Nexus Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 EDIT: I included the 13 games from the 2012 season. Obviously the bowl game hasn't been played yet. Interpret away at will. Keep in mind that penalties and rules have been modified since the Devaney era. Also factor in the amount of games played in a season among other things. The yearly numerical breakdown with total averages can be seen after the graphs below. While fumbles and interceptions are mostly par for the course from Devaney to Pelini, it's the penalty stat that sticks out the most with Pelini posting the highest numbers on average than his predecessors. Disclaimer: I have no agenda here other than to put these numbers into historical perspective. Interestingly enough, the back-to-back national titles won by Devaney were also the years he posted the highest number of penalties in his 11-year tenure. Again, interpret away at will. The first set of numbers separated by "/" = Number of Penalties/Number of Penalty Yds. The second set of numbers separated by "/" = Number of Fumbles/Number of Fumbles Lost The third standalone number = Interceptions Thrown Devaney 49/428 - 32/15 - 10 50/480 - 31/15 - 7 56/532 - 26/10 - 13 55/496 - 30/13 - 12 45/429 - 29/18 - 9 42/475 - 46/25 - 15 46/428 - 33/20 - 11 50/377 - 33/17 - 15 80/750 - 33/21 - 12 64/684 - 24/17 - 6 50/510 - 27/21 - 15 Osborne 55/548 - 34/17 - 19 41/376 - 37/19 - 15 64/658 - 31/17 - 6 57/584 - 36/28 - 13 59/568 - 33/22 - 9 63/650 - 34/20 - 10 69/723 - 34/22 - 9 59/603 - 44/21 - 6 58/567 - 43/24 - 11 64/539 - 34/18 - 4 63/561 - 44/15 - 6 55/503 - 43/24 - 9 55/431 - 42/20 - 11 76/657 - 33/17 - 10 73/616 - 32/19 - 11 82/702 - 25/12 - 9 71/634 - 32/14 - 3 49/458 - 29/13 - 12 53/455 - 16/9 - 8 74/612 - 20/5 - 7 58/494 - 17/10 - 6 76/670 - 27/13 - 7 47/434 - 28/9 - 6 71/623 - 37/19 - 3 57/498 - 36/17 - 4 Solich 61/536 - 27/13 - 5 63/566 - 49/25 - 5 71/622 - 26/9 - 8 69/674 - 24/14 - 11 85/784 - 30/12 - 12 89/710 - 30/14 - 10 Callahan 75/561 - 25/10 - 23 89/693 - 27/11 - 13 74/614 - 25/17 - 8 77/589 - 19/11 - 17 Pelini 94/800 - 31/17 - 11 100/894 - 21/11 - 12 109/993 - 45/16 - 8 86/688 - 32/11 - 8 80/778 - 34/21 - 11 Devaney Avg. = 53/508 - 31/17 - 11 Osborne Avg. = 62/567 - 33/17 - 9 Solich Avg. = 73/649 - 31/15 - 9 Callahan Avg. = 79/614 - 24/12 - 15 Pelini Avg. = 94/831 - 33/15 - 10 9 Quote Link to comment
da skers Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 So not only does Bo suck . . .so does everyone else? Fire them all!!!! 6 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I love posts like this. Thanks, Nexus! Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 i love football wonks and charts/graphs. Quote Link to comment
Joe_5700 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Comparing each year side by side is not accurate unless you also take into acocunt how many penalty yards on average refs were penalizing for each year... Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Comparing each year side by side is not accurate unless you also take into acocunt how many penalty yards on average refs were penalizing for each year... i see what you are saying, but i bet it has been pretty steady throughout the years. regardless, it is comparing a team's discipline given the circumstances and ref's discretion. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 evaney Avg. = 53/508 - 31/17 - 11 Osborne Avg. = 62/567 - 33/17 - 9 Solich Avg. = 73/649 - 31/15 - 9 Callahan Avg. = 79/614 - 24/12 - 15 Pelini Avg. = 94/831 - 33/15 - 10 This right here shows me that putting the ball on the ground has always been an issue for us. For those who sit here and call out Bo for fumbles, when they also admire TO, should realize that its a reoccurring thing, and since TO was a great coach, there are somethings you can not teach obviously. On average, Pelini's term, we turn the ball over less on fumbles Devaney: 54.8% Osborne: 51.5% Solich: 48.3% Callahan: 50% Pelini: 45.4% In all seriousness, its not a great statistic. Something we need to get a grasp on, but coaching is not to blame, as we DO play our best players. Penalties are a case of an undisciplined team. Some are not called for, as we have seen this year, and quite questionable, but that only accounts for 1/10 of the total penalties. