I’m not sure there’s a metric out there that properly explain what happened on Saturday.
There are metrics I could use to describe the actual events on the field. Success rates, completion percentage, yards per play, scoring opportunities...the usual stuff.
But none of that really captures what actually happened on Faurot Field on October 19th, 2024. Unless I come up with a “time spent in hospital” coefficient for all of the possible variables.
You’ll see all the usual numbers I run out for these pieces and none of it is really going to stand out. And you’ll scratch your head and think, “huh, was it really as awesome as it seemed at the time?