During the game, they talked about offensive plays per game. I guess Ohio State tries to play as few plays as possible so they can last longer in the season. I was going to look into that, but found the results not as fun as I had hoped. But here's something interesting:
College Football plays per game, by team.
www.teamrankings.com
11/8 - Purdue - 44 offensive plays (Last in the country)
11/1 - Penn Stat - 64 plays (somewhere in the middle)
10/18 - Wisconsin - 49 plays (second to last)
10/11 - Illinois - 75 plays (somewhere in the middle)
10/4 - Minnesota - 52 plays (second to last)
9/27 - Washington - 59 plays (toward the top)
9/13 - Ohio - 59 plays (toward the top)
9/6 - Grambling - Website doesn't keep track of FCS.
8/30 - Texas - 68 plays (somewhere in the middle, but a lot of teams show 1 play or 4 plays that week, which is obviously wrong)
That's just under 59 plays per game on average (not counting Grambling), when the national average seems to be around 68 plays per game.
At 65 points all season, and 478 plays all season, that's 0.136 points per play.
What does that mean? I don't know. But Ohio State offense has 257 points (not counting Grambling), and has 506 plays. That's 0.508 points per play.
