That's what

If you go back and look at some of our games against the better DLs we've played the past 5-6 years there is a lot of really bad running performances from our RBs. Our OL is just never able to consistently push back better DLs and we rely on QB runs or explosive plays from the RB where they bust plays big.

First two natty appearances against Bama were a miracle we got so much offense considered Gallman got absolutely nowhere on the ground, we did nothing against Bama the third time the Kelly Bryant year, ETN did nothing against Ohio State on that game we squeaked out thanks to T-Law and did little the next year when we were blown out (granted we had to abandon the run early).

Would love to see some advanced analytics on our run blocking against the opponent level, average yards per carry before contact from our RB...imagine it's pretty low, especially between the tackles

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That's what "line yards" is supposed to show

Sep 21, 2021, 3:50 PM

Basically, it's an advanced stat that shows how much of the yardage the line was responsible for. Suffice it to say that an OL that's top 5 in that stat is providing some room to run.

Generally speaking, every team loads up on stats against the bad teams they play. That's why the bad teams' stats are bad. But I also don't think it's correct to only look at rushing stats in playoff games. Clemson plays several teams that are among the best in rushing defense every year, and frequently does pretty well against them. You're right that it would be interesting to see a stat that would show the difference between the average yards a defense gave up and what Clemson got against them, or if there were a stat that could show how many standard deviations a good offense should be above a team's average yardage given up. But the reason I included line yards along with yards per rush, rushing per game, sacks per game, and sack rate is that those stats encompass the measurable things that an OL does. I think stuff like SP+ and FEI are supposed to show some of that:

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/fplus/2021

2021 F+ ratings combining FEI and SP+

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/sp/overallol/2020

through games of Monday 1/11/21

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Line
Yards
Rk
Std.
Downs
Line
Yards
Rk
Pass.
Downs
Line
Yards

(there are more line stats you can see here)

Line Yards per Carry: For 2018, we are experimenting with a new definition for college line yardage based on film study and generalization. Instead of the ALY figure FO used for the NFL, this one is tighter: the line gets credit for rushing yardage between 0-3 yards (instead of 0-4) and 50% credit for yards 4-8 (instead of 5-10). Anything over 8 yards is quantified as a highlight opportunity, and credit goes to the runner. As with the pro definition, lost yardage still counts for 125%. (Garbage time is filtered out for all line yardage averages.)

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TN is doing a #### of a job at underperforming btw***

And apparently I forgot to update the year from copy pasta

Oooh, oooh, oooh... Do one for Scar***

That would pretty much be 20 to unranked every year***

Tough to go up many spots if your avg recruiting rank is 7

Is that your own spreadsheet? If so I just want to say

Yeah, I copied all the data from 247

Next time try counterindexing it with

Dat O-line development

That does seem to hinder our recruiting

I'm guessing Jackson Carman was our highest pick

I'm at the point where I think we can do better

I think there is a lot fluff in the stats

That's what "line yards" is supposed to show

so since our recruiting has recently improved

Brought in 6 in 2020. Only 3 of these showing up

You wouldn't expect many of those to play yet

The issue for those is that a few got

Auburn LOL.

So many teams have been like that

Now do Georgia.

Down every year butt 2017

I'd say they're better overall this year but still some

So FSU averaged 7.7th in recruiting for the last 5 years

I did 4 yrs, so they averaged around 16th from 2016-2020***

My numbers are funnier.***

Yes they are***

FSU, Texas and USC are completely pitiful***

McLovin going all Prod.***

only 2 final rankings of 1

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