the UVA is far more important than the next two
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The number is correct:
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2007&div=4&rpt=IA_teampasseff&site=org
And thanks for quoting somebody on my ignore list so I see his vomit/drool. NOT.
Passing efficiency has 4 components, completion %, interception %, TD %, and yds/attempt.
Our completion % is OK (54.7%), INT % is perfect (0%), TD % is as bad as possible (0%), and yds/attempt is very low (5.79).
This is a small amount of data to be going on at present. If you take one incomplete pass and turn it into a 70-yard TD, we would go up 30 places in the rankings. Or if you took the 2 passing TDs that were ruled laterals and the one passing TD that was negated by a penalty, we would also go up about 30 places.
But those are ifs and buts, the fact remains that our passing game has not been effective so far.
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The pro and college formulas are different. The pro formula basically caps the impact of each category, and the weights for the categories are different.
Chris Stassen's page has a built in calculator and an explanation of each:
http://football.stassen.com/pass-eff/
Chris Stassen's page has a built in calculator and an explanation of each:
http://football.stassen.com/pass-eff/
I agree that our passing offense needs to improve. I just think that using national rankings after 3 games to prove any point is ridiculous. Does anyone not think we could have passed for 500 yards and 6 TDs against Samford had we wanted to? If we were ranked #10 at this point it would be equally meaningless.
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Oh, I don't have jacketup ignored yet. Some of his stuff seems remotely reasonable to me.
Hrmm. Yds per attempt really isn't so hot. We need to eliminate the catches for a loss, and push our flats patterns a little further upfield before they make their breaks. That'd probably give us another yard and a half on that average.