LOOKING INSIDE THE STATS
Here are the teams who won phony
games ‘inside-out’ ITS (In The Stats) but were out-gained by 100 or more yards
in their last game. This week includes:
• College Football: Baylor,
Wyoming
• NFL: None
PUTTIN’ ON THE STATS PLAY LIST
Listed below are the qualifying teams to date with their
respective ITS win-loss records that have either won or lost all - or all but
one – of their games in the stats. Play accordingly as long as these teams
remain on this list from now thru the end of the season.
Play On ITS teams: Alabama 9-1, Central Florida 9-0, Georgia 9-1, LSU 9-1, Oklahoma
10-0, Oklahoma State 9-1, South Florida 9-0, and Wisconsin 9-0.
Play Against ITS teams: Connecticut 0-9-1, East Carolina 1-8-1, Kent State 1-9, Rutgers
1-9, and UTEP 1-9.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY
From this week’s MIDWEEK ALERT
football newsletter it’s apparent that certain teams are in current form that
is diametrically opposite to that of their overall season-to-date team
stats.
The net differential of their overall
team stats, with a net difference of 100 YPG or more since Game Five, as
opposed to the overall season-to-date team stats, are contained below. You would be wise to observe these
opposite-form comparison teams.
Positive Game Five Out Net Stats: Temple +111
Negative Game Five Out Net Stats: Duke -119, Georgia Tech -111,
Kansas State -104, Oregon -104
LEAKING OIL
Each week on the football card each
we isolate favorites that have been out-gained in each of their last three
games.
We call them ‘leaking oil’ favorites
for reasons that are self-explanatory.
Here are this week’s Pennzoil favorites and their current ITS losing
skein record.
• College Football: Iowa
State 0-3, Florida 0-3, Florida Atlantic 0-3
NFL: Kansas Citry Chiefs 0-4, L.A.
Clippers 0-3
SEASON-HIGH, SEASON-LOW
One
of the gauges of how a team can be expected to perform on the field is how they
go toe-to-toe with other teams throughout the course of a season.
When
a team holds another to season-low yardage it’s an indicator that their defense
is legit. Conversely, when they allow foes season-high yards their
defense is waning and trouble is generally looming.
With
that thought in mind, below is a list of teams that have held four or more FBS
opponents to either season-low marks, or season-high yards this campaign, along
with the amount of times they have accomplished the feat this season to date:
Season-lows: Alabama 5, Boston College 4,
Clemson 5, Michigan 6, Michigan State 4, Ohio State 5, TCU 6, Texas 4, Virginia
Tech 4, Washington 5, Washington State 5.
Season-highs: Bowling Green 4, UCLA 4, UL
Lafayette 5, UL Monroe 5.
On
the NFL side of things…
Season-lows: Carolina
Panthers 4, Jacksonville Jaguars 4
Season-highs: New York
Giants 3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3
STAT OF
THE WEEK
If the playoffs were to begin this week Buffalo
would be the No. 6 seed in the AFC. Bills QB Tyrod Taylor’s 91.4 QB Rating is
better this season than Ben Roethlisberger, Marcus Mariota, and Cam Newton, yet
not strong enough to impress the Buffalo brass.
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