One of the first things I do on Sunday mornings in autumn is check out Chris Vannini’s compilation of college pigskin statistical anomalies from the day before’s games.
Among this first big Saturday of the season’s curiosities is that Mike Leach-coached QBs have rung up 600+ yards in a game on 11 different occasions, as Stanford transfer KJ Costello did against Bo Pelini’s D in Baton Rouge. While the rest of Chinstrap Nation has done it only 9 times.
While stats don’t always explain the whys and wherefores of a victory or setback, sometimes they do.
Which brings me to the University of Louisville’s 20-23 defeat to Pat Narduzzi’s Pitt Panthers.