Minnesota does not have a good offense. They rank 111th in offensive S&P+, which is opponent adjusted. But Ohio State allowed the Gopher offense to drive down the field more consistently — with a 45 percent success rate — than almost everyone expected. This ended up being a much different game than I expected. We knew heading in that Minnesota had a good defense overall, but it had also allowed 40+ points in their only two Big Ten games this season. Their offense was nothing special, to the point that I didn’t really focus on it directly in my advanced stats preview. I expected a 45-14-ish win. Let’s get to the stats: Stats definitions Here’s the full advanced stats glossary. Scoring opportunities are drives with a first down past the opponents’ 40-yard line. Drive efficiency looks at the percentage of drives that were scoring opportunities. Points per trip scoring opportunity…
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