12-17-2013, 08:40 PM
Great breakdown. Want to add a couple more notes.
Stanford is overall more explosive. 7.6% of Stanford plays go for 20 or more yards compared to 5.81% of MSU's. That's driven by Stanford's aggro passing game -- 14% of passing plays (not including sacks) go that yardage, which makes Stanford 2013 the most explosive passing offense since 2010 (12.66%). (MSU's passing game only produces explosive plays 8.6% of the time, which is quite poor.) 4.3% of Stanford runs go for 20+; 3.75% of MSU runs do the same.
The surprising relative weakness may come in sacks allowed. Stanford got sacked on 3.81% of dropbacks; MSU, on 3.2%. Part of this is Stanford's famous road weaknesses -- Hogan suffered 10 of the team's 15 sacks away from Stanford Stadium.
Stanford is overall more explosive. 7.6% of Stanford plays go for 20 or more yards compared to 5.81% of MSU's. That's driven by Stanford's aggro passing game -- 14% of passing plays (not including sacks) go that yardage, which makes Stanford 2013 the most explosive passing offense since 2010 (12.66%). (MSU's passing game only produces explosive plays 8.6% of the time, which is quite poor.) 4.3% of Stanford runs go for 20+; 3.75% of MSU runs do the same.
The surprising relative weakness may come in sacks allowed. Stanford got sacked on 3.81% of dropbacks; MSU, on 3.2%. Part of this is Stanford's famous road weaknesses -- Hogan suffered 10 of the team's 15 sacks away from Stanford Stadium.