Illinois

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Forgot to include an overall line:

OVERALL: 1855 yards, 108 points, 288 plays = 6.44 YPP | Big Plays = 53 (18.4%), 1145 yards (61.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

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For fun, let's imagine if Nebraska was able to cut back on a quarter of the amount of big plays and yardage. Doing that would put Nebraska at:

OVERALL: 1569 yards, ?? points, 275 plays = 5.70 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (14.5%), 859 yards (54.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

That's a little bit of rough math because cutting down on the big plays doesn't mean that those plays just don't happen. So, let's readjust the imagined numbers so that 6 of those plays are passes of 8 yards and the remaining 7 are rushes of 5 yards. That's an additional total of 83 yards, which will make the stat line look like:

OVERALL: 1652 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.74 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (13.9%), 859 yards (52%) | Adjusted = 248 plays, 793 yards = 3.20 YPP

By comparison, that would put us at 78th in YPG allowed instead of the 108th place we currently hold. And that's just by reducing the amount of big plays by 25%, turning those into 5 yard rushes and 8 yard passes. What if we reduced the amount of big plays by 50 and 75%, respectively?

50%:

OVERALL: 1451 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.04 YPP | Big Plays = 27 (9.37%), 572 yards (39.4%) | Adjusted = 261 plays, 879 yards = 3.37 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 45th in YPG allowed.

75%::

OVERALL: 1248 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 4.33 YPP | Big Plays = 14 (4.86%), 286 yards (22.9%) | Adjusted = 274 plays, 962 yards = 3.51 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 28th in YPG allowed.

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With just a serviceable defense (cutting down the big plays by 25-50%), Nebraska's offense should have all the room it would need to breathe easy and we wouldn't continually suffer the embarrassing blowouts on the national stage. This has to be Pelini and his coaching staff's PRIMARY concern. How they go about it is up to them.

 

[NUance]

Forgot to include an overall line:

OVERALL: 1855 yards, 108 points, 288 plays = 6.44 YPP | Big Plays = 53 (18.4%), 1145 yards (61.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

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For fun, let's imagine if Nebraska was able to cut back on a quarter of the amount of big plays and yardage. Doing that would put Nebraska at:

OVERALL: 1569 yards, ?? points, 275 plays = 5.70 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (14.5%), 859 yards (54.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

That's a little bit of rough math because cutting down on the big plays doesn't mean that those plays just don't happen. So, let's readjust the imagined numbers so that 6 of those plays are passes of 8 yards and the remaining 7 are rushes of 5 yards. That's an additional total of 83 yards, which will make the stat line look like:

OVERALL: 1652 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.74 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (13.9%), 859 yards (52%) | Adjusted = 248 plays, 793 yards = 3.20 YPP

By comparison, that would put us at 78th in YPG allowed instead of the 108th place we currently hold. And that's just by reducing the amount of big plays by 25%, turning those into 5 yard rushes and 8 yard passes. What if we reduced the amount of big plays by 50 and 75%, respectively?

50%:

OVERALL: 1451 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.04 YPP | Big Plays = 27 (9.37%), 572 yards (39.4%) | Adjusted = 261 plays, 879 yards = 3.37 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 45th in YPG allowed.

75%::

OVERALL: 1248 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 4.33 YPP | Big Plays = 14 (4.86%), 286 yards (22.9%) | Adjusted = 274 plays, 962 yards = 3.51 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 28th in YPG allowed.

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With just a serviceable defense (cutting down the big plays by 25-50%), Nebraska's offense should have all the room it would need to breathe easy and we wouldn't continually suffer the embarrassing blowouts on the national stage. This has to be Pelini and his coaching staff's PRIMARY concern. How they go about it is up to them.

Do you think that this is true for most teams? (I'm asking, not criticizing.) I wonder how much the typical team would improve if you could eliminate their worst 5% of plays? Or do we give up more big plays than the average team? It sure seems like we give up a lot of big plays.

 

[husker_99]

All I know is when we play Illinois and if we lose by more than 20 just time to show Bo the door.

 

[BIGREDIOWAN]

All I know is when we play Illinois and if we lose by more than 20 just time to show Bo the door.

And who takes over in the middle of the year? Not a wise decision IMO................

 

[husker_99]

All I know is when we play Illinois and if we lose by more than 20 just time to show Bo the door.

And who takes over in the middle of the year? Not a wise decision IMO................

Beck. It's not like we were going anywhere anyways if Illinois beats us by more than 20. then after the season get rid of the rest of the staff. To me it seems like the team just isn't responding to Bo anymore. We hear all this talk but nothing changes.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7

NDSU 20 SDSU 0 @ Brookings. Zenner stats: only 4 yards

 

[husker_99]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

Yes, Texas State beat Wyoming so now we count that game as a loss instead of a win. Boise State beat Southern Miss by more than we did so now that game is a loss. North Dakota State beat South Dakota State so now that game is a loss.

Sh*t, we're 0-4 now. WHY HAVEN'T WE FIRED BO?!?

 

[husker_99]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

Yes, Texas State beat Wyoming so now we count that game as a loss instead of a win. Boise State beat Southern Miss by more than we did so now that game is a loss. North Dakota State beat South Dakota State so now that game is a loss.

