Stanford Offense vs Washington State Defense
Rankings reflect ranking percentile for Offense or Defense vs NCAA
Chart reflect ranking percentile for Offense or Defense vs NCAA
0 is worst unit in NCAA 100 is best
0 is worst unit in NCAA 100 is best
Until Weeks 6-7 the model outputs are directional, but useful
The Stanford offense (#47) is making its fancy endowed chair look pretty silly. The offensive line was positively porous against the Huskies, most embarrassing considering that the Huskies didn't look that competent against Arizona much less heavily recruited line and also the Huskies didn't blitz. The line has been getting a good push on most run plays, but they are limited by the horrendous passing game that is allowing teams to load the box. One of the touted QBs needs to produce something soon. I'll keep saying it; Stanford runs the ball too well to be this bad at play action.
Stanford is excellent at Play Efficiency and avoiding Negative Drives. They push off the line of scrimmage well and don't put themselves in a lot of 3 and outs. They are very good on 3rd down and at avoiding D-plus Plays.
The story of Stanford offense though is that they are terrible at Explosive Drives and Drive Efficiency. A team with Christian McCaffrey and some burners at WR is terrible at Explosive Drives. Stanford is completely one dimensional against good defenses.
Stanford is excellent at Play Efficiency and avoiding Negative Drives. They push off the line of scrimmage well and don't put themselves in a lot of 3 and outs. They are very good on 3rd down and at avoiding D-plus Plays.
The story of Stanford offense though is that they are terrible at Explosive Drives and Drive Efficiency. A team with Christian McCaffrey and some burners at WR is terrible at Explosive Drives. Stanford is completely one dimensional against good defenses.
Washington State's defense (#18) is showing why Alex Grinch is so good at his job. There may not be a more important coordinator hire in the last few years in the Pac12. WSU has improved dramatically in the last two years on defense and it has turned this team into a contender in the North. They stoned an excellent Oregon offense last week, granted Oregon usually has terrible starting field position because of their defense, but still a solid game.
Wazzu is very good at Play Efficiency, containing Explosive Drives, and creating Negative Drives. This is definitely a disciplined team that tackles well and create 3 and outs. Containing Explosive Drives is such an important part of playing good defense. They are excellent on 3rd down and they do produce a lot of D-plus plays. If you can do that without getting burned on Explosive Drives then you are doing something right, and usually without blitzing all the time.
Wazzu is very good at Play Efficiency, containing Explosive Drives, and creating Negative Drives. This is definitely a disciplined team that tackles well and create 3 and outs. Containing Explosive Drives is such an important part of playing good defense. They are excellent on 3rd down and they do produce a lot of D-plus plays. If you can do that without getting burned on Explosive Drives then you are doing something right, and usually without blitzing all the time.
WSU is pretty middling at Drive Efficiency, They have given up some drives where teams strung together lots of plays against them and Wazzu wasn't able to get off the field. If they can improve this over the year they have a chance to be dominant.
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