I think _fan only posts Royals stuff now
Not true.
That's a really good piece, though the Xs and Os part is pretty minimal, its more of a personnel piece. I do like how they breakdown the ways we use our front 4 plus inside backer to attempt to slow down the inside gaps against spread teams and the issues with defending the old rapey version of Baylor are spot on.
I am anxious to see what changes/adjustments will be made to this year's offense. With more experience from everyone, this will allow for more variety to what we saw last year. Of course, many of these may go unnoticed because a lot of it will consist of reads and options made by the QB presnap moreso than additional plays to the offensive package, basically running the same stuff, but in more ideal situations because we can better anticipate the defense.
I understand most college football teams will be better with a returning QB, but aren't the numbers when Snyder has a returning senior (do we consider Jimmy a SR?) starter at QB pretty staggering? I would guess it's in correlation with a few of these subtle things.
Yes.
I put this together at the end of last year, the last row has Ertz's projections based on average improvements for all the other Snyder QBs.
Also, for review, here are where K-State finished in Big 12 only offensive/defensive stats using collegefootballstudyhall.com's 5 factors and a few other stats:
5 Factors and winning below:
Factor Win as predictor%
PpP (Explosiveness) 71.1%
Success Rate (Efficiency) 70.0%
Field Position (Avg. Starting Field Position) 63.1%
Finishing Drives (Pts. Per Drive Inside 40) 53.0%
Turnovers (Havoc Rate) 51.0%
*I am not using havoc rate for turnovers, just simple TO margin.