In the final installment of the 2020 Advanced Stats Season Review, we’re going to look at the impact that “Hidden Factors” had on GT winning football games in 2020. When I solicited questions for this series last month, the vast majority of the questions I got covered these hidden factors of penalties, turnovers, special teams, and field position. Now, field position is a dependent variable that hinges largely on special teams and turnovers, but I got a question about it and wanted to look at it separately. Now, many GT fans may object that these things were not hidden but highly visible, but what I mean is that hidden factors are those elements of the game that don’t show up in some of the key metrics we use in evaluating offense and defense, like success rate, yards per play, and total offensive and defensive EPA (Expected Points Added per play).
Advanced Stats 2020 Season Review Part 5: Hidden Factors
