Week 2 Misleading Scores

[sendacash]

Wake Forest out gained Syracuse 419-370 while losing 30-17, the Demon Deacs were -3 TO. Cuse was 1-9 on third down but hit two bombs for TDs in the 4th qtr and returned a pick 6 as well. Can we say they Deak'd it?

[h=3]Team Stats[/h]

	Wake	Syra
First Downs	23	15
Total Yards	419	370
Turnovers	3	0
First Downs	23	15
Passes for First	17	5
Rushes for First	5	9
Penalties for First	1	1
Third Down Efficiency	7-16	1-9
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1	0-0
Total Yards	419	370
Total Plays	77	51
Avg Gain Per Play	5.4	7.3
Net Yards Rushing	46	149
Rushes	32	37
Yards Per Rush	1.4	4.0
Net Yards Passing	373	221
Comp-Att	30-45	8-14
Yards Per Pass	8.3	15.8
Times Sacked	4	2
Yds Lost To Sacks	30	18
Interceptions	3	0
Punts	5	5
Punt Average	39.8	37.8
Penalties	6	4
Penalty Yards	52	30
Fumbles	1	1
Fumbles Lost	0	0

 

[sendacash]

This is a weird one, Arkansas out gained Toledo 515-318 and somehow lost the game 16-12, they were -1 in TOs. Suey could only muster 100yds rusing on 30 carries against a MAC defense.

[h=3]Team Stats[/h]

	Tole	Ark
First Downs	15	30
Total Yards	318	515
Turnovers	0	1
First Downs	15	30
Passes for First	10	20
Rushes for First	4	9
Penalties for First	1	1
Third Down Efficiency	7-17	5-13
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-3	1-3
Total Yards	318	515
Total Plays	62	84
Avg Gain Per Play	5.1	6.1
Net Yards Rushing	81	103
Rushes	24	31
Yards Per Rush	3.4	3.3
Net Yards Passing	237	412
Comp-Att	21-38	32-53
Yards Per Pass	6.2	7.8
Times Sacked	0	0
Yds Lost To Sacks	0	0
Interceptions	0	1
Punts	4	2
Punt Average	36.8	19.0
Penalties	8	9
Penalty Yards	55	85
Fumbles	1	1
Fumbles Lost	0	0

 

[WinOne]

Texas wins over Rice 42-28.
Rice controlled the clock 43min to 17min
Rice outrushed Texas 228 to 139
Rice outpassed Texas 234 to 128 (Texas only threw 10 passes)
Texas recovered a Fumble and returned it 69 yds for a TD
Texas returned a punt 85 yd for a TD
Texas recovered a fumble inside Rice 10 and scored TD two plays later.
Texas got 21 points from defense and special teams
This is one of those deceptive box scores. Rice could easily have won this game

RICE	TEXAS
First Downs	30	11
Third Down Efficiency	14-21	3-8
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1	0-0
Plays-Net Yards	96-462	38-277
Rushes-Yds	58-228	28-149
Passing Yds	234	128
Kick Return Yds	46	60
Punt Return Yds	0	175
Passes	23-38-3	5-10-0
Punts	5-199	5-183
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	1-1
Penalties-Yds	6-55	4-42
Time of Poss.	44:2	15:58

 

[NoCoke]

Texas wins over Rice 42-28.
Rice controlled the clock 43min to 17min
Rice outrushed Texas 228 to 139
Rice outpassed Texas 234 to 128 (Texas only threw 10 passes)
Texas recovered a Fumble and returned it 69 yds for a TD
Texas returned a punt 85 yd for a TD
Texas recovered a fumble inside Rice 10 and scored TD two plays later.
Texas got 21 points from defense and special teams
This is one of those deceptive box scores. Rice could easily have won this game

RICE	TEXAS
First Downs	30	11
Third Down Efficiency	14-21	3-8
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1	0-0
Plays-Net Yards	96-462	38-277
Rushes-Yds	58-228	28-149
Passing Yds	234	128
Kick Return Yds	46	60
Punt Return Yds	0	175
Passes	23-38-3	5-10-0
Punts	5-199	5-183
Fumbles-Lost	2-2	1-1
Penalties-Yds	6-55	4-42
Time of Poss.	44:2	15:58

love Cal against them next week even more.

 

[sendacash]

Cal is -3.5 @ Texas!

 

[RunMaker]

great thread!

so true about Texas. looks like fade city

 

[sendacash]

Wow, Cal all the way up to the full TD -7

 

[CoachCB]

The Arkansas loss is a big head scratcher....

 

[sendacash]

The Arkansas loss is a big head scratcher....

What's weird is why are they trying to throw the ball 50 times when they already have an offensive identity? Did they just all the sudden lose the ability to run the ball are were they trying to get fancy and work on some things during the cupcake portion of their schedule?

 

[Greenbacks]

Good stuff......Arkansas dominated that stat sheet and lost wow

 

[RunLeeRun]

Arkansas 3.3 ave against a mac school. And 6/16 on money downs. Oh, pig soooie.

 

[Greenbacks]

Cal is -7

 

[sendacash]

Here's another stat on that game, Arkansas is the first FBS team in the last 10 years to have over 500yds total offense with 1 or zero turnovers and score 12 or fewer points.

 

[thecruncher]

I wouldn't at all call Wake-SYR a misleading final score. Sure, Syracuse benefited from the big plays, and that shows up in the ypp category which they clearly had an advantage in -- but that stat usually tells the tale of the tape.

 

[thecruncher]

My only guess as to how Arkansas turned over 500 yards of offense into just 10 points is that they were playing on one of those new 200 yard fields, lol.

 

[thecruncher]

Time of possession is a worthless stat to look at, and is in fact more likely to indicate the opposite thing you are looking for. A team is not worse because they score points quicker while the other team grinds away in futility.

 

[thecruncher]

It's the same with the Texas game -- while total yards do mean something, they don't mean as much as yards per play.

 

[KDawgg]

Wow, Cal all the way up to the full TD -7

Grabbed Cal at +10' vs TEX last month

 

[WinOne]

Grabbed Cal at +10' vs TEX last month

Got CAL at -3 last night. Woke up this morning and it's now at 6 or 7. Huge adjustment or it got pounded.

 

[russ1945]

Time of possession is a worthless stat to look at, and is in fact more likely to indicate the opposite thing you are looking for. A team is not worse because they score points quicker while the other team grinds away in futility.

I have been emphazing that for a few years now. Look how many two minutes or less drives TCU has had in the past couple of years.