_FANalysis from KU: Historic Game of Offensive Efficiency

[slimz]

Great work, as usual.

One thing that struck me was that the term "video game offenses" is thrown around a lot when talking about teams like WVU, Baylor, and OSU. But what we saw on Saturday was also absolutely a video game offense. I can't count how many times I've played games like that where I'm gaining 10+ yards or scoring a TD on every rush, so why even bother putting it in the air? Let's just see what type of ungodly rushing numbers I can amass.

[Super PurpleCat]

Bo Jackson + Tecmo Bowl.

[CHONGS]

We do have a good offense.  It's better than last year.  But some things to consider:

 - We have faced one defense this year (OU) and scored 17 points, other than that, we really haven't played anyone with a defense thus far.  We will this saturday.  ISU ranks in the top 30 nationally in Total, Rush, Pass Effeciency and Scoring defense.  Acting like this offense is just going to roll into Ames and drop 30+ on them is stupid.  Christ, Miami doesn't rank in the top 100 nationally in any of those defensive categories. 

 - Further, we haven't faced an offense that is going to put pressure on our offense to score - i.e. force us to pass more which, imo, will lead to less effeciency.    OU's scoring offense is 24th nationally, we still have to face the #1, 2, 5, 6 and 21st ranked scoring offenses. 

In short, it's a long effing road ahead of us. 

Its a fair point to say we haven't played great defenses so far and that we will face better defenses. But its also fair to say a) many of those defense have inflated numbers because of terrible OOC schedules (see Texas Tech) and b) some of our opponents have bad numbers because they played us. With only 5 games in, the numbers are valid enough, but there is still room for some explanation. Honestly, when I look at the rest of our schedule, I don't exactly see a murderer's row of defenses and feel confident our offense will continue to put up points.

FYI Here are the def efficiencies (second column of numbers) of the BigXII teams (adjusted for opponents strength) and where they rank nationally. 

[SwiftCat]

Just thought of another question. Does our formations/playcalling get simpler with Sams in the game? Obviously he hasn't thrown a pass yet, so we become very one-dimensional in that aspect, but are we still complex in other ways?