Bill Connelly invented all of this; check out his college football analytics blog, Football Study Hall.
But first, let’s talk about another guy that won’t be here next year.
It was Senior Day, after all.
The NCAA’s graduate transfer rule that allows players who have completed their degrees at one institution to transfer penalty-free to another, provided it has a degree program not offered at the athlete’s original school, has altered the fortunes of numerous teams since it was enacted in 2006. “Altered” covers a pretty wide range of impacts, of course — sometimes you luck out and get a Russell Wilson; other times, you get a Jeremiah Masoli.