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 evaney Avg. = 53/508 - 31/17 - 11 Osborne Avg. = 62/567 - 33/17 - 9 Solich Avg. = 73/649 - 31/15 - 9 Callahan Avg. = 79/614 - 24/12 - 15 Pelini Avg. = 94/831 - 33/15 - 10 This right here shows me that putting the ball on the ground has always been an issue for us. For those who sit here and call out Bo for fumbles, when they also admire TO, should realize that its a reoccurring thing, and since TO was a great coach, there are somethings you can not teach obviously. On average, Pelini's term, we turn the ball over less on fumbles Devaney: 54.8% Osborne: 51.5% Solich: 48.3% Callahan: 50% Pelini: 45.4% In all seriousness, its not a great statistic. Something we need to get a grasp on, but coaching is not to blame, as we DO play our best players. Penalties are a case of an undisciplined team. Some are not called for, as we have seen this year, and quite questionable, but that only accounts for 1/10 of the total penalties. the option lended itself to more fumbles IMO. when we are finishing almost dead least in fumbles every year then something is wrong. There are 100 teams that are better than us. However, we run the ball more than most of them, which obviously means we are going to fumble more. I'd like to see fumbles per rush attempt. But that's likely a lot of work. Quote Link to comment
Nexus Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Comparing each year side by side is not accurate unless you also take into acocunt how many penalty yards on average refs were penalizing for each year... This is true. When you compare penalty averages, Devaney and Osborne are quite similar. Solich and Callahan are also similar, yet noticeably higher than Devaney/Osborne. Then there's a noticeable change from Solich/Callahan to Pelini. Maybe those gaps are a general indicator that penalties are called more frequently? Obviously I didn't include the average penalties being called across Div. I in a season. But that'd also give us better interpretation to the numbers presented here. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Comparing each year side by side is not accurate unless you also take into acocunt how many penalty yards on average refs were penalizing for each year... i see what you are saying, but i bet it has been pretty steady throughout the years. regardless, it is comparing a team's discipline given the circumstances and ref's discretion. The obvious dropoff in penalties since we hit the B1G can of course be attributed to the fact that B1G officials don't call holding... Quote Link to comment
HuskerNationNick Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 evaney Avg. = 53/508 - 31/17 - 11 Osborne Avg. = 62/567 - 33/17 - 9 Solich Avg. = 73/649 - 31/15 - 9 Callahan Avg. = 79/614 - 24/12 - 15 Pelini Avg. = 94/831 - 33/15 - 10 This right here shows me that putting the ball on the ground has always been an issue for us. For those who sit here and call out Bo for fumbles, when they also admire TO, should realize that its a reoccurring thing, and since TO was a great coach, there are somethings you can not teach obviously. On average, Pelini's term, we turn the ball over less on fumbles Devaney: 54.8% Osborne: 51.5% Solich: 48.3% Callahan: 50% Pelini: 45.4% In all seriousness, its not a great statistic. Something we need to get a grasp on, but coaching is not to blame, as we DO play our best players. Penalties are a case of an undisciplined team. Some are not called for, as we have seen this year, and quite questionable, but that only accounts for 1/10 of the total penalties. the option lended itself to more fumbles IMO. when we are finishing almost dead least in fumbles every year then something is wrong. There are 100 teams that are better than us. However, we run the ball more than most of them, which obviously means we are going to fumble more. I'd like to see fumbles per rush attempt. But that's likely a lot of work. A lot of our fumbles this year came from Special Teams, 5 or 6 I think it was. Two players come to mind when you say the word "fumble", Taylor Martinez and Niles Paul. Taylor has accounted for most of our fumbles in Bo's Tenure, and Paul had a lot as well. Taylor makes up for his mistakes though, especially this year. Quote Link to comment
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C N Red Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Good Stuff!!! Really things aren't alot different except for the penalties and penalty yards. Bo's teams are definitely leading in this. Even with the emphasis on safety and seeing more flags because of it now, his teams penalties and penalty yards are still WAY too high! Quote Link to comment
NASA Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I can see a trend up, but the team does play 1-3 extra games since the BD-TO era. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I honestly can't extrapolate much from this, but thanks for the look. Quote Link to comment
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