All road games are dangerous. This team threw 47 passes against Illinois State and will throw more against us. Fortunately, they have scored 20 points only once, in the UNI meltdown two weeks ago. For what it is worth....probably not much.... their performance against common opponents (Western Illinois, Indiana State, and Illinois State) has been unimpressive.
Looking at the "conference-only" statistics, here is how YSU stands half-way through the season.
We are first in turnover margin and second in penalties.
On offense, as you would expect, we rank well in many categories:
1st scoring offense
1st red zone offense
2nd total offense
2nd rushing offense
1st passing efficiency
1st sacks against
2nd third down conversions
1st fourth down conversions
On defense, a few ugly stats, again as we would expect:
9th total defense
10th pass defense
10th opponents third down conversions
But also some positive surprises among the defensive stats:
2nd scoring defense
3rd rushing defense
3rd sacks
1st red zone defense
1st opponents fourth down conversions