What a Rush
If you are looking for rushing yardage for your college fantasy football team, why not look no further than
Navy QB Ricky Dobbs has 9 rushing TD's this year.
the teams that like to…rush.
The Sporting News analyzed the percentage of plays that teams spent on the ground game for the five previous seasons, 2004 – 2008.
Overwhelmingly the team that loves the ground game is the team whose players will soon be on the water. The Navy Midshipmen rush the ball 85.7% of the time. Another military school, the Air Force Falcons (whom you would think would like to put the ball in the air) run the ball 79.2% of the time. West Virginia is third; the Mountaineers run the ball 70.1% of the time.
Other teams that like the ground game are: Virginia Tech (63.6%); Oklahoma State (63.6%); Wisconsin (62.5%).
Navy averaged 57.8 carries per game followed by Air Force with 56.6 carries, and Oklahoma which averaged 50.0 carries per game.
