acc-football Stories - From The Rumble Seat
The Importance of Proximity: A Clemson Preview
Let's talk about attendance because it's probably my favorite stat to track regarding our team. It's the only statistic related to the game that is truly dictated by the fans. First number: 2,711,526. This number is how many people have attended Bobby Dodd Stadium since its expansion to a 55,000...
Tajh Boyd's Favorite Target: Sammy Watkins
Sammy Watkins is leading the ACC in receiving touchdowns and receptions per game. He is averaging just over 15 yards per catch and is definitely Tajh Boyd's favorite target. Of the 287 times Tajh Boyd has let loose a forward pass, 82 of them were destined for Sammy Watkins' hands. Watkins hauled...
How do the Clemson Tigers play the game of field position?
The Tigers play the game of field position fairly well. Offensively, they've scored touchdowns on 39 of their 103 legit, non-garbage drives. Their average starting field position was only their own 33 yard line while opponents are starting on their own 28. Even better, the Clemson D and special...
ACC Team Scoring Efficiencies
The above chart is a breakdown of two different stats for each team of the ACC up to date with only ACC games included. The blue bars equate to the amount of points a team will net per minute of possession in ACC play. For example, Clemson is 1.05 points/min so if they hold the ball for 30...
Georgia Tech's First Down Blues
Georgia Tech's rushing attack on first down is illustrated in the chart below. Basically, I broke the chart into two long running stat lines on first down rushing attempts alone. The blue bars are the season's average yards per carry since the Middle Tennessee State game. This stat fluctuates...
Georgia Tech-UVA Preview of Doomsdayhappiness
Are you ready to get another moral defeat? That's Virginia. Tech fans are depressed. Virginia fans are generally concerned about being destroyed by Tech while Tech fans are moping about margins of victory, passing efficiency, and penalties. I don't know if anyone realizes this but Tech is a top...
The Weekly Swagometrics: "Tajh" is Arabic for Crown
This Week's Swagometrics is brought to you by Tiger Illustrated's swaggodocious tweet about Tajh Boyd. The Tigers easily took the "Tajh" this week (a new term for our weekly swagger poll winner). To my surprise, Wake Forest is nipping at their heels. The Deacons have exploded onto the ACC scene...
Week 7 Swagger Poll Vote
I felt like opening up the Swagger Poll vote to the general public this week. Tell us which ACC team has the most swagger. Poll will close by Tuesday Night! Click the jump to vote! Loading...
What people are saying about 6-0 Georgia Tech...
I went around the media world to pull some quotes from the most obvious places. Georgia Tech's excursion through the wilderness of the ACC has turned out to be more nettlesome than expected...For the second week in a row, against a weaker league opponent, the Yellow Jackets failed to generate a...
The Maryland Preview and Prediction
Maryland and Georgia Tech haven't faced off since a 2007 error-filled debacle in College Park. It was one of the more frustrating games of the 2007 season, which ultimately led to the demise of Chan Gailey. The most important thing you need to know about Maryland is that the game has been...
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