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You're out of line. If you didn't understand me at first (and I can own some of that for writing a short post), you certainly do by now, but you've still opted to insult me personally. That's board pollution.

This isn't that complicated, man. All I was expressing was that, given we were going to hire Coach Frost anyway, I figured we just wasted the previous three years. If you're bent out of shape over that thought, to the extent you're dissecting it and using terms like "cross purposes" that make no sense to me, I think you could use a break from this board.

Lastly, here's the offensive one (with the numbers given being the average category z-score average across four categories (passing, rushing, scoring, and total offensive): Rank Team Average Z-score Avg. across 4 "O" categories 1 Ohio State 1.69 2 Memphis 1.67 3 Texas Tech 1.62 4 Houston 1.60 5 UCF 1.49 6 Penn State 1.37 7 Alabama 1.33 8 Appalachian State 1.30 9 Boise State 1.12 10 Oklahoma 1.01 11 Syracuse 0.99 12 West Virginia 0.98 13 Utah State 0.93 14 Oregon 0.92 15 Georgia 0.87 16 Toledo 0.87 17 Oklahoma State 0.87 18 Boston College 0.86 19 North Texas 0.83 20 Clemson 0.80 21 Mississippi 0.78 22 Texas A&M 0.77 23 Colorado 0.73 24 Hawai'i 0.71 25 Virginia Tech 0.70 26 Missouri 0.69 27 Mississippi State 0.64 28 Washington State 0.59 29 Coastal Carolina 0.58 30 Miami (Florida) 0.55 31 Arizona 0.52 32 Michigan 0.43 33 Baylor 0.42 34 Nevada 0.41 35 South Carolina 0.40 36 Western Michigan 0.40 37 UAB 0.39 38 Fresno State 0.39 39 Louisiana Tech 0.39 40 Wisconsin 0.38 41 Southern Mississippi 0.38 42 Buffalo 0.38 43 Florida Atlantic 0.36 44 Cincinnati 0.33 45 Kentucky 0.33 46 Wake Forest 0.32 47 Navy 0.30 48 New Mexico 0.28 49 Duke 0.24 50 North Carolina State 0.20 51 Oregon State 0.20 52 Virginia 0.19 53 South Florida 0.17 54 Purdue 0.16 55 TCU 0.15 56 UNLV 0.13 57 Louisiana-Lafayette 0.10 58 Troy 0.08 59 Florida 0.07 60 Georgia Tech 0.04 61 Arkansas State 0.03 62 Maryland 0.02 63 Air Force -0.01 64 Notre Dame -0.02 65 Auburn -0.02 66 Massachusetts -0.02 67 Eastern Michigan -0.04 68 Florida International -0.08 69 Indiana -0.08 70 Army -0.09 71 Texas -0.11 72 Tennessee -0.14 73 Connecticut -0.15 74 Washington -0.15 75 Liberty -0.21 76 Ohio -0.21 77 California -0.21 78 Northwestern -0.23 79 Louisiana-Monroe -0.24 80 Illinois -0.25 81 Ball State -0.29 82 East Carolina -0.31 83 Old Dominion -0.31 84 Kent State -0.33 85 Michigan State -0.34 86 Arizona State -0.36 87 Iowa -0.36 88 Pittsburgh -0.38 89 Tulsa -0.39 90 Vanderbilt -0.41 91 Kansas -0.42 92 Rice -0.43 93 Marshall -0.44 94 South Alabama -0.45 95 North Carolina -0.46 96 Stanford -0.46 97 Georgia Southern -0.46 98 Utah -0.49 99 Middle Tennessee -0.51 100 LSU -0.52 101 Colorado State -0.57 102 Tulane -0.57 103 USC -0.59 104 Arkansas -0.60 105 Akron -0.61 106 Western Kentucky -0.61 107 Charlotte -0.63 108 San Diego State -0.63 109 Bowling Green -0.66 110 Minnesota -0.69 111 Florida State -0.71 112 Nebraska -0.71 113 BYU -0.75 114 Temple -0.75 115 Texas State -0.84 116 Kansas State -0.89 117 Georgia State -0.96 118 Iowa State -0.99 119 UCLA -1.00 120 Miami (Ohio) -1.05 121 Wyoming -1.08 122 SMU -1.10 123 San Jose State -1.19 124 Louisville -1.27 125 Rutgers -1.33 126 UTEP -1.35 127 UTSA -1.44 128 Central Michigan -1.45 129 New Mexico State -1.46 130 Northern Illinois -1.58

