Bill Connelly Previews Stanford-UW

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Bill Connelly Previews Stanford-UW - stupac2 - 09-30-2016

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2016/9/30/13111168/washington-stanford-game-2016-preview

I thought this analysis was pretty interesting, especially the bit about UW being oddly bad at short yardage. Connelly concludes:

Quote:Despite the inferior competition, the Washington offenses power success rate (short-yardage rushing) is a paltry 42 percent, third-worst in the country. Stanford's defense ranks 12th at 50 percent. If the Cardinal are containing big plays and forcing Washington to dink and dunk down the field, that could be to their significant advantage; third-and-2 could be more like third-and-5.

That's almost certainly going to be our plan, since it's basically always our plan, but if UW is particularly vulnerable to it then it bodes well for us.

Quote:Despite the inferior competition, the Washington offenses power success rate (short-yardage rushing) is a paltry 42 percent, third-worst in the country. Stanford's defense ranks 12th at 50 percent. If the Cardinal are containing big plays and forcing Washington to dink and dunk down the field, that could be to their significant advantage; third-and-2 could be more like third-and-5.

That's almost certainly going to be our plan, since it's basically always our plan, but if UW is particularly vulnerable to it then it bodes well for us.

Quote:Despite the inferior competition, the Washington offenses power success rate (short-yardage rushing) is a paltry 42 percent, third-worst in the country. Stanford's defense ranks 12th at 50 percent. If the Cardinal are containing big plays and forcing Washington to dink and dunk down the field, that could be to their significant advantage; third-and-2 could be more like third-and-5.

That's almost certainly going to be our plan, since it's basically always our plan, but if UW is particularly vulnerable to it then it bodes well for us.