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<blockquote data-quote="AE 87" data-source="post: 224989" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>I'll try one more time, more slowly.</p><p></p><p>Team A has the ball 20 times in a game and scores a TD on half the drives and punts the other half. </p><p></p><p>Team B has the ball 10 times and scores touchdowns on every drive.</p><p></p><p>Who has the better offense?</p><p></p><p>If you use pts per game, you would answer that they are the same. If you use pts/dr, you'd see Team B was twice as good.</p><p></p><p>Now, has that sunk in?</p><p></p><p>OK, in a game, both teams typically have the same number of drives. So, a team that is used to 20 drives a game will not score as many points when they have fewer drives.</p><p></p><p>Using pts per drive is the right stat, not a cherry picked stat.</p><p></p><p>Now, in football, the clock stops for incomplete passes, and pass plays are typically faster than rushing plays also. So, teams who primarily rush typically will have fewer drives in a game, especially if their D can't get off the field. That has been the situation at Tech.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps you and others understand why the pts per game stat is the wrong stat to compare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AE 87, post: 224989, member: 195"] I'll try one more time, more slowly. Team A has the ball 20 times in a game and scores a TD on half the drives and punts the other half. Team B has the ball 10 times and scores touchdowns on every drive. Who has the better offense? If you use pts per game, you would answer that they are the same. If you use pts/dr, you'd see Team B was twice as good. Now, has that sunk in? OK, in a game, both teams typically have the same number of drives. So, a team that is used to 20 drives a game will not score as many points when they have fewer drives. Using pts per drive is the right stat, not a cherry picked stat. Now, in football, the clock stops for incomplete passes, and pass plays are typically faster than rushing plays also. So, teams who primarily rush typically will have fewer drives in a game, especially if their D can't get off the field. That has been the situation at Tech. I hope this helps you and others understand why the pts per game stat is the wrong stat to compare. [/QUOTE]
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