Here's the defensive one (so just taking the average of the defensive category z-score averages): Rank Team Average for 4 Categories 1 Utah 1.55 2 Miami (Florida) 1.30 3 Michigan 1.23 4 Mississippi State 1.13 5 Auburn 1.12 6 Kentucky 1.11 7 Iowa 1.09 8 Clemson 1.08 9 Cincinnati 1.06 10 Alabama 0.96 11 Washington State 0.93 12 Fresno State 0.93 13 North Texas 0.91 14 Southern Mississippi 0.91 15 West Virginia 0.91 16 Appalachian State 0.88 17 Washington 0.86 18 Virginia 0.85 19 Georgia 0.85 20 Wisconsin 0.78 21 California 0.74 22 North Carolina State 0.74 23 LSU 0.72 24 Minnesota 0.68 25 Duke 0.67 26 Florida 0.66 27 Stanford 0.64 28 Ohio State 0.63 29 Kansas 0.57 30 Maryland 0.54 31 Iowa State 0.51 32 Arizona State 0.51 33 Oregon 0.49 34 TCU 0.49 35 Tennessee 0.48 36 BYU 0.48 37 East Carolina 0.47 38 Buffalo 0.46 39 UAB 0.45 40 Michigan State 0.44 41 San Diego State 0.41 42 Colorado 0.41 43 Notre Dame 0.40 44 Penn State 0.39 45 Indiana 0.37 46 Akron 0.36 47 Utah State 0.35 48 South Carolina 0.34 49 Vanderbilt 0.33 50 Texas 0.33 51 Memphis 0.31 52 Georgia Southern 0.30 53 Boise State 0.28 54 Central Michigan 0.27 55 Baylor 0.26 56 Temple 0.24 57 Syracuse 0.22 58 UCF 0.19 59 Florida State 0.17 60 Boston College 0.15 61 South Florida 0.12 62 Marshall 0.12 63 Miami (Ohio) 0.11 64 Oklahoma State 0.10 65 Western Kentucky 0.10 66 Oklahoma 0.09 67 Texas A&M 0.08 68 Air Force 0.06 69 Northern Illinois 0.06 70 Wyoming 0.05 71 Louisiana Tech 0.05 72 Missouri 0.04 73 Arkansas 0.04 74 Virginia Tech 0.03 75 Tulsa 0.00 76 Texas State 0.00 77 UNLV -0.02 78 Louisville -0.08 79 Northwestern -0.09 80 Charlotte -0.11 81 Purdue -0.11 82 Army -0.15 83 Kansas State -0.15 84 Troy -0.15 85 USC -0.17 86 Georgia Tech -0.18 87 Ball State -0.19 88 Eastern Michigan -0.23 89 Western Michigan -0.23 90 Texas Tech -0.26 91 Arkansas State -0.29 92 Pittsburgh -0.30 93 Florida International -0.39 94 Arizona -0.40 95 North Carolina -0.41 96 Nebraska -0.48 97 Navy -0.51 98 Hawai'i -0.54 99 Coastal Carolina -0.56 100 Toledo -0.63 101 UTEP -0.63 102 UCLA -0.68 103 Liberty -0.69 104 Houston -0.69 105 UTSA -0.71 106 New Mexico State -0.72 107 Tulane -0.72 108 Louisiana-Monroe -0.81 109 Nevada -0.86 110 Rutgers -0.90 111 New Mexico -0.90 112 SMU -0.91 113 Wake Forest -0.92 114 Middle Tennessee -0.96 115 Illinois -0.96 116 Mississippi -1.00 117 Louisiana-Lafayette -1.02 118 Massachusetts -1.02 119 San Jose State -1.09 120 Old Dominion -1.12 121 Kent State -1.14 122 Ohio -1.25 123 South Alabama -1.28 124 Colorado State -1.28 125 Rice -1.31 126 Bowling Green -1.39 127 Florida Atlantic -1.44 128 Georgia State -1.49 129 Oregon State -1.62 130 Connecticut -2.79

