Arkansas v. Texas A&M -- 50 Cool and Enlightening Facts

Arkansas Razorbacks v. Texas A&M Aggies: 50 Cool and Enlightening Facts

Above is my latest effort on The Bleacher Report and is also found on Hog Database below.

Arkansas Razorbacks v. Texas A&M Aggies: 50 Cool and Enlightening Facts

8. Not only is Texas A&M one of the worst teams in major college football in terms of sacks allowed, it is one of the poorest teams in procuring sacks (95th) with 1.25 per game.

9. If sacks were not good for A&M’s offense coming into this game, the Hogs bowl over opponents to get to the quarterback at one of the best rates in the country at 3.75 times per game. Usually the combination of allowing one of the highest rates of anything while your opponent does that particular thing really well is a big enough of a red flag that an Aggie can figure out what color it is by the time he’s finished examining it. The Arkansas Headhunters should rule Jerry’s World.

29. Only South Florida has taken fewer 3rd down attempts at 38 than Arkansas and Nebraska who both have 44. Only eight teams have made fewer third downs than Arkansas’s 17. On the other end of the spectrum only 11 teams have made more third down conversions than Texas A&M’s 36. The Aggies have had 70 3rd down attempts this year and converted just over 50% of them.

30. The last stat begs tons of questions and leads to much more information. Just how many drives has each team had this year to have had 44 and 70 third down conversion attempts?....

36. When Arkansas’ offense has scored touchdowns its average starting place is the 35 yard line. The average starting yard line for Texas A&M touchdowns is their 36. There is no significant difference when field goals are added to the mix.