10-13-2013, 07:46 PM
(10-13-2013, 07:34 PM)stupac2 link Wrote:I don't really understand why you're so on this. If that was such a glaring weakness, why was Utah's YPP a "not so excellent" 5.6? It seems to me that you're trying to have this both ways, that the offense is fine because it's YPP was good, but we got unlucky with swingy things (turnovers, missed FG, etc) while the defense was bad because we didn't do well on some plays, despite yielding a decent YPP. Which is it, is YPP a good statistic or a bad one?
Nope, YPP is a good statistic.
Let's say Stanford averaged 6.9 YPP on offense for an entire season. That would make Stanford the #7 offense nationally in 2012.
On the other hand, let's say Stanford gave up 5.6 YPP for an entire season. That would make Stanford the #67 defense nationally in 2012.
Basically, offensively anything above 6 YPP is solid and anything above 6.5 YPP is pretty darn good. Defensively, between 5.5 and 5 YPP is OKish; you have to go below 5 YPP to really be doing well.
Anyway, the 1.3 margin in yards per play is about double our average for 2012.