Z-Score Rankings for Overall Stats (averages for those nine categories I shared above) Rank Team Avg. Z-Score Avg. Across 9 Categories 1 Ohio State 1.11 2 Alabama 1.08 3 Appalachian State 0.99 4 North Texas 0.93 5 UCF 0.89 6 Memphis 0.87 7 Clemson 0.85 8 Georgia 0.85 9 Miami (Florida) 0.81 10 Mississippi State 0.80 11 Penn State 0.79 12 Fresno State 0.77 13 Michigan 0.75 14 West Virginia 0.73 15 Boise State 0.69 16 Washington State 0.69 17 Texas Tech 0.65 18 Cincinnati 0.65 19 Syracuse 0.64 20 Utah State 0.59 21 Wisconsin 0.58 22 Colorado 0.57 23 Kentucky 0.57 24 Oregon 0.56 25 Southern Mississippi 0.55 26 Auburn 0.52 27 Florida 0.50 28 Oklahoma 0.50 29 Boston College 0.49 30 Virginia 0.49 31 Duke 0.47 32 North Carolina State 0.46 33 Buffalo 0.44 34 Virginia Tech 0.44 35 Houston 0.43 36 Oklahoma State 0.40 37 UAB 0.36 38 Maryland 0.33 39 Utah 0.30 40 Missouri 0.30 41 Iowa 0.30 42 Texas A&M 0.30 43 South Carolina 0.29 44 Washington 0.29 45 Kansas 0.28 46 California 0.27 47 Baylor 0.26 48 LSU 0.23 49 Notre Dame 0.22 50 Indiana 0.19 51 Stanford 0.18 52 Louisiana Tech 0.18 53 TCU 0.18 54 South Florida 0.18 55 Toledo 0.18 56 Arizona State 0.14 57 Western Michigan 0.13 58 Texas 0.12 59 Tennessee 0.08 60 Hawai'i 0.07 61 Georgia Southern 0.04 62 Air Force 0.04 63 UNLV 0.02 64 Troy 0.01 65 East Carolina -0.01 66 Arizona -0.01 67 Vanderbilt -0.01 68 Navy -0.01 69 Michigan State -0.03 70 Purdue -0.03 71 BYU -0.03 72 Coastal Carolina -0.03 73 Minnesota -0.03 74 Akron -0.05 75 Mississippi -0.07 76 Arkansas State -0.09 77 Army -0.10 78 Eastern Michigan -0.11 79 Georgia Tech -0.12 80 San Diego State -0.14 81 Northwestern -0.18 82 Marshall -0.18 83 Ball State -0.20 84 Temple -0.22 85 Nevada -0.23 86 Florida International -0.24 87 New Mexico -0.25 88 Western Kentucky -0.25 89 Iowa State -0.27 90 Arkansas -0.30 91 Pittsburgh -0.31 92 Charlotte -0.32 93 Tulsa -0.32 94 Wake Forest -0.35 95 Florida State -0.37 96 USC -0.38 97 Texas State -0.41 98 Wyoming -0.41 99 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.41 100 Miami (Ohio) -0.44 101 Illinois -0.45 102 Liberty -0.48 103 Louisiana-Monroe -0.49 104 North Carolina -0.49 105 Massachusetts -0.51 106 Kansas State -0.51 107 Tulane -0.55 108 Ohio -0.56 109 Florida Atlantic -0.57 110 Central Michigan -0.60 111 Northern Illinois -0.61 112 Old Dominion -0.64 113 Nebraska -0.67 114 Oregon State -0.68 115 Kent State -0.68 116 Louisville -0.70 117 Middle Tennessee -0.74 118 UCLA -0.78 119 Rice -0.80 120 South Alabama -0.81 121 SMU -0.86 122 Colorado State -0.88 123 Bowling Green -0.90 124 UTSA -0.96 125 UTEP -0.98 126 San Jose State -1.03 127 New Mexico State -1.04 128 Georgia State -1.13 129 Rutgers -1.14 130 Connecticut -1.45

