Undefeated, third ranked Utah chugs into Los Angeles to face a USC team that’s reeling to an unprecedented degree. The Trojans have lost three games, their coach, and major components of their offense to injury. Yet Las Vegas and many advanced metrics favor the Trojans. What’s that about?
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Analysts use a number of different metrics to evaluate a football team. A core analytical decision is whether you are going to only consider what’s actually happened on the field, or if you are going to use your eyeball test or some other measure of a team’s inherent talent, ability, or potential to adjust your analysis.