Penn State - Indiana Stat Comparison

by BSD on Nov 13, 2008 9:37 AM EST in Game Previews Comment 5 comments

				Advantage
Rush Offense (yd/game)	221.7 (12)	175.9 (53)	Rush Defense (yd/game)
Pass Offense (yd/game)	221.0 (53)	238.9 (91)	Pass Defense (yd/game)
QB Rating	141.7 (23)	140.6 (100)	Opp. QB Rating
Total Offense (yd/game)	442.7 (19)	414.8 (100)	Total Defense (yd/game)
Sacks Allowed/Game	0.80 (5)	2.60 (23)	Sacks/Game
3rd Down Conv. Offense	50.0% (9)	44.3% (99)	3rd Down Conv. Defense
Scoring Offense (PPG)	39.9 (9)	32.7 (101)	Scoring Defense (PPG)
Rush Defense (yd/game)	99.3 (9)	175.8 (36)	Rush Offense (yd/game)
Pass Defense (yd/game)	167.2 (10)	202.6 (71)	Pass Offense (yd/game)
Opp. QB Rating	99.25 (5)	115.6 (84)	QB Rating
Total Defense (yd/game)	266.5 (6)	378.4 (45)	Total Offense (yd/game)
Scoring Defense	12.4 (5)	22.9 (78)	Scoring Offense
Sacks/Game	2.7 (20)	2.50 (100)	Sacks Allowed/Game
3rd Down Conv. Defense	33.1% (25)	28.4% (116)	3rd Down Conv. Offense
Kickoff Defense	22.2 (83)	21.6 (60)	Kickoff Returns
Kickoff Returns	26.85 (5)	23.6 (97)	Kickoff Defense
Net Punting	36.1 (43)	7.67 (76)	Punt Returns
Punt Returns	10.4 (42)	37.3 (18)	Net Punting
Takeaways	19 (42)	17 (57)	Giveaways
Giveaways	10 (6)	19 (42)	Takeaways
Penalty YPG	27.3 (1)	49.6 (57)	Penalty YPG

There were running a buy-one-get-one-free special on Penn State logos this week so I bought some extras. Actually, I wanted to start pointing out areas where one team had a huge advantage, so anywhere you see one team ranked in the top 25 and the other team is ranked below 80 you will see it emphasized with two logos.

Indiana couldn't come at a better time for Penn State. After two straight games of struggling on offense the Nittany Lions need a game like this to get their mojo back. Indiana is bad on offense and bad on defense. But the stat that bothers me is the number of sacks they record per game. They are a very good pass rushing team and Daryll Clark has not been good at handling pressure in the past two games. Penn State has to dominate the run on first and second down to get third and short situations and keep Indiana guessing. They also need to mix in play action on first and second down which I don't recall seeing much of in Iowa at all. Indiana's pass defense is terrible, which is understandable considering the injuries they have suffered.

Defensively this is a team we should handle easily. They don't have many weapons, and Tom Bradley won't be waking up in a cold sweat this week with visions of James Hardy leaping overtop our defensive backs. I don't see too much to get scared about here, but then I thought the same thing last week.

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I don't know if there is much Clark can do

with some of the pressure he’s gotten. The o-line has really whiffed (Re-watch the second play of the Iowa game, where Orhnberger is standing around while Clark goes down) on some blocks, and the receivers have trouble getting open vs. better teams.

by PSU Mudder on Nov 13, 2008 10:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Afraid to touch this one with a 10-foot pole

If I remember correctly, last week’s comparison chart looked eerily similar.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Nov 13, 2008 12:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Not really

We had a lot of advantages over Iowa, but there was really nothing Iowa did poorly. In categories where we were ranked in the top 20 they were ranked in the top 40. There are several areas where Indiana is just terrible.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Nov 13, 2008 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs