Yes, this is true. Ending your drive with a scoop and score is much worse than

Sep 30, 2024
3:45:36pm

RoboKayne 3rd String

punting. This metric seems to look at yards gained on different downs and how likely you are to get a first down. It is interesting, but it tells us that middling ball movement with catastrophic plays from the opponent can win.

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Time

Did BYU really win that bad?

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Sep 30, 9:14am

So second week we won with a significant negative net EPA.

darkcoug

Sep 30, 9:16am

Every week I’m angry about that chart haha

cougfan03

Sep 30, 9:16am

You know what they say about statistics 😉

docrick

Sep 30, 9:17am

Flashbacks to 2023.....

RGGeemer

Sep 30, 9:17am

2023 was significantly worse. Like not even close, by a mile, worse

cougfan03

Sep 30, 9:20am

What does this mean. I'm dumb.

Adrielle

Sep 30, 9:18am

Winning despite getting outplayed, essentially. Part of it is our coaches take

RGGeemer

Sep 30, 9:18am

BYU had similar results after their Arkansas and Cincy wins last year

Indy Coug

Sep 30, 9:19am

It still is... there are some cracks being exposed

1984coug

Sep 30, 9:23am

The difference here is that beating KSU and SMU are looking much better than beating

Adrielle

Sep 30, 10:51am

RE: The difference here is that beating KSU and SMU are looking much better than beating

Indy Coug

Sep 30, 11:49am

I agree with your assessment of things. They are certainly better. How much is the question? Expectations are now...

Adrielle

Sep 30, 12:11pm

Arkansas was even more crazy since they had a punt return TD (which usually

SoBlueitHurts

Sep 30, 1:11pm

Other point is the D was good (starters only) last yr., but not deep, & injuries

HeyU

Sep 30, 4:16pm

It means we're a seriously flawed team that is finding ways to win games most

shoganai

Sep 30, 3:05pm

Good while it lasts, bad if it comes back to bite us repeatedly like last year

SoBlueitHurts

Sep 30, 3:13pm

We're going to lose some games for sure. But we'll probably win some more, too.

shoganai

Sep 30, 4:35pm

It looks better than last year, but how many of us saw losing the last 5 after

SoBlueitHurts

Sep 30, 5:51pm

This maybe explains some of the uneasiness of our fanbase.

The Y's Insider

Sep 30, 9:20am

I am very nervous about our inability to run the ball and our secondary being

Duke Silver

Sep 30, 9:42am

I am concerned about the loss of Connor Pay. He is vital in establishing the

Archaea

Sep 30, 11:01am

The low snaps are easily fixable with the extra time from the bye

ElkhunterUT

Sep 30, 11:34am

We have had those bad luck games/years where we outplay, but lose or have great

sandiegocgrfan

Sep 30, 12:12pm

Losing at Virginia with Taysom

Stalwart Man

Sep 30, 12:19pm

I mean, tbf we also had some very close losses last year that could’ve gone the

DescdentCoug

Sep 30, 1:41pm

Is this comparing team performance to their score? Or just 1 team performance to

NYC and Japan

Sep 30, 11:33am

Yes, this is true. Ending your drive with a scoop and score is much worse than

RoboKayne

Sep 30, 3:45pm

It's a flawed approach by whoever put this together.

slatecoug

Sep 30, 4:20pm

Flawed because it isn’t perfect? It’s a good stat if you understand limitations.

Yiowa

Sep 30, 4:30pm

It's flawed because it ignores some very basic tenants of football

slatecoug

Sep 30, 8:56pm

Interesting. I am hoping that this means that our coaches have some unique

RoboKayne

Sep 30, 3:38pm

No. People put way too much credence into things like this.

slatecoug

Sep 30, 4:15pm

ARod says BYU was still trying to be aggressive but execution was poor

GMGlenn

Sep 30, 4:37pm

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