WVU under Rodriguez as indicator for GT under PJ....

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Below is WVU's running plays as a % of total plays:

2004 - 69%
2005 - 76%
2006 - 72%
2007 - 71%

Note #1: PJ said he thought we would end up running about 70% of the time. WVU has actually been running more than that in a BCS conference.

Here are WVU recruiting rankings:

2002 - 37th
2003 - 46th
2004 - 47th
2005 - 31st
2006 - 52nd
2007 - 23rd

Note #2: WVU's recruiting rankings have not been great, but it's ok according to recruiting guru's.

Here is WVU final poll rankings and records:

2001 - NR (3-8)
2002 - 25th (9-4)
2003 - NR (8-5)
2004 - NR (8-4)
2005 - 5th (11-1)
2006 - 10th (11-2)
2007 - 11th (10-2)

Note #3: After a bad initial season presumably adjusting to the system, WVU has averaged 9.5 wins per season. I can live with those results even without Top 25 recruiting classes.
 
What has been their strength of schedule over that time period compared to what ours will likely be in the ACC?
 
Also notice, that the bulk of thos wins came after Slaton and White showed up on campus.
 
mts315 said:
Also notice, that the bulk of thos wins came after Slaton and White showed up on campus.
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Good thing Nesbitt and Dwyer are already at GT. :fingersx:

Cool stats...but I don't think they really apply to GT b/c it's a completely different..well, everything. Coach, team, players, schedule, etc etc.
 
Toughest Schudule (Sorted by Cumulative Opposition) rankings for WVU compared to GT per NCAA website:

2002 - 23rd (GT = 36th)
2003 - 68th (GT = 50th)
2004 - 73rd (GT = 23rd)
2005 - 39th (GT = 19th)
2006 - 15th (GT = 28th)
2007 - 33rd (GT = 58th)
Avg - 42nd (GT = 36th)

Note #4: GT has had a somewhat tougher schedule, but not drastically different.
 
Totally agree that WVU's O under RR is the most reasonable comparison of what CPJ's O might do at GT. I personally expect a 70-30 run-pass ratio.

The NCAA schedule rankings have serious problems. They just add up the record of your opponents no matter who they played, so playing in a weak conference can look pretty strong. GT really has a little better advantage in schedule strength, Gailey's first four years we had very tough schedules.

But two of WVU's best seasons came against their toughest schedules, and they beat an SEC champ nad licker team. They are clearly a great program and we'd have to go back to 1966 to have three seasons as good as their last three consecutive seasons!

Here are the Sagarin ratings and schedule strength ratings for each (the ratings do take the SS into account):

2007....GT #47/SS #58......WVU #7/SS #42
2006....GT #32/SS #56......WVU #10/SS #37
2005....GT #41/SS #16......WVU #6/SS #63
2004....GT #25/SS #33......WVU #29/SS #64
2003....GT #33/SS #6.......WVU #42/SS #56
2002....GT #43/SS #22......WVU #23/SS #54

Avg sched rating: GT #31.8, WVU #52.7
 
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Just realized we got PJ just at the right time, if we didn't have him by now, the WVU job might have been very attractive to him.
 
1.75 = Average Number of Receptions per Game by GT WRs in 2007 (8.75 / 5 WRs)

839 = Total Number of Offensive Plays for GT in 2007

65% = % of Total Receptions Made by GT WR Corp

55% = Assumed Average Completion % for NCAA

30% = Hypothetical Pass Plays as a % of Total Plays

Note #5: In a hypothetical 70% run offense compared to actual 2007 results, GT WRs would only see a decline of 0.47 receptions per game per WR.
 
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