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Here are a few that caught my attention:
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#1 in passing efficiency.  (Impressive because Stanford is known as a running team, but it makes sense because of play action.)

As a generic rule, the more often you do something, the less you get per try. Particularly in something like offensive stats broken down into passing or running and a team can choose between the two. So, as you lean more toward passing, your per pass numbers go down while your per run numbers go up. The goal isn't to maximize either one, but the sum total.

There are quite a few examples of teams that pass rarely but for a high yds/attempt (see Army, Air Force, Stanford, typically Ga Tech ...) and teams that pass a lot but for low yds/attempt (see UMass, Illinois, and really WSU).

Running is a little different as most teams run a lot if they can, but we do have some teams that run rarely but for a high average (Texas Tech) and more that run frequently for a low average (Tulsa, WVU, UNC-Charlotte, Northern Illinois, Army).

[CTcard]

Here are a few that caught my attention:
...
#1 in passing efficiency.  (Impressive because Stanford is known as a running team, but it makes sense because of play action.)

As a generic rule, the more often you do something, the less you get per try. Particularly in something like offensive stats broken down into passing or running and a team can choose between the two. So, as you lean more toward passing, your per pass numbers go down while your per run numbers go up. The goal isn't to maximize either one, but the sum total.

There are quite a few examples of teams that pass rarely but for a high yds/attempt (see Army, Air Force, Stanford, typically Ga Tech ...) and teams that pass a lot but for low yds/attempt (see UMass, Illinois, and really WSU).

Running is a little different as most teams run a lot if they can, but we do have some teams that run rarely but for a high average (Texas Tech) and more that run frequently for a low average (Tulsa, WVU, UNC-Charlotte, Northern Illinois, Army).