The numbers below are percentile ratings for team stats, relative to those for all 130 FBS teams counting all games played through last weekend. Games against lower division opponents have been included for now. Once we have more data, I'll prune those out and maybe even do this for just conference games (played by all FBS teams). If I was to average all the percentile averages for all the individual (nine) categories, NU's stats are 25th percentile overall and Purdue's are 49th. passing defense completions per game: 12 to 20 (after 2 and now 3 games, respectively, for the good guys) with PU posting 21 (after having played four games) percentage: 13 to 19, 38 yards per attempt: 62 to 66, 33 touchdowns per game: 49 to 43, 65 passer rating: 42 to 46, 51 yards per game: 44 to 49, 17 passing offense: completions per game: 47 to 35, 76 percentage: 83 to 68, 65 yards per attempt: 42 to 18, 69 touchdowns per game: 34 to 17, 89 passer rating: 44 to 22, 73 yards per game: 31 to 15, 83 rushing defense yards per carry: 87 to 49, 68 touchdowns per game: 48 to 15, 39 yards per game: 85 to 51, 65 rushing offense yards per carry: 65 to 36, 77 touchdowns per game: 31 to 25, 22 yards per game: 87 to 51, 38 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 40 to 14, 59 points per game: 36 to 9, 49 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 22 to 11, 27 points per game: 19 to 9, 35 total defense yards per play: 77 to 58, 45 yards per game: 73 to 50, 33 plays per game: 47 to 36, 26 total offense yards per play: 46 to 18, 85 yards per game: 66 to 19, 78 plays per game: 86 to 46, 38 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 35 to 21, 6 interceptions gained per game: 25 to 33, 88 turnovers gained per game: 22 to 19, 45 fumbles lost per game: 3 to 5, 21 interceptions lost per game: 9 to 11, 32 turnovers lost per game: 1 to 3, 19 turnover margin per game: 2 to 3, 25

You're just making another point without acknowledging mine. I don't know why people on here are so dead set on arguing over nothing.

This is a hindsight thing. I think most, if not all, of us would agree we may as well have taken a chance on Coach Frost over Riley at that point (was the point).

I think you can make a better case that we did that with Bo. I'm still more inclined to believe we hired Coach Frost too late.

It's never wrong to believe in your team. Just don't bet on them when you don't have many supporting facts. We're not as bad as we looked (nobody could be?) and they're not as good as they looked. Nobody expected us to be more competitive in the B1G than we have been overnight. I don't see why Husker fans need to turn on each other over it.

I'm sure we'd agree that still applies. I'm not sure I hated Meecheegan in 1986 but I know I hated seeing Iowans wearing the maize and blue following our Fiesta Bowl (?) loss to them. If it hadn't been for Steve Taylor lightening the mood at the end, I suppose it would be more clear cut. Regardless, we need to learn to hate again. I know I have enough to share where college football is concerned.

