After Georgia Tech’s Week 2 win against Jacksonville State, Bill Connelly’s advanced stats profile was the posted to the Tidbits. Some readers were skeptical of the statistics, and others complained about a lack of statistical interpretation in Bill’s post. I’m here to fill in the gaps. These profiles are a wonderful way of gauging how Georgia Tech is performing both offensively and defensively, and I wanted to share some of the takeaways from key metrics that I’ve been tracking.

Offense

Success Rate

The best measure of efficiency is success rate, the percentage of plays that are considered ‘successful.