Stat Geek Analysis of MSU vs. Stanford I will be the first to admit that I am not world’s best X’s and O’s guy. But, I am good at math, so I thought that I would take a look at the stat match-up between MSU and Stanford, including looking at each team’s opponents and see what it looks like. I was able to pull rushing and passing data for all Div. 1 teams from the NCAA website and analyze it. I general broke down four main statistical areas: rush offense, pass offense, rush defense, and pass defense (all on a yards per attempt basis to normalize for style of play as much as possible). Here is the synopsis: In general, Stanford is the most balanced team MSU have faced all year, finishing no worse than 31 st in any category, but it is not clear that they are better than OSU. Statically, Stanford is roughly equivalent to Indiana on offense and Iowa on defense. As for MSU, statistically, we are actually one of the worst offenses they have faced all year (yet we are not so