As I was perusing the statistical landscape of college football a couple of interesting stats came to my attention. Virginia is 1-0 in the ACC and 1-3 overall with 8 games remaining. There are 120 college football teams playing in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
~Virginia ranks 8th nationally in Pass Defense giving up a 156.6 yards per game. Not too shabby.
~Jameel Sewell is ranked 87th nationally in Total Offense with 184 yards per game. The nations leader is Case Keenum at the University of Houston with 436.79 yards per game.
~The Hoos are ranked 31 in Total Defense after 278 defensive plays so far, and are giving up 301.75 yards per game to the other teams offense.
~UVA’s Rushing Offense is ranked 110 nationally with only 93 yards per game on the ground.
~UVA’s Passing Offense is ranked 99th nationally with 179.25 yards per game.
~Virginia has 51 Freshman, 25 Sophomores, 21 Juniors, and only 13 Seniors on the team. Obviously, this means we are a very young football team. This bodes well for the future.
~Three weeks ago in the loss against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, UVA put 34 points on the scoreboard and collected 390 yards of offense. Both were season highs. Last Saturday, UVA scored only 16 points, and amassed 254 yards of offense and WON THE GAME. What does this show? That statistics don’t mean a freaking hill of beans. A win is a win, and stats are for fantasy-football-dorks that are locked in the basement all weekend.