Finally, here's the offensive pecking order... RK TEAM Avg. Z-Score (only "O" categories) 1 Ohio State 1.59 2 Texas Tech 1.59 3 Memphis 1.53 4 Boston College 1.51 5 UCF 1.36 6 Mississippi State 1.32 7 Alabama 1.28 8 Oklahoma State 1.26 9 West Virginia 1.18 10 Oklahoma 1.18 11 Houston 1.11 12 Texas A&M 1.11 13 Boise State 0.99 14 Penn State 0.96 15 Georgia 0.94 16 Oregon 0.91 17 Missouri 0.88 18 Utah State 0.84 19 Louisiana Tech 0.75 20 Syracuse 0.69 21 Colorado 0.63 22 Clemson 0.63 23 Oregon State 0.62 24 Washington State 0.61 25 Toledo 0.57 26 North Texas 0.56 27 Hawai'i 0.56 28 Miami (Florida) 0.51 29 Kent State 0.50 30 Virginia Tech 0.50 31 Baylor 0.49 32 Mississippi 0.49 33 Coastal Carolina 0.48 34 TCU 0.46 35 Wake Forest 0.44 36 South Florida 0.44 37 Florida International 0.42 38 Georgia Tech 0.42 39 UNLV 0.41 40 Wisconsin 0.37 41 Appalachian State 0.37 42 Navy 0.37 43 Kentucky 0.36 44 Fresno State 0.32 45 UAB 0.31 46 Cincinnati 0.30 47 Purdue 0.28 48 Buffalo 0.28 49 Florida Atlantic 0.27 50 Virginia 0.25 51 Arizona 0.23 52 New Mexico 0.22 53 Western Michigan 0.21 54 Auburn 0.19 55 South Carolina 0.18 56 Illinois 0.18 57 Eastern Michigan 0.15 58 North Carolina State 0.15 59 Michigan 0.14 60 Southern Mississippi 0.10 61 Louisiana-Lafayette 0.09 62 Tennessee 0.09 63 Nevada 0.04 64 Arkansas State 0.04 65 Army 0.01 66 Nebraska -0.02 67 East Carolina -0.05 68 Akron -0.07 69 Marshall -0.08 70 Florida -0.10 71 Texas -0.10 72 Washington -0.11 73 Iowa State -0.11 74 Vanderbilt -0.11 75 Connecticut -0.13 76 Troy -0.13 77 Massachusetts -0.14 78 Arizona State -0.16 79 Air Force -0.16 80 Ohio -0.20 81 Ball State -0.22 82 Rice -0.24 83 Kansas State -0.24 84 California -0.24 85 Arkansas -0.24 86 Northwestern -0.24 87 Maryland -0.25 88 Idaho -0.26 89 Tulane -0.27 90 Indiana -0.30 91 Tulsa -0.33 92 Duke -0.33 93 Minnesota -0.37 94 Michigan State -0.40 95 Louisiana-Monroe -0.43 96 Georgia Southern -0.49 97 Utah -0.50 98 Middle Tennessee -0.52 99 Colorado State -0.55 100 Pittsburgh -0.58 101 San Diego State -0.58 102 Notre Dame -0.63 103 Stanford -0.63 104 Kansas -0.69 105 Bowling Green -0.70 106 Texas State -0.70 107 Charlotte -0.71 108 Temple -0.72 109 BYU -0.73 110 USC -0.73 111 South Alabama -0.74 112 LSU -0.77 113 Western Kentucky -0.85 114 Old Dominion -0.90 115 Georgia State -0.92 116 North Carolina -0.93 117 Louisville -0.96 118 UCLA -0.97 119 Florida State -0.99 120 Wyoming -1.06 121 San Jose State -1.14 122 Iowa -1.18 123 Rutgers -1.24 124 Central Michigan -1.27 125 SMU -1.29 126 UTSA -1.45 127 Miami (Ohio) -1.46 128 New Mexico State -1.49 129 Northern Illinois -1.52 130 UTEP -1.57

Here's a post ranking teams per only the defensive z-scores... RK TEAM Avg. Z-Score (only "D" categories) 1 Indiana 1.45 2 Utah 1.35 3 Cincinnati 1.28 4 Mississippi State 1.27 5 Washington State 1.20 6 Minnesota 1.17 7 Stanford 1.05 8 Georgia 1.05 9 Miami (Florida) 1.02 10 Alabama 1.01 11 Virginia Tech 0.96 12 Clemson 0.95 13 Wisconsin 0.84 14 Southern Mississippi 0.83 15 Auburn 0.82 16 Tennessee 0.82 17 Michigan 0.82 18 Fresno State 0.78 19 LSU 0.77 20 Washington 0.76 21 Kent State 0.75 22 Iowa State 0.75 23 Vanderbilt 0.72 24 North Texas 0.70 25 Air Force 0.69 26 Oregon 0.66 27 Oklahoma State 0.66 28 Memphis 0.66 29 West Virginia 0.63 30 California 0.61 31 TCU 0.59 32 Utah State 0.58 33 UCF 0.58 34 Florida 0.55 35 Texas A&M 0.54 36 North Carolina State 0.53 37 Arizona State 0.52 38 Notre Dame 0.47 39 Penn State 0.45 40 Illinois 0.44 41 Marshall 0.44 42 Virginia 0.40 43 Louisiana Tech 0.37 44 Akron 0.37 45 UAB 0.34 46 East Carolina 0.34 47 San Diego State 0.33 48 Colorado 0.30 49 Ohio State 0.28 50 Northern Illinois 0.27 51 Duke 0.27 52 Appalachian State 0.24 53 Georgia Tech 0.22 54 Syracuse 0.22 55 Georgia Southern 0.22 56 Michigan State 0.21 57 Missouri 0.21 58 Boise State 0.20 59 Boston College 0.18 60 Maryland 0.17 61 Temple 0.17 62 Buffalo 0.14 63 Texas 0.12 64 Nebraska 0.11 65 Charlotte 0.08 66 Oklahoma 0.07 67 Miami (Ohio) 0.07 68 USC 0.04 69 Western Kentucky 0.02 70 UNLV 0.01 71 BYU 0.00 72 Kansas -0.01 73 Wyoming -0.01 74 Troy -0.02 75 Toledo -0.03 76 Iowa -0.05 77 Pittsburgh -0.05 78 Ball State -0.07 79 Army -0.08 80 Louisville -0.09 81 Baylor -0.10 82 Kentucky -0.12 83 South Florida -0.13 84 Northwestern -0.14 85 South Carolina -0.16 86 Arkansas -0.16 87 Tulsa -0.19 88 Florida State -0.21 89 Central Michigan -0.21 90 Florida International -0.28 91 Tulane -0.31 92 North Carolina -0.32 93 Texas State -0.32 94 Idaho -0.34 95 Wake Forest -0.43 96 Eastern Michigan -0.47 97 Western Michigan -0.47 98 Texas Tech -0.51 99 Nevada -0.54 100 Arkansas State -0.56 101 Purdue -0.57 102 Coastal Carolina -0.61 103 UCLA -0.67 104 Navy -0.67 105 Louisiana-Monroe -0.69 106 Kansas State -0.83 107 Rutgers -0.83 108 Arizona -0.86 109 New Mexico State -0.88 110 New Mexico -0.88 111 Middle Tennessee -0.92 112 South Alabama -0.93 113 Hawai'i -0.96 114 UTEP -0.97 115 Old Dominion -0.97 116 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.98 117 SMU -1.01 118 San Jose State -1.05 119 Houston -1.16 120 Florida Atlantic -1.16 121 UTSA -1.17 122 Rice -1.18 123 Massachusetts -1.19 124 Colorado State -1.23 125 Mississippi -1.35 126 Ohio -1.43 127 Georgia State -1.45 128 Bowling Green -1.47 129 Oregon State -1.50 130 Connecticut -2.75

