Under the Hood: Hawaii at OSU

by Jake Bertalotto on Sep 11, 2008 8:00 AM PDT in Football Comment 7 comments

Yes, we're two games into the season, and yes, the sample size is small, but here we go with a a statistical analysis of Saturday's game:

(1-1)

(0-2)

@ Florida (L, 56-10)

@ Stanford (L, 36-28)

vs. Weber St. (W, 36-17)

@ Penn State (L, 45-14)

Hawaii Margin of Victory: -13.5

Oregon State Margin of Victory: -19.5

Sweet.

Hawaii's Opponents have a combined record of: 3-1

Oregon State's Opponents have a combined record of: 3-1

Hawaii has a Sagarin rating of: 70.6

Oregon State has a Sagarin rating of: 75.0

Now, on to bigger and better stats....

Offense
Rush YPG	96.5	89.0
Rush YPC	3.33	2.97
Rush TD	2	2
Pass YPG	243	377
Pass YPA	6.7	7.3
Pass TD	4	3
Total O	339.5	416.9
Scoring O	23.0	21.0

Defense
Rush YPG	117.5	224.5
Rush YPC	3.67	5.22
Rush TD	5	6
Pass YPG	192	377.5
Pass YPA	7.11	6.96
Pass TD	2	3
Total O	309.5	377.5
Scoring O	36.5	40.5

What does this tell us? If it told me anything, it's that our defense needs to improve. Time doesn't allow for me to drop very much knowledge here, so feel free to do so in the comment thread and I'll join ya'll there.

All stats via CFB Stats

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turnovers will be key in this game

the OSU defense NEEDs to create more turnovers for OSU to win.

Woof

by Charles Barkley McLovin on Sep 11, 2008 11:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

And along with that...

NEED to win the field position game. OSU needs shorter fields and make Hawaii have longer fields, and this will lead into the need for good special teams (both sides). And yes turnovers will also play into this.

-RVM

by rvm on Sep 11, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So basically,

WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN PUNT!

--JB--

by Jake Bertalotto on Sep 11, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Which reminds me....

Mike Riley gave CV3000 a serious look at right tackle in the preseason… CV, can you punt?!?!?

--JB--

by Jake Bertalotto on Sep 11, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well!

As long as you put it that way-Yes!

-RVM

by rvm on Sep 11, 2008 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really didn't need him, but...

Oregon St. J. Hekker
Punt: 2
Avg:42.0
Lng: 0
Blk: 0
I20: 0
TB: 0

On that second one though=still taking too much time! But no rush so he had the luxury. Anyway, looked better.

Don’t know why they didn’t list the long punt but that was how the stats were listed from where I grabbed them.

And the Beavs did (for the most part) an excellent job on field position.

-RVM

by rvm on Sep 13, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

From the Rivals Pac-10 preview page

“We have to dominant and not just win. We need a great outing against Hawaii so we can have some momentum going into USC.” – Oregon State cornerback Brandon Hughes on whether the 0-2 Beavers are in a must-win situation against Hawaii on Saturday.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=848949

-RVM

by rvm on Sep 11, 2008 10:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs