[jayasena]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=10742.msg99699#msg99699 date=1412009459]

No worries. Though that does raise a question, how are we doing on 3rd down in general compared to last year? Being bad/unlucky on 3rd down can sure make an otherwise good offense look terrible, and IIRC we were something like 25% against Washington.

You know this is very easy to look up.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2014/leader/905/...ort01.html

2014: 19 for 45, 42%
2013: 98 for 197, 50%
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That difference may not seem all that big, but 50% made us #1 in the Pac-12 in 2013 while we are #9 in 2014. Whether that means the 8% difference makes a brobdingnagian difference in the games or whether we are sweating over meaningless variations in stats, I have no idea. Probably a bit of both.

[jayasena]

[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=10742.msg99699#msg99699 date=1412009459]

No worries. Though that does raise a question, how are we doing on 3rd down in general compared to last year? Being bad/unlucky on 3rd down can sure make an otherwise good offense look terrible, and IIRC we were something like 25% against Washington.

You know this is very easy to look up.

http://www.cfbstats.com/2014/leader/905/...ort01.html

2014: 19 for 45, 42%
2013: 98 for 197, 50%
[/quote]

That difference may not seem all that big, but 50% made us #1 in the Pac-12 in 2013 while we are #9 in 2014. Whether that means the 8% difference makes a brobdingnagian difference in the games or whether we are sweating over meaningless variations in stats, I have no idea. Probably a bit of both.