...this week's wallpaper, by the way...
To refresh your memories (or if this is the first time you've seen this), each individual rush is considered on it's own, and measured by it's "success." A run is considered successful if it gets 40% of the yardage needed to move the chains on first down, 60% of the yardage needed on second down, and 100% of the yardage needed on third or fourth down. This is a much more accurate overall picture of how well a running back does in a game than just the total yardage or ypc averages because it ignores big run outliers that can skew those kinds of stats. First up, Glen Coffee:
Coffee had some good success in the early goings but his production slipped some in the second half, though most of that was due to Alabama doing nothing but run and Auburn doing nothing but play the run. Next, Mark Ingram:
Interestingly, while Coffee's numbers dropped in the second half, Ingram was able to gain more yardage and was more successful, with his second half performance looking better success rate wise than Coffee did in either half (though he certainly takes the prize for overall performance). Finally, the mop up crew:
Upchurch managed a perfect 100% in clean up duty, though he did only carry two times, while Griffin and Grant didn't fare nearly as well.