Here's a post for best stats overall (with average z-scores for all those stats listed above next to the team names below)... Rk TEAM Avg. Z-Score (all categories) 1 Mississippi State 1.17 2 Alabama 1.05 3 UCF 0.94 4 Georgia 0.94 5 Ohio State 0.93 6 Memphis 0.91 7 Boston College 0.84 8 Virginia Tech 0.83 9 Oklahoma State 0.82 10 Washington State 0.82 11 West Virginia 0.77 12 Clemson 0.74 13 North Texas 0.72 14 Cincinnati 0.72 15 Miami (Florida) 0.69 16 Oregon 0.69 17 Texas A&M 0.68 18 Utah State 0.68 19 Fresno State 0.64 20 Penn State 0.64 21 Boise State 0.58 22 Indiana 0.55 23 Oklahoma 0.55 24 Wisconsin 0.55 25 Texas Tech 0.54 26 Iowa State 0.53 27 Louisiana Tech 0.52 28 Missouri 0.50 29 Kent State 0.48 30 Syracuse 0.48 31 Colorado 0.47 32 Tennessee 0.44 33 TCU 0.44 34 Auburn 0.44 35 Michigan 0.42 36 Minnesota 0.39 37 Southern Mississippi 0.36 38 Illinois 0.31 39 Buffalo 0.31 40 Florida 0.30 41 Toledo 0.30 42 North Carolina State 0.29 43 UAB 0.28 44 Virginia 0.28 45 Vanderbilt 0.27 46 Stanford 0.26 47 Washington 0.26 48 Arizona State 0.24 49 Appalachian State 0.23 50 Utah 0.23 51 Air Force 0.22 52 UNLV 0.22 53 Georgia Tech 0.20 54 South Florida 0.19 55 California 0.19 56 Akron 0.18 57 Marshall 0.17 58 LSU 0.14 59 Baylor 0.12 60 Duke 0.07 61 Kentucky 0.03 62 East Carolina 0.03 63 Houston 0.02 64 South Carolina 0.01 65 Florida International 0.01 66 Navy 0.01 67 Army 0.00 68 Maryland 0.00 69 Notre Dame -0.01 70 Georgia Southern -0.03 71 Troy -0.04 72 Texas -0.05 73 Coastal Carolina -0.08 74 Wake Forest -0.09 75 Michigan State -0.09 76 Eastern Michigan -0.10 77 Nebraska -0.11 78 Western Michigan -0.12 79 Ball State -0.12 80 Hawai'i -0.17 81 Idaho -0.17 82 San Diego State -0.19 83 Arkansas -0.19 84 Northwestern -0.20 85 Purdue -0.23 86 Nevada -0.23 87 Tulane -0.23 88 Arkansas State -0.26 89 Charlotte -0.27 90 New Mexico -0.28 91 BYU -0.29 92 Pittsburgh -0.29 93 Temple -0.30 94 Arizona -0.33 95 Tulsa -0.33 96 USC -0.36 97 Mississippi -0.37 98 Western Kentucky -0.40 99 Florida Atlantic -0.42 100 Kansas -0.43 101 Wyoming -0.43 102 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.43 103 Texas State -0.45 104 Oregon State -0.47 105 Kansas State -0.49 106 Louisiana-Monroe -0.51 107 Louisville -0.54 108 Northern Illinois -0.57 109 Ohio -0.58 110 Iowa -0.58 111 Florida State -0.59 112 Rice -0.63 113 Massachusetts -0.64 114 Miami (Ohio) -0.67 115 North Carolina -0.69 116 Middle Tennessee -0.72 117 Central Michigan -0.74 118 South Alabama -0.74 119 UCLA -0.76 120 Colorado State -0.82 121 Old Dominion -0.86 122 Bowling Green -0.93 123 San Jose State -0.99 124 SMU -1.03 125 Georgia State -1.04 126 Rutgers -1.13 127 New Mexico State -1.16 128 UTEP -1.20 129 UTSA -1.22 130 Connecticut -1.40