Sh*t, we're 0-4 now. WHY HAVEN'T WE FIRED BO?!?

just goes to show you we aren't as good as we thought. we are who we thought we are.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Forgot to include an overall line:

OVERALL: 1855 yards, 108 points, 288 plays = 6.44 YPP | Big Plays = 53 (18.4%), 1145 yards (61.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For fun, let's imagine if Nebraska was able to cut back on a quarter of the amount of big plays and yardage. Doing that would put Nebraska at:

OVERALL: 1569 yards, ?? points, 275 plays = 5.70 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (14.5%), 859 yards (54.7%) | Adjusted = 235 plays, 710 yards = 3.02 YPP

That's a little bit of rough math because cutting down on the big plays doesn't mean that those plays just don't happen. So, let's readjust the imagined numbers so that 6 of those plays are passes of 8 yards and the remaining 7 are rushes of 5 yards. That's an additional total of 83 yards, which will make the stat line look like:

OVERALL: 1652 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.74 YPP | Big Plays = 40 (13.9%), 859 yards (52%) | Adjusted = 248 plays, 793 yards = 3.20 YPP

By comparison, that would put us at 78th in YPG allowed instead of the 108th place we currently hold. And that's just by reducing the amount of big plays by 25%, turning those into 5 yard rushes and 8 yard passes. What if we reduced the amount of big plays by 50 and 75%, respectively?

50%:

OVERALL: 1451 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 5.04 YPP | Big Plays = 27 (9.37%), 572 yards (39.4%) | Adjusted = 261 plays, 879 yards = 3.37 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 45th in YPG allowed.

75%::

OVERALL: 1248 yards, ?? points, 288 plays = 4.33 YPP | Big Plays = 14 (4.86%), 286 yards (22.9%) | Adjusted = 274 plays, 962 yards = 3.51 YPP

Nebraska would jump to 28th in YPG allowed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

With just a serviceable defense (cutting down the big plays by 25-50%), Nebraska's offense should have all the room it would need to breathe easy and we wouldn't continually suffer the embarrassing blowouts on the national stage. This has to be Pelini and his coaching staff's PRIMARY concern. How they go about it is up to them.

Do you think that this is true for most teams? (I'm asking, not criticizing.) I wonder how much the typical team would improve if you could eliminate their worst 5% of plays? Or do we give up more big plays than the average team? It sure seems like we give up a lot of big plays.

I don't think it is true for most teams. When nearly 19% of the plays ran against you account for nearly 62% of the total yards you've given up, that's a problem. It could be true that Michigan State has similar numbers, but Michigan State also gives up a whole lot fewer yards per game than we do. It seems logical that they give up fewer yards because they give up fewer big plays. After all, aside from the big plays we do give up, we are only allowing ~3 yards per play. If we could do that on a more consistent basis, we would be a much better defense. That's what I am trying to show.

There's honestly the idea out here that our defense is just bad all the time. I hate that idea. It's wrong. We're actually really good 80% of the time; but when we're bad, we're awful. Just eliminating 25% of the times we're bad and turning those into rather average 5 yard runs and 8 yard passes would make a HUGE difference.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

Yes, Texas State beat Wyoming so now we count that game as a loss instead of a win. Boise State beat Southern Miss by more than we did so now that game is a loss. North Dakota State beat South Dakota State so now that game is a loss.

Sh*t, we're 0-4 now. WHY HAVEN'T WE FIRED BO?!?

just goes to show you we aren't as good as we thought. we are who we thought we are.

I've never read more twisted logic.

We might as well just pack it in against Illinois, because they competed with #16 Washington whereas we apparently got stomped by UCLA who, guess what, happened to also be ranked #16.

 

[husker_99]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

Yes, Texas State beat Wyoming so now we count that game as a loss instead of a win. Boise State beat Southern Miss by more than we did so now that game is a loss. North Dakota State beat South Dakota State so now that game is a loss.

Sh*t, we're 0-4 now. WHY HAVEN'T WE FIRED BO?!?

just goes to show you we aren't as good as we thought. we are who we thought we are.

I've never read more twisted logic.

We might as well just pack it in against Illinois, because they competed with #16 Washington whereas we apparently got stomped by UCLA who, guess what, happened to also be ranked #16.

twas a joke.

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

"@937JakeSorensen: RT @BShawn17 Wow, #SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier says that #NDSU is much more physical on defense that Nebraska... Yeah, the Cornhuskers..."

 

[Hooked on Huskers]

Disturbing results:

Texas St. 42 Wyoming 21

Boise St who is a down year beat S.Miss by 60-7.

not really helping our record.

Yes, Texas State beat Wyoming so now we count that game as a loss instead of a win. Boise State beat Southern Miss by more than we did so now that game is a loss. North Dakota State beat South Dakota State so now that game is a loss.

Sh*t, we're 0-4 now. WHY HAVEN'T WE FIRED BO?!?

True. We pass judgement after Illini game result. I hope level of competitions.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

twas a joke.

Doubtful. That's not your MO.