blacklistedbully
05-28-2015, 11:14 AM
"The most exciting defenses to watch are the ones that specialize in raising hell. We have a statistic to tell us which teams are the best at this kind of specialization. It's appropriately named havoc rate, and just as it sounds, it determines how often a defense wreaks havoc on opposing offenses.
Havoc rate measures the percentage of plays that end in a tackle for loss (including sacks), forced fumble, or tipped/intercepted pass. See more on Bill Connelly's havoc rate and other advanced stats here.
The national average was 15.8 percent for the 2014 season, and the defense best at raising hell was Clemson, which finished almost two percentage points better than second place TCU."
Not sure how I feel about this analysis, but I do find it interesting that this 3rd-party, supposedly scientific-approach doesn't extol the greatness of TSUN's defense relative to our own. Imagine if we had not played "1b" as much as we did.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/5/28/8609491/best-defenses-college-football-clemson-tcu?ref=yfp
Havoc rate measures the percentage of plays that end in a tackle for loss (including sacks), forced fumble, or tipped/intercepted pass. See more on Bill Connelly's havoc rate and other advanced stats here.
The national average was 15.8 percent for the 2014 season, and the defense best at raising hell was Clemson, which finished almost two percentage points better than second place TCU."
Not sure how I feel about this analysis, but I do find it interesting that this 3rd-party, supposedly scientific-approach doesn't extol the greatness of TSUN's defense relative to our own. Imagine if we had not played "1b" as much as we did.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/5/28/8609491/best-defenses-college-football-clemson-tcu?ref=yfp