Advanced Stats Season Preview, Part 2: Fixing What’s Broke

Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports David Williams has a claim to be called Arkansas’ best running back since 2008.Welcome back to the 2020 Advanced Stats Season Preview. Check out Part 1 here, and be sure to consult the glossary if you see a stat you’re not familiar with.

This article will dive deeper in the overall trends we’ve seen since Bobby Petrino’s first season in 2008, and then we’ll start to dig into the run game.

Trends to reverse

I have more data than I know what to do with, so I decided to graph every single play from scrimmage (FBS games only) for the Hogs since 2008, color-coded by coach:

Note: Hover your mouse over a point to see the play-by-play. This probably won’t work if you’re…