Georgia Tech Football: Advanced Stats Analysis - Week 5

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Offensive and Defensive Passing Down Success

This one makes me chuckle. As a quick refresher, Passing downs are:

Georgia Tech has been absolutely stellar in these situations on both sides of the ball. On defense, these situations were dreaded last season, but now the team is allowing only a 21.6% success rate in these situations. That’s incredible, and it’s the 13th best mark in FBS. The defense can get off the field this year, and it’s amazing

As good as the defense has been in these situations, the offense has been better. Tech has a whopping 47.5% success rate on Passing Downs, good for 3rd in the country. Keep in mind, the FBS average is 30.6%. Not built for 3rd and long anyone?

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