We hit a few big ones out of Ace with it, but it hurts our shotgun passing by a whole yard per play.
Also, is it really worth it to run the ball over 70% of the time for under 2 yards a carry, just to set up a few big pass plays? I like what Art Briles said "we dont go for the body blow to set up the knockout. We try to score on every play."
Nothing on here is pretty, but I think it is safe to say we should completely abandon I-Form, Goal Line, and Tackle Over for the last 3 games. Or at the very least, mix up our play calling a little bit.
November 14th, 2013 at 4:00 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 4:14 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 4:37 PM ^
Instead of abandoning the I-form, pass out of it. They'll be expecting run, we could... surprise them!
November 14th, 2013 at 4:42 PM ^
This was sort of touched on yesterday, but this table bears it out as well - some of our most common formations in the rushing game also happen to be some the least productive in the rushing game. Actually, what the analysis did show is that two distinct plays that we have run only sparingly - Inverted Veer and QB Draw, both out of the shotgun - are the most success. It is fair to say that this very strange, I think.
November 14th, 2013 at 5:20 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^
But, what I would suggest, along with your other posts, is to create a diary.
On top of that, and this is the moderately annoying part, if you could look at a break down of down and distances run/pass % for each formation.
The reason I ask that, for example, is with the stack formations. Stack formations are notoriously difficult to run block on the edge with. They make blocking angles bad and put two people in the same spot initially. They also tend to have shorter route concepts due to this same fact (the seperation is less, so the passes tend to be shorter because of the smaller window). But they are typically effective for picking up X-amount of yards. So the question arises, are they being called during mostly obvious passing downs.
The same, to a degree, can be said for I-form. I know previously 1st down plays were a decent split. So I'm wondering if something like I-form is being swayed by a lot of 2nd and 3rd and short type stuff.
It'd make a great diary if you're up for it.