SandBarHusker

When I eventually get this done (been a long time coming), what I'm doing is taking a look at the run/pass ration as well as the efficiency of our offense in those different situations: 1st, 2nd, 3rd/4th down as well as 1-3 yards, 4-7 yards, and 8+ yards. There are a few things to be expected: 1. We should have a higher percentage of run plays from 1-3 yards. Considering our offense has very good running backs, we should be able to pick up a first down from 3 yards out more often than not. 2. We should have a higher percentage of pass plays from 8+ yards. It might not be as large of a percentage as run plays from 1-3 yards out, because teams usually have a 1st and 10, and in those cases the entire playbook should be available. 3. Which means that we should have more running plays than pass plays on 1st down. 4. The interesting part of this whole thing is going to be the ratios and effectiveness of plays ran from 4-7 yards. I'm interested in seeing what the percentage rate for 1st down completions is compared to 3rd down. And if the average pass completion is longer on a pass compared to a run than it stands to reason that passing on 1st down should happen more. However.....again.....if that becomes too much of a tendancy than the defenses will adjust.

Yep, and even when we did (as you accurately pointed out) we had experienced playcallers. We came in with the mentality that we were going to line up and make the other team stop us, but I feel like that idea gets far more attention than it deserves. We still analyzed defenses, we still constantly made adjustments and we still strived to attack the weaknesses of a defense. I think we were so good at one point it gave off the impression that we just kind of did whatever we wanted and nobody could stop us. I would argue that while we were certainly good at what we did, there was far more to it than simply lining up and running the play. This is so accurate. Nebraska didn't just line up and run the ball however we wanted. We ran the ball with the blocking scheme that was predicted for that specific defense and formation. To this day even Beck's offenses are doing that. Again.....how affective? Well as I said they are still young and learning and they need to execute.

Who says Bo doesn't know what his offense is going to do? they are multiple they adapt. Anyone remember our prototype running quarterback throwing 5 TD's against UCLA? He went by the name of Steve Taylor. So yes....even TO went against his so called identiy. To say we don't have an offensive identity is crap. yes we have been forced to do "multiple" for the strength of the QB's we were playing. All three of the QB's this year were hurt and/or playing different styles. Saying our coach's don't have a clue is really failing to understand. With the qb situation and playing 2nd and 3rd string lineman, not to mention two of our wide receivers out a good part of the year. I'm surprised they got as much as they did out of this offense. Why can't we just recognize this and give credit where it's due. To say our coaches don't have a clue what we are doing on offense.....well it just shows maybe we aren't the smartest posters

This is hardly expert predictions. Of the predictions that can be measured so far. He is 0 for 4.

Which is also why I'm baffled as to why there weren't more run plays called. I know the line got beat up as the year went on, but we had 3 backs that could have been rotated to try to keep them as "fresh" as possible. And concievably, wouldn't running the ball eat a little more clock, giving the D a chance to catch a breath. No.....rest time is real time. Clock running or not running is irrelevant.

This is an excellent post. I really think the youth and inexperiance of Beck is lending to situations where they aren't calling the right plays for the situation. Not all the time. Some fo the time it was a wrong check off and some of the time it was poor execution. I think with this staff we have to realize that in TIME they will continue to grow and could be VERY good. The other point is in keeping the defenses's on their toe's. Too many fans remember the glory years of just lining up and running down their throats. Well even then we had experiance play callers and coaches that could run the same play 4 different ways with the different blocking schemes. In many ways our play book was much more difficult under TO than it was under Bo with all the pass plays in it. But everyone's strength progrrams have caught up and, just like the NFL, you can't run it consistantly. The coaching staff has to attack weakness's and catch them off guard. I'd be willing to guess our 1st down passing proficiency was much better than 3rd down. You pass when they expect a run and run when they expect a pass. Really kind of simple if you execute. As far as Beck's tendencies and is he consistant. I hope not. If we are able to put together statistics showing it then the other team can.

I have to admit this is one I just don't get. Why we do not have a killer instinct. Our come from behind wins have been well documented but man we have had some real drop offs. I can't rememeber all of them specifically but we had UCLA big at half time, we were ahead of Georgia most of the game, and we're even ahead and dominate over Ohio State last year. Just seems like these teams have a lot of "give up" in them. Many times when they are ahead.

Love our offense. However.....nothing beats a great defensive game by the Huskers. I get more pumped by a sack....or a three down loss of 7 with a punt than I do from a touchdown.

I love this thread. Makes me want to leave my other site which.....constantly runs threads saying how bad Bo is.

Hummmmm Tough Question. I own two bars! So many choices!

Who scores our 10th TD?