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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 305294" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I just got through re-reading <em>Moneyball</em> and was again struck by how much Tech - and the other under center spread option teams - fit the paradigm. I don't know if there is a football equivalent to OBP or the slugging percentage. Further, since football is much more dependent on team play then baseball is, I'm not sure there is much reason to try to come up with anything but the team stats cited here. </p><p></p><p>However, the way we recruit and the way we play have <em>Moneyball</em> written all over them. The best example I can think of is Matthew taking a knee on the on-side kick in the VT game. 9 teams out of 10 would have gone for the TD; there was an open field in front of him. But he hit the dirt because the game was already out of reach and Coach told everybody on the hands team that that's what he wanted. </p><p></p><p>So, no, I don't think TOP is overrated. It's what our entire team is built around and what makes it work. Mind, I'd like to see the D do well too. There I agree that turnovers are the secret for us; Tech will never have a D like Bammer's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 305294, member: 265"] I just got through re-reading [I]Moneyball[/I] and was again struck by how much Tech - and the other under center spread option teams - fit the paradigm. I don't know if there is a football equivalent to OBP or the slugging percentage. Further, since football is much more dependent on team play then baseball is, I'm not sure there is much reason to try to come up with anything but the team stats cited here. However, the way we recruit and the way we play have [I]Moneyball[/I] written all over them. The best example I can think of is Matthew taking a knee on the on-side kick in the VT game. 9 teams out of 10 would have gone for the TD; there was an open field in front of him. But he hit the dirt because the game was already out of reach and Coach told everybody on the hands team that that's what he wanted. So, no, I don't think TOP is overrated. It's what our entire team is built around and what makes it work. Mind, I'd like to see the D do well too. There I agree that turnovers are the secret for us; Tech will never have a D like Bammer's. [/QUOTE]
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