Comments on: Notes from the weekend

By: incheslong

incheslong — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:48:55 +0000

well said

By: mileslong

mileslong — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:23:25 +0000

i love your stats carkev, you always put them in a succinct manner which is fun to read and always interesting. the art bell reference was because henry james mentioning you coming out of your cave. i had always pictured you sitting in some isolated house like pahrump, nevada grinding out stats through out the night with shelves upon shelves of books full of statistics and rarely venturing out of the house. much like art bell does except his books are all about aliens…

By: CarKev

CarKev — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:58:14 +0000

Mileslong, I’m not sure what the reference to Art Bell was?

As for the one about OU, I actually think it’s justification for Mack’s approach to the OU game (that it’s just another game, and that the season can still be a success even if we lose). I don’t agree with the approach, but Mack strikes me as a guy who prefers merry-go-rounds to roller coasters.

I don’t think the stat is terribly meaningful, but I do find it interesting. Recovering from the two worst games and winning the next four + was remarkable.

By: Texoz

Texoz — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:31:37 +0000

Regarding Pittman, what is going on there? I know he was out for a few games due to suspension.

In his first game (or two) back he made a few nice catches, and then I don’t think I’ve seen him thrown to since.

By: mileslong

mileslong — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:16:12 +0000

oh i almost forgot, hey carkev, say hello to art bell for me…

By: mileslong

mileslong — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:14:23 +0000

love the stats, thanks. the most meaningless stat ever is the one about how many times we win the week after OU. why can’t we just beat OU then and then see what happens. some are wearing this stat like some badge of honor that we usually do pretty well after getting face raped by OU each year…

By: CarKev

CarKev — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:56:55 +0000

Finley had 1 catch against Arkansas State, 0 against ISU, 2 against Nebraska, 3 against Rice, and 4+ against TCU, UCF, KSU, OU, BU, OK State, and Tech. He’s grossly underutilized, but so it goes.

By: Macanudo

Macanudo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:36:58 +0000

Holy crap. Finley does have 40 catches this season. And that’s with him being totally ignored in the game plans for several different games.

By: CarKev

CarKev — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:54:52 +0000

Macanudo, Pat had 38 catches for 545 yards, 2 TD’s as a senior. As a junior he had 30 catches for 445 yards, 8 TD’s.

Anyone interested in historical team records can use www.stassen.com. Good stuff, easy to use.

Jeff, the NCAA had a few arbitrary breakdowns of career rushing carry #’s, which put Ricky up there at #1. I believe DeAngelo Williams had 6.22 ypc (969 carries) and Ricky had 6.22 ypc (1,011 carries) so DeAngelo is the record-holder for backs with 781+ carries. Mike Rozier (7.16 on 668 carries) holds the record for 414+ carries.

Huck, thank you–I wondered about the difference.

By: Macanudo

Macanudo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:06:07 +0000

“behind only David Thomas on the single-season receptions by a TE.”

Where does Pat Fitzgerald fit in there?