Tuesday's post on attacking the middle of the field with Iowa State's running game set off some interesting comments about where Iowa State's yards were coming from. That's an easy enough explainer in and of itself, but it makes more sense to add some perspective about the college football landscape as a whole and where our beloved Cyclones fall in to it.
Enter two key metrics to illustrate again how much Iowa State suffered when they couldn't stay on schedule: Yards and Success Rate.
We'll get to yards in a moment, but let's define Success Rate for those of you unfamiliar with the term.