I was a little too busy last week to do an “Inside the Numbers” article as well as a film review. But with Western Michigan coming up on Saturday, I feel like I’ve got the chance to do both this week.

Remember how the Hokies were great inside the scoring zone (inside the opponent’s 40) during the first two weeks of the season? Not so much anymore. Before the East Carolina game, the numbers looked like this…

Scoring zone trips: 11
Touchdowns: 8
Field goals: 2
Total point: 62
Points per trip: 5.64

That’s pretty darn good. Remember, Florida State led the ACC in 2013 with a mark of 5.5, so the Hokies were outperforming the National Champs after two games. However, I noted that we could expect those numbers to drop as the season goes along, the sample size gets larger, and more and more film gets out on Tech’s offense. That’s exactly what has happened.

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