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They are also highly skewed by poor performance in one area, the passing game. . . .


I worry that this year we have the same problem in reverse. We can run a bit, but we can't get receivers open.

Goose, would make sense except our running game is 112th in the country (out of 130) in rushing yards per game. Total offense is 117th! Oddly, passing is 85th. If we can't run very well and can't pass, either, then who bears the responsibility? The players cause they can't get open or open holes?

Equally oddly, we are also 85th in yards per rushing attempt. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-foo...sh-attempt
I think you have to be very careful making any arguments based on yards per game, rushing or passing. The game situation dictates what one can do. We were so far behind in two of our games that running basically was off the table. If you don't attempt to run, you aren't going to get many rushing yards per game. That makes our rushing attack look much worse than it is. Conversely, yards per attempt can make a rushing game look better than it is if you have so few rushes that the value is not statistically significant. I think you have to agree that we are running the ball better this year than last. As I said, we can run the ball "a bit". We aren't great, but we are better than last year.

You ask "If you can't run and you can't pass, who bears the responsibility?". Ultimately, the coaches bear the responsibility to get players who can execute and devise a plan to win games. However, in any given case, it may be that the players just don't play as well as they "should". You can't answer this question from the data presented here. Probably the only fair answer is a lot of both, but it is hard to use that answer to make a remediation plan.

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They are also highly skewed by poor performance in one area, the passing game. . . .


I worry that this year we have the same problem in reverse. We can run a bit, but we can't get receivers open.

Goose, would make sense except our running game is 112th in the country (out of 130) in rushing yards per game. Total offense is 117th! Oddly, passing is 85th. If we can't run very well and can't pass, either, then who bears the responsibility? The players cause they can't get open or open holes?

Equally oddly, we are also 85th in yards per rushing attempt. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-foo...sh-attempt
I think you have to be very careful making any arguments based on yards per game, rushing or passing. The game situation dictates what one can do. We were so far behind in two of our games that running basically was off the table. If you don't attempt to run, you aren't going to get many rushing yards per game. That makes our rushing attack look much worse than it is. Conversely, yards per attempt can make a rushing game look better than it is if you have so few rushes that the value is not statistically significant. I think you have to agree that we are running the ball better this year than last. As I said, we can run the ball "a bit". We aren't great, but we are better than last year.

You ask "If you can't run and you can't pass, who bears the responsibility?". Ultimately, the coaches bear the responsibility to get players who can execute and devise a plan to win games. However, in any given case, it may be that the players just don't play as well as they "should". You can't answer this question from the data presented here. Probably the only fair answer is a lot of both, but it is hard to use that answer to make a remediation plan.