Author’s note: This is the first in a three-part offensive scouting exercise in preparation for the 2019 season, and the first entry in Stats O’ War’s inaugural College Football Season Preview. To start, I will analyze Big 12 offenses, down by down, to see what some more obscure numbers reveal about the style, approach, and attacks of each TCU opponent.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. - M. Twain
Each possession, each fresh set of downs provides an opportunity for an offense to start over, to try something new, to approach the problem of gaining yards in a new and better way.