Stat Junkie Stuff - Michigan & PSU versus Indiana Revisited - Who did it better?

[BlueMonster]

Maybe there is a path to victory that can be found in the indiana box score

How did Indiana lose by 31 points?
Indiana had 352 yards of offense against PSU in Happy Valley yet only scored 14 points
Indiana had 18 fewer yards of offense than PSU yet was beaten by 31 points
Indiana had ONE fewer 1st downs than Penn State and was beaten by 31 points
Indiana only allows PSU 39 yards rushing on 37 carries and yet lost by 31 points
Indiana had a better 3rd down conversation rate (7/18) than PSU (6/18) and yet lost by 31 points

Indiana had 278 yards of offense against Michigan in Bloomington and scored 20 points
Indiana had 51 fewer yards of offense than Michigan and yet was tied at the end of regulation

Michigan had 41 yards less offense than PSU vs Indiana yet scored 18 fewer points

The difference in the two games

Penalties.
Michigan gave up 141 yards of penalties (STUPID Penalties)
Penn State had 7 yards of penalties (that is correct)

3rd down
Michigan was 2 / 13 on 3rd down. we could not get off of the field
Michigan had no passing game 10/20 for 58 yards. Kinda hard to convert on 3rd down without passing

Redzone
We must get points every time. 7 is better than 3 and 3 is better than 0

Here is what I get from this
If we don't beat ourselves (penalties, turnovers, personal fouls) we will be there at the end
If we don't beat ourselves this is a very competitive game
We can run the ball on PSU and we can stop the run

 

[CtBlue03]

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