NFL Scouts Evaluates the talent on UM Roster

[DaU83]

But, if you're saying "let's limit the total number of possessions in the game", then I agree. If that's your goal, then taking maximum time to run each play, and concentrating on just moving the sticks, will do that. It will limit the number of possessions for BOTH TEAMS. Either playing up tempo, or a slow methodical game, is a double edged sword in both cases. The goal, of course, is to maximize your efficiency on BOTH sides of the ball. We were slow as **** running plays last year. Didn't help.

Tell Chip Kelly he knows nothing about football. The dude is 42-6 not worrying about TOP. Score points. Let your defense stop the other guys. If they can't do that, then work on getting better on that side of the ball.

TOP is the most useless statistic in football.

Chip Kelly also runs of the most plays per game in college football.

But, funny you say that Time of Possession is the most useless stat in football...

Some of the top teams in the category...

Florida (4th)
Alabama (6th)
Oregon State (10th)
Notre Dame (14th)
Louisville (16th)

They total 2 losses between all five of them.

#1 Western kentucky (2 losses)
#2 SMU (4 losses)
#3 TCU (3 losses)
you know 4
#5 New Mexico ( 5 Losses)
#6 North Texas (5 losses)
7 is bama
#8 Michigan State ( 4 losses)
#9 Utah ( 5 losses)
10 is oregon state

Now, i know it's cooler to cherry pick stats and think you're making a good point. But 7 of the top 10 teams in TOP have an average of 4 losses.. if you add the entire top 10 it's an average of 3 losses.. not a good sign that TOP is a worthwhile stat. Look at the rest of the TOP "top 25" there's three times the amount of "not good" teams vs. good teams (0 or 1 loss up to this point)