Trend or Not

[MichiganDad3]

I am wondering how good Baker was. Was he a great tackle that was Keeping the NU defense respectable? Was the Wisconsin fiasco caused by the loss of a dominate defensive tackle? I am not sure, but I fear the Georgia offensive line.

 

[Count 'Bility]

I am wondering how good Baker was. Was he a great tackle that was Keeping the NU defense respectable? Was the Wisconsin fiasco caused by the loss of a dominate defensive tackle? I am not sure, but I fear the Georgia offensive line.

Bakers's loss was pretty big. Dont know that it woulda made enough difference to give us a win, but he was able to withstand a lot of double teams. Those DT's then moved down to Meredith, can just cant handle them and was getting blasted downfield multiple yards. Baker I think did a lot of things that arent noticed on tv or the stat sheet. Only coaches and players in the film room know the full extent of his absence.

 

[MichiganDad3]

I am wondering how good Baker was. Was he a great tackle that was Keeping the NU defense respectable? Was the Wisconsin fiasco caused by the loss of a dominate defensive tackle? I am not sure, but I fear the Georgia offensive line.

Bakers's loss was pretty big. Dont know that it woulda made enough difference to give us a win, but he was able to withstand a lot of double teams. Those DT's then moved down to Meredith, can just cant handle them and was getting blasted downfield multiple yards. Baker I think did a lot of things that arent noticed on tv or the stat sheet. Only coaches and players in the film room know the full extent of his absence.

I agree with you. I think NU was really lucky to have a healthy Suh and Crick. Then we had Crick and Baker which IMO was a really good pair of DTs when healthy. With just Baker the DL did OK, but now with Cam the DL is terrible. Nothing against Cam, he is not built for the position, and is doing his best; we just need more size on the inside. I am looking forward to some monster Juco and RS freshman DTs.

 

[Count 'Bility]

The thing with Cameron is we clearly remember when he was a nifty, slim 250lb book end/utility type player. He was used as a hybrid OLB in a spinner package against Missouri for damn's sake. Then he had to put the weight on for the Big 10, and now he's playing DT. The evolution of his career is almost mind boggling.

 

[billdozer15]

NU's run defense has degraded every year since 2009, ans so has scoring defense. Is this a trend? In 2010 mobile QBs were Bo's nemesis. Now some teams run at will on NU. Have opposing OCs figured out how to beat Bo's defenses. My opinion is that Bo puts more emphasis on stopping the pass than the run and other teams have figured this out. Unless NU changes schemes or is loaded with NFL caliber interior lineman opposing teams will continue to exploit the weakness in the scheme, run the ball and control the clock. Below are some stats I pulled. These are national ranks. Scoring, Total Yards, Rushing Yards, Passing Efficiency 2012 - 56, 22, 96, 2 2011 - 39, 36, 66, 25 2010 - 8, 10, 52, 5 2009 - 2, 9, 11, 3

I would say anything that heads in one direction for 3 straight years or more is a trend.

 

[Duke Silver]

The drop off could also be pointed to the fact that in 2009 we played teams that threw it all over the yard. In 2010, those teams tried to run it a little more becuase our pass D was too stingy. Starting in '11, we played teams that wanted to run a lot more.

Now, these numbers are not excuseable. Yes, something has to change. But I'm not attesting the current struggles to the thought that it's degressing. It may have been this bad all along but was hidden by the fact that we simply did not face run-oriented teams in the Big 12.

Dont forget Suh in 2009. Even when teams tried to run, he was cogging everything up anyway. I would personally like to see change in scheme to a more disruptive style of d-line play, but I'm not the coach and dont know sh#t, so I guess we'll see what happens.

Thats it. I mean, that is literally it. May as well end the discussion. Talent? Thought we were ranked #1 in pass defense those final weeks of this season oh btw, I believe this years secondary defended 1/3 of the passes 09 did?? More opportunity to score when the other teams are slinging it around like that. IMO IMO IMO