Posted by Huckleberry on August 31st, 2009 under Football
The eight-month wait is finally over as we've arrived at the first gameweek of the 2009 football season. In a game like the Texas season opener against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks there is typically not much to pay attention to as the Longhorns use the outing as a warmup and exhibition of sorts. For our offense, that should hold true this year
Posted by Huckleberry on August 29th, 2009 under Football
See the offense and special teams review here.
Overall
Looking at Texas' defense last year is a good example of why it's important to use adjusted stats instead of relying only on the raw stats reported by the NCAA, which also include games against FCS teams. When adjusted for competition, the Longhorns were #4 in the nation in points allowed per game and #5 in points allowed per possession. Given the competition faced
Posted by Huckleberry on August 28th, 2009 under Football
As we approach the start of the 2009 season, I'm using my adjusted stats data to take a look back at the 2008 squad. Most of the stats will simply reinforce what we already know given that we follow this team closely throughout the year. There's a lot of information to look at, so I'll start today with the offensive side of the ball. Note that there may be slight
Posted by Huckleberry on August 28th, 2009 under Football
It's common belief that players improve most from their first year to their second and then the year-to-year improvements slowly decrease from there. It makes perfect sense and following the game seems to confirm that belief based on real results. So I decided to run a little test to see if we could detect that reality in the statistics. As you'll see, the results surprised me and I'm opening it up for