Back in the summer of 2016 we noted the similarities between Clemson and Washington. The two programs were strong regionally with each having a major national title. The two had similar histories and Chris Petersen and Dabo Swinney then were the two best coaches without a national championship. According to the data, UW is about
The husky offense looks to have a higher floor than last season but is struggling to put up points. What’s going on? Let’s look at a host of statistics. First, let’s look at explosive plays. These are per conference game figures starting with 2016, 2017 and 2018 in bold. +10 yard runs- 7.3, 6.9, 5.0
Recruiting “level’d up” with the 2017 class which by 247, ranked #15. And that is by average, not by the total points metric. The average focuses on quality while the total points factors in quality and number of recruits signed. The 2018 class was awesome. It was #12 and experts we trust believe that some
We looked at the stats for in-conference games during Petersen’s tenure to quantify where UW needs improvement in 2018. The numbers are for 2014, 2016, 2017, 2017. The number in parenthesees is the rank in conference. We bolded 2016 and 2017. Let’s start with the offense… Sack Yards Allowed- 160, 180, 79, 127 Explosive Plays-
In these graphs we plot SRS and the recruiting ranking (based on star average on Scout). Note, the total points method for ranking classes is total bullshit. Also, you cannot compare a school’s star average over time because Scout has given out more 3 and 4 stars to recruits than in past years. We already
A year ago we posted a study looking at successful college coaches and how Chris Petersen could compare. You can see that here. The image below is from that study but not updated. We bolded a few of the best current coaches not to win a national championship. Dabo was 56-12 from year 4 to