We all know there's not much of a sample size to be had at this point. Schedule strength is different. One team has had the same QB for the most part, insofar as I'm aware (only having watched our B1G home field favorites* against Notre Dame this season). I'm going to share the percentiles with more of a focus this time around since it seemed like some found the last post to be a bit much. I'll just respond with the additional data so no one post, with the Nebraska-focused stuff, is quite so gigantic. I suppose I'll run the risk of someone claiming I'm just trying to pad my post count now but here it go... passing defense completions per game: 1 to 12 (after 1 and now 2 games, respectively, for the good guys) with the skunkbears posting 73 (after having played three, I believe) percentage: 15 to 13, 78 yards per attempt: 47 to 62, 88 touchdowns per game: 6 to 49, 57 passer rating: 26 to 42, 81 yards per game: 4 to 44, 85 passing offense: completions per game: 47 to 47, 34 percentage: 71 to 83, 91 yards per attempt: 58 to 42, 72 touchdowns per game: 20 to 34, 67 passer rating: 45 to 44, 85 yards per game: 47 to 31, 33 rushing defense yards per carry: 97 to 87, 79 touchdowns per game: 64 to 48, 82 yards per game: 94 to 85, 72 rushing offense yards per carry: 85 to 65, 68 touchdowns per game: 82 to 31, 50 yards per game: 97 to 87, 51 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 26 to 40, 80 points per game: 20 to 36, 82 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 44 to 22, 69 points per game: 34 to 19, 65 total defense yards per play: 71 to 77, 91 yards per game: 40 to 73, 88 plays per game: 3 to 47, 51 total offense yards per play: 73 to 46, 71 yards per game: 91 to 66, 36 plays per game: 95 to 86, 5 (so meatchicken apparently has gone three and out a lot?) turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 12 to 35, 9 (so there's one good bit of news here, at least) interceptions gained per game: 8 to 25, 56 turnovers gained per game: 4 to 22, 22 fumbles lost per game: 1 to 3, 77 interceptions lost per game: 34 to 9, 59 turnovers lost per game: 3 to 1, 74 turnover margin per game: 1 to 2, 44 * - If all you know is that it's BS the Corn have to travel to a whore named Ann Arbor for a third time before getting a second game in Lincoln, you might be interested to know that these guys in the winged helmets (originally worn at Princeton) went decades at a time hosting the likes of Indiana and Michigan State. Given there is such a thing as home field advantage, it puts certain claims on the record books into perspective. Let's remember, too, that people first think of prison when they hear the name of the stadium Tommy Armstrong won in as a true freshman...

