biggest stat for me in evaluating VT& #39;s offense is the discrepancy in success rate between standard downs and passing downs. IYDK: passing downs are 2nd and 8+, 3rd and 5+, 4th and 5+. basically any down where offense is in an obvious passing situation. everything else = Std. down

coming into today, our success rate on "standard downs" was 5th best in the country. (e.g. we gain a certain amount of yardage on those plays)

our success rate on passing downs is 67th.

that 31% drop is 2nd biggest in FBS -- ahead of only Air Force, a triple option team that...

has played 1 game and only had 14 pass down plays.

basically if you get us in an obvious pass situation we are going to fold. and that& #39;s what happened tonight. we couldn& #39;t run the ball, got forced to throw and failed miserably.

why is this? probably a combo of inaccurate QBs, poor pass pro from OL, lack of WR separation and/or simple passing schemes. either way, WF really exposed the flaws in this O. not sure how much I see it improving over the course of the year. hope we face more crappy DLs i guess