6/24/2023 0 Comments Ohio state 2017 football statsOverall, Penn State converts 38 percent of their third down chances, good for 68th nationally.īeing unable to regularly convert third downs is a problem for lots of reasons, but it should be an especially big problem against a team like Ohio State. Their offense is near the bottom of the country in power success rate and stuff rate, meaning that they’re not so effective at running the ball in third and short situations (a critical skill to converting on third down), and they take a large amount of sacks in passing down situations (118th in the country). That’s horrific.Īnd yet, Penn State WON one of those games! And the other was still reasonably close until the 4th quarter.Īnd those metrics aren’t aberrations for Penn State. Over their last two games against Ohio State, Penn State has converted exactly three third down attempts. I had to triple check it, because it seemed so outlandish, but folks, the math checks out. By virtually every account, it should be a very competitive game.Īnd then I saw an absolutely crazy stat from my friend Ben Jones, who is on the Penn State beat. 2 team in the country, with the clear path to a division title and, likely, a playoff bid on the line. They’re hosting a rival (yes, it’s a rival, don’t me Penn State Twitter), the No. Ohio State’s biggest game, at least on paper, is this weekend.
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