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Data Deep Dive: Is Alabama actually passing more? And does it impact time of possession?

This is a follow-up, or more properly an adjunct, to Brent’s piece two weeks ago about whether scoring too quickly actually impacts the defense negatively. If you’ve not read that, check it out here.

Today, we look at two related questions: Is Alabama actually passing more, and, if so, is its passing offense negatively impacting the time of possession?

If you hate statistics, or are having bad flashbacks and want to skip to the TL; DR, jump to the bottom.

NB: This would be easier for some to visualize with a scatter plot, but the learning curve for the software that Brent and Parker ordinarily use is fairly steep.