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Graphing the Tide vs. Colorado State: Offense Was Taken

Get it... “Offense” Was Taken? Like, there was a lot of football-Offense going on? Whatever.

Another week, another supposed cupcake, and another batch of surprisingly-high efficiency rates from said cupcake. The Colorado State Rams brought the heat on offense, putting up a near-average Success Rates on a supposedly-top-flight defense. It’s a good thing the Crimson Tide offense turned in an even better performance.

Metric definitions

A "successful" play, as defined by Football Outsiders, is basically when a play gains enough yardage to keep the offense on track, i.