Again, as I said before - I'm not comparing specific QB skills, what I'm saying is that Tommie was known as a running QB. If Ds stopped the run, they stopped Nebraska. Tommie, while having better stats (I haven't ck but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt) was no elite passer. Often his passes were an adventure and it was because we had some pretty good WRs, he got bailed out a bunch. We had down field threats - so far we haven't seen the down field threats develop with this team and that too perhaps is adding to the inadequacy of QB play.
That's fair, I thought Allen or Rafdal in a jump ball situation wouldn't be the worst thing for us to try. Those dudes are hard to get higher than
Care to explain?
U kidding me? We just gonna ignore the vast difference in passing yards per game and the fact that a 22 TD/16 INT ratio is significantly better than our world beating 2 TDs and 6 INTS?
While some of this true, I feel like this is also a gross exaggeration. What's true is if you stopped the run you typically stopped nebraska.
Still not sure why you picked one year. That was his story the his entire career.
Ganz - if we had the Ganz offense and the SUH Defense the next year - we would have been national champs I believe. The timing was just off. Bo may have still been our coach wt a NC.
I wouldn't get too wrapped up in the numbers or comparing too much on this one. You have to remember that TA had a coaching change mid-career and still was able to perform fairly well all things considered. The stats that matter (wins, touchdowns) still are better than what we currently have produced.
I guess I'm just struggling why people are hesitant to admit how bad a TA led offense was. He was bailed out by his supporting cast. I can only imagine how good they would have been with a QB that could convert consistently.
I picked that year because it was hit worst full season so I used that for comps. Left out 2016 due to injuries and his freshman year was a hodge podge of games strung together.
I'm not hesitant to admit how bad that offense was. The one constant around these neck of the woods, outside of just general ineptitude, is our consistent hatred towards whoever is leading our offense. Remember when Tim Beck was nothing more than a high school caliber coach? Hell, I'd take Timmy B back in a heartbeat compared to whatever it is you call today's offense
How much of that goes back to coaching and the Riley/Langsdorf experiment? TA was a winner and the team was actually poised to do quite well going into the 2015 season before Harvey & Eichorst fired Pelini and went with Riley. Riley & Langsdorf failed to utilize the talent they had as the best players in their time or after were all Pelini recruits. Ozigbo was 3rd/4th on the depth chart for a lot of his career until injuries & Tre Bryant's retirement gave him an opportunity.