After Week 3, Crimson Quarry analyzed the play-by-play data from Saturday’s Indiana-Cincinnati game in order to calculate advanced stats to further contextualize No. 8 Cincinnati’s 38-24 win.
Note: For the purposes of calculating success rate, “success” is defined as a team gaining at least 50 percent of the yards necessary for a first down on first down, at least 70 percent of the necessary yards on second down and 100 percent of the needed yards on third and fourth downs. End-of-half kneels were ignored in this analysis.
Here’s the difference that Micah McFadden’s absence had on Indiana’s defense
With four minutes and four seconds left in the first half and Indiana leading 14-0, Indiana linebacker Micah McFadden was ejected for targeting on a penalty that turned a would-be third-down stop into a second life for Cincinnati’s offense, which the Bearcats soon cashed in on with their first points of the game to cut the deficit to 14-7.