As football has entered the modern age, teams utilize statistics to bolster their game plans more and more. But with this data revolution, it has also, for some, become a clutter of statistics, with a few stats being useful, and others, well, not so much.
The Big Ten’s football coaches weighed in through a video posted by the Big Ten Network Friday, giving their takes on what the most overrated stat is.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was pretty blunt in his take, saying all of them are overrated “except for points.” As of right now, the points total has been in favor of the Wolverines, which currently sit 5-0 and atop the Big Ten East despite not leading the conference in total or scoring offense or defense at the moment.