It's OFFICiAL

[ncaafootball]

Big Sky Conference Final Season Stats came out today:

WSU WILDCATS-NO 1 Defense in the Conference, WSU gave up the fewest points in the BIG SKY! Congrats to the Wildcat Defense!!! THE BEST!

WSU WILDCATS-OFFENSIVE PASSING EFFICENCY-DEAD LAST! So I guess everyone on the message board was right all along about Clark, WSU really does have the worst QB and passing game in the Conference. Which is amazing considering many of the teams in the conference had QB injuries and completed the season with a 2nd or 3rd string QB. Interesting that Clark started the entire season and still ended up dead last in Passing Efficiency vs other QB's that were 2nd and 3rd stringers and didn't get to play 11 games. Also amazing the Clark ended up dead last in passing efficiency since the passing scheme of WSU literally had no vertical game and was more of a dink and dump passing scheme which provides for a higher efficiency score. However when you have more INT's verses TD passes it really hurts the score. The formula for passing efficiency doesn't include INT's that are returned for TD's which I know Clark had to be the leader in the Big SKY on that Stat! So WSU will return next year with the absolute worst QB in the conference, it is a fact and in the history books.

 

[Back2WSU]

The formula for passing efficiency doesn't include INT's that are returned for TD's which I know Clark had to be the leader in the Big SKY on that Stat!

So being the stat junkie I am, I just spent the last half hour combing through every box score from all of the Big Sky football teams and this is what I came up with:

Pick-6 QB Leaders

3 Tanner Gueller (ISU)
3 Jordan West (EWU)
3 Jacob Knipp (UNCO)
2 JUSTIN SHAW (WSU)
1 JADRIAN CLARK (WSU)
1 Chad Chalich (UM)
1 Michael Sanders (ISU)

Pick-6 Differential

+3 Southern Utah (3-0)
+2 Northern Arizona (2-0)
+1 North Dakota (1-0)
+1 Sacramento State (1-0)
+1 UC Davis (1-0)
+1 Montana (2-1)
0 Cal Poly (0-0)
0 Montana State (0-0)
0 Portland State (0-0)
-1 WEBER STATE (2-3)
-2 Eastern Washington (1-3)
-3 Northern Colorado (0-3)
-4 Idaho State (0-4)

So in short, among BSC quarterbacks to throw a Pick-6 this season Clark was tied for the fewest, and Weber State was roughly middle of the pack in Pick-6 differential.

 

[Back2WSU]

I also forgot to mention, Shaw threw more Pick-6's in one game than Clark threw all season.

 

[SWeberCat02]

Interesting stats. A couple of other things I wonder is how many of Clark's INT's were in the red zone and how many points were scored in the possessions obtained from Clark's INT's.

 

[ncaafootball]

Sad that we have to justify Clark based on his ability not to throw PICK 6's
Agree with you on your stats in Shaw he was even worse, put I had zero expectation on Shaw and he still showed up below that level.
How many turnovers in the red zone by Clark is a good call. He had 2 just in the last game , in fact he threw 2 INT in the end zone not the red zone

 

[Back2WSU]

I'm back with the stats. (Sorry, was busy watching football yesteday)

Those two red zone interceptions Clark had against Idaho State? Only two red zone turnovers committed by the team this season. Here is the breakdown of turnovers and where the line of scrimmage was for that play:

Jadrian Clark

INT (WSU 42)
INT (WSU 25)
INT (OPP 41)
INT (OPP 49)
INT (WSU 27)
INT (WSU 42)
INT (WSU 45)
INT (WSU 25)
INT (OPP 26)
INT (OPP 11)
INT (OPP 4)

Justin Shaw

INT (WSU 7)
INT (OPP 37)
INT (WSU 5)
FUM (WSU 25)

Eric Wilkes

FUM (WSU 49)

Emmanuel Pooler

FUM (WSU 35)

Darryl Denby**

FUM (WSU 26)

Treshawn Garrett

FUM (WSU 39)

**Denby's fumble was on a punt return. The yardage I have listed is where the fumble occurred on the return.

 

[Back2WSU]

Interesting stats. A couple of other things I wonder is how many of Clark's INT's were in the red zone and how many points were scored in the possessions obtained from Clark's INT's.

Missed seeing this earlier. Opponents scored 37 points on possessions immediately following a Clark interception:

Four touchdowns
Three field goals
Four no scores

And then opponents scored 14 points off Justin Shaw interceptions (two Pick-6's)

 

[SWeberCat02]

Thanks Back2WSU. I was too lazy to look those up. :thumb:

 

[ncaafootball]

Thank goodness the offensive line progressed as well as it did and begin to lay the foundation of a solid run game and the Wildcats stopped the charade of acting like we had a passing game, passing scheme or a passing QB. Giving up 37 points on turnovers could of meant the difference of going 8 or 9 wins for the season.