A Little Bit of Everything:

Week 1 In College Football by the numbers:

Games Played	116
Average Game Length	03:04.3
Average Number of Plays	133.32
Plays Per Minute	0.72
Points Scored	5,948
Points per Game	51.28
Avg. Points for Road Team	16.91
Avg. Points for Home Team	34.37
Total Yards Rushing	33,439
Per Team/Game	144.13
Total Yards Passing	46,621
Per Team/Game	200.95
Total Yards Passing	80,060
Per Team/Game	345.09
Total Attendance	4,008,405
Average Per Game	34,555.22

The game length numbers will become alot more significant later in the year since the first week is known as cupcake feast-week.
This site has some relavant data for number of plays from scrimmage and game length for the last couple years... because Week 1 is such an outlier, its touch to make any real conclusions.

The 5 longest games last week:

1. Adams State - Montana State - 4:13 - 123 plays from scrimmage and rain delay.
2. Chattanooga - Oklahoma - 4:09 - 137 plays from scrimmage and a rain delay
3. Eastern Washington - Texas Tech - 3:40 168 plays from scrimmage
4. Illinois - Missouri - 3:39 - 159 plays from scrimmage
4. Tennessee - UCLA - 3:39 - 150 plays from scrimmage, 1 overtime
4. Stanford - Oregon - 3:39 - 147 plays from scrimmage

Only 2 games had more plays from scrimmage than the Illinois-Missouri game

and the 94 points put on the board was more than any other game in Division I last weekend (11 more than the 83 put up when Rice pounded SMU

...so we got our money's worth.

Week 1 Unit Ratings:
Quarterback - A - Very good outing from Juice, threw for the 3rd most yards in school history (451) and put up a 181.87 QB Rating, which is fantastic (see more below for more on QB ratings, Juice threw more passes than the 2 Big Ten QB's who put up a higher rating). We need more of the same in October and November
Halfback - C - It seemed like most of the game they were frenetically trying to throw themselves at rushing Missouri linebackers than running. Dufrene broke a couple in the 2nd half to salvage a respectable 75 yard outing, but consistency is a major issue.
Offensive Line - D - Yikes.
Receivers - A - Where the hell did Will Judson come from? Even though we were down by multiple possessions, I spent halftime gushing over that grab in the endzone. When is the last time an Illinois QB and receiver completed a pass like that? 2001 maybe? The entire corp was as-advertised, and that was refreshing... with Juice FINDING them, I think we have something to be excited about.

Defensive Line - C+/B- - I think this unit received some unnecessary criticism... getting to Daniel was going to be a challenge no matter what, there were several times I watched our D-Line get a good rush, get around their defender, only to have the ball already been thrown downfield.
Linebackers - C - Weak tackling gave up too many extra yards in a game where we couldn't afford to lazily give up an inch... play recognition wasn't very good, and we got burnt on too many draws.
Secondary - C- - again, made a few plays against a very tough team to defend, but overall not very impressive. I think we will do better as the season progresses, and face different offenses, but not much to be thrilled about Saturday.

Placekicking - incomplete - frustrating watching the first XP of the season go into the back of the line... other than that, nothing else to mention, no FG attempts last week.
Punting - B+ - Good day from Santella, couple booming punts.
Coverage - Fail - Jeremy Maclin, 'nuff said. We got guys downfield to pressure the return, but composure broke down after the first level.
Returns - Pass - decent, nothing spectacular, no screwups.


QB Ratings (for Quarterbacks who have thrown more than 5 passes)

Team	Player	Rating
Ohio State	Todd Boeckman	191.09
Penn State	Daryll Clark	189.74
Illinois	Juice Williams	181.87
Minnesota	Adam Weber	173.06
Penn State	Pat Devlin	149.65
Wisconsin	Allan Evridge	146.00
Northwestern	C.J. Bacher	139.89
Iowa	Jake Christensen	136.99
Indiana	Kellen Lewis	124.80
Iowa	Ricky Stanzi	118.29
Ohio State	Terrelle Pryor	115.67
Michigan	Nick Sheridan	108.06
Michigan State	Brian Hoyer	100.55
Michigan	Steven Threet	89.98
Ohio State	Joe Bauserman	80.80

How the Illini Stack Up: (Against all 204 Division I schools that have played)
Rushing Yards - 81 - 147th in the nation
Rushing Defense - 226 - 166th in the nation
Passing Yards - 451 - 5th in the nation
Pass Defense - 323 - 185th
Total Offense - 532 - 18th in the nation
Total Defense - 549 - 191st in the nation
Yards Per Offensive Play - 6.909 - 32nd
Yards Per Defensive Play - 6.695 - 170th
Points Scored per 10 Offensive Plays - 5.455 - 60th
Points Conceded per 10 Defensive Plays - 6.341 - 165th
Points for - 42 - tied for 38th in the nation
Points against - 52 - only 7 teams gave up more points.
Plays on offense - 77 - tied for 35th
Plays on defense - 82 - tied for 187th

After 1 week there are 21 teams
that are average more than a TD per 10 offensive plays:

Rnk	School	Pts.	Plays	Per 10 Plays
1	Florida	56	55	10.182
2	Penn State	66	69	9.565
3	Sam Houston State	58	63	9.206
4	Montana State	59	65	9.077
5	The Citadel	54	61	8.852
6	Arizona	70	80	8.750
7	Liberty	49	57	8.596
8	Ball State	48	57	8.421
9	South Dakota	52	64	8.125
10	Stephen F. Austin	56	69	8.116
11	Miami (FL)	52	65	8.000
12	Weber State	62	78	7.949
13	South Florida	56	71	7.887
14	Stony Brook	42	55	7.636
15	Georgia	45	59	7.627
16	Boise State	49	66	7.424
17	West Virginia	48	66	7.273
18	Iowa State	44	61	7.213
19	Tulsa	45	63	7.143
20	Sacramento State	45	64	7.031
21	Nebraska	47	67	7.015

Big Ten Power Rankings:

1. Ohio State - very impressive win... limited YSU to just 39 snaps of the ball and the Penguins went BACKWARDS 11 yards on the ground.
   
2. Penn State - another dominating win... they blew the doors off of Coastal Carolina
   
3. Iowa - Gotta give credit where credit is due, they took care of business and beat the tar out of a team they should of.
   
4. Wisconsin - not an overwhelming effort, but they ran for 400+ yards, so maybe the 75 yards passing won't matter (Illinois certainly survived without it last year)
   
5. Illinois - very good offensive performance, but still lost, so hard to put us in the top 4... i think we are a pretty good team though.
   
6. Indiana - Beat an almost-Division I team by 18...
   
7. Northwestern - Started out ugly, but finished strong
   
8. Michigan State - Good game from Hoyer, close game with a decent cal team on the road...
   
9. Purdue - by not playing they did much better than Minnesota or Michigan
10. Minnesota - needed a minor miracle with 22 second left to prevent losing the NIU Huskies... they could be walking into a buzzsaw @ Bowling Green this week. I didn't see anything that says Minnesota is anything but "suck" this year, despite a good game from Weber.
    
11. Michigan - watching the rest of the game is my "to-do" item when I get home today, but what I saw wasn't pretty. They aren't the worst team in the Big Ten, but they are the most pathetic given their talent.