[terry]

The number of sacks Stanford has significantly distorts the statistics on both sides of the ball. I don't understand why the NCAA lists sacks as rushes, but here we are. Distributing the 38 sacks for 292 yards into the rush column significantly decreases the average team's yards per attempt--from 7.1 to 5.8. Meanwhile, opponents on actual rushing attempts go from 3 yards/rush to a much more robust 4.42 yards/rush.

I gave the rushing stats both ways -- with sacks included, as reported in the official stats, and with the sacks pulled out of the data to give a more pure picture of the rushing game.

I did not adjust the passing stats to incorporate stats. I think there's probably more value in looking at the pure passing stats without adjusting for sacks. But maybe in the future I'll think about showing the passing stats both ways.

[terry]

The number of sacks Stanford has significantly distorts the statistics on both sides of the ball. I don't understand why the NCAA lists sacks as rushes, but here we are. Distributing the 38 sacks for 292 yards into the rush column significantly decreases the average team's yards per attempt--from 7.1 to 5.8. Meanwhile, opponents on actual rushing attempts go from 3 yards/rush to a much more robust 4.42 yards/rush.

I gave the rushing stats both ways -- with sacks included, as reported in the official stats, and with the sacks pulled out of the data to give a more pure picture of the rushing game.

I did not adjust the passing stats to incorporate stats. I think there's probably more value in looking at the pure passing stats without adjusting for sacks. But maybe in the future I'll think about showing the passing stats both ways.