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Virginia Tech 29, Marshall 21 |
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| Marshall | Va. Tech | Marshall | Va. Tech | |||
| Close % | 100.0% | STANDARD DOWNS | ||||
| Field Position % | 51.7% | 52.9% | Success Rate | 25.6% | 47.2% | |
| Leverage % | 49.4% | 60.9% | PPP | 0.31 | 0.40 | |
| S&P | 0.565 | 0.867 | ||||
| TOTAL | ||||||
| EqPts | 33.6 | 34.2 | PASSING DOWNS | |||
| Close Success Rate | 28.7% | 39.1% | Success Rate | 31.8% | 26.5% | |
| Close PPP | 0.39 | 0.39 | PPP | 0.46 | 0.39 | |
| Close S&P | 0.673 | 0.784 | S&P | 0.779 | 0.656 | |
| RUSHING | TURNOVERS | |||||
| EqPts | 15.5 | 18.5 | Number | 3 | 2 | |
| Close Success Rate | 23.8% | 37.3% | Turnover Pts | 9.1 | 5.6 | |
| Close PPP | 0.37 | 0.36 | Turnover Pts Margin | -3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Close S&P | 0.608 | 0.735 | ||||
| Line Yards/carry | 1.65 | 2.72 | Q1 S&P | 0.794 | 0.956 | |
| Q2 S&P | 1.152 | 0.651 | ||||
| PASSING | Q3 S&P | 0.733 | 0.819 | |||
| EqPts | 18.0 | 15.8 | Q4 S&P | 0.457 | 0.948 | |
| Close Success Rate | 33.3% | 41.7% | ||||
| Close PPP | 0.40 | 0.44 | 1st Down S&P | 0.467 | 0.808 | |
| Close S&P | 0.734 | 0.855 | 2nd Down S&P | 0.740 | 0.892 | |
| SD/PD Sack Rate | 6.7% / 10.0% | 8.3% / 4.2% | 3rd Down S&P | 0.978 | 0.392 | |
| Projected Pt. Margin: Virginia Tech +4.2 | Actual Pt. Margin: Virginia Tech +8 | ||||||
This was probably the biggest "Here, you take the win ... no, you take the win..." game of the week. Marshall had quite a few opportunities to stick in the dagger but turned the ball over three times in Tech territory ... and Tech missed three field goals. Sacks ... turnovers ... special teams errors ... passing downs disasters ... this game had it all, I guess. And almost none of it was any fun to watch.