Thanks, JJ. It really only felt personal when that dude had to have more than one go at me. I even got some constructive criticism, via direct message, as to what might be more easily digested along the lines of what I share (so it's not like the board really ever lets me down overall). p.s. - I think yours was probably the funniest response, too. I forgot how goofy that dude from Styx looks is part of it (though it's largely just a matter of the times, to be fair to him).

I'll give people (and gave you) the benefit of the doubt once. If you had been funny even once, I might even have given you an extra pass. That you've now decided to judge me over an unpleasant exchange you set the tone for leaves no doubt in my mind you're not worth any more time.

It doesn't seem like a lot to ask from anybody, let alone people as nice as Nebraskans (but I guess we're a national program again so that's the positive I'll take from this thread). I appreciate the reasonable and considerate response all the same.

There's a name for people whose idea of fun is insulting strangers and not owning up.

Thanks!

I'm used to receiving a few rude/ignorant responses to my stats posts but this may be the first time anyone hasn't been able to leave just one (virtual) flaming bag of crap.

I appreciate the concern over my time but this actually doesn't take much since I set up my spreadsheets to copy and paste into a number of years ago. I did it to calculate spreads and I've made money a couple of seasons (though I've mainly lost - not the math's fault, of course). There were some posters here who helped me improve it, too, so it was worthwhile to share for more than the usual reason. If it bothers some of you, please feel free to ignore it. I particularly like having whole seasons' worth of data to compare our past coaches, though. E.g., here's my last stats post from the end of the Riley era: 2017-18 Final Stats Post

It's as ridiculous as pre-season rankings but it's something to do. I calculate z-scores and convert them to percentiles for all the stats I can from nine categories: passing defense and offense; rushing defense and offense; scoring defense and offense; total defense and offense; and turnover margin. The numbers in the first three lists below are averages of all the stats for the categories I give details for below (the three lists which focus on good old Nebraska U). Once we have enough data, I'll prune all games that weren't played between conference teams from the FBS statistics all teams are compared to (via calculation of the z-scores). Sometimes I just take all the games not played against other FBS teams out but we all know not all FBS conferences are created equal either. Rank Team overall 1 Toledo 88.57 2 Ohio State 83.31 3 Boise State 81.03 4 Boston College 80.95 5 Mississippi State 80.32 6 Oklahoma State 79.88 7 Alabama 75.65 8 Georgia 75.34 9 TCU 75.08 10 Missouri 74.75 11 UCF 74.67 12 Wisconsin 74.67 13 Texas Tech 72.92 14 Virginia Tech 72.79 15 Auburn 72.61 16 North Texas 72.13 17 Oregon 71.78 18 Georgia Southern 71.08 19 Louisiana-Lafayette 71.02 20 Memphis 70.81 21 West Virginia 69.84 22 Oklahoma 69.53 23 Akron 69.40 24 Miami (Florida) 69.21 25 Washington State 67.98 26 Fresno State 67.91 27 Vanderbilt 67.84 28 Texas A&M 66.62 29 Maryland 65.92 30 Clemson 65.62 31 Louisiana Tech 65.23 32 Arizona State 64.98 33 Utah 64.62 34 Buffalo 64.49 35 Baylor 61.63 36 Michigan 60.74 37 Southern Mississippi 60.65 38 Minnesota 59.93 39 Houston 59.32 40 Syracuse 59.25 41 Ball State 58.44 42 Georgia Tech 58.42 43 UAB 57.50 44 North Carolina State 57.22 45 Stanford 56.85 46 Indiana 56.56 47 LSU 56.32 48 Washington 55.92 49 Kent State 55.79 50 South Florida 55.64 51 Virginia 55.51 52 Colorado 55.49 53 Penn State 55.44 54 Illinois 55.42 55 Kansas State 55.38 56 Arkansas 54.96 57 Air Force 54.83 58 Appalachian State 54.78 59 Mississippi 54.74 60 Tennessee 54.69 61 Marshall 54.31 62 Florida 53.72 63 Wake Forest 53.60 64 Utah State 53.55 65 Duke 52.80 66 Troy 52.12 67 California 52.05 68 Idaho 51.84 69 Eastern Michigan 51.29 70 Iowa State 51.18 71 Cincinnati 51.18 72 East Carolina 50.13 73 Kentucky 49.78 74 Tulane 48.62 75 South Carolina 48.42 76 UNLV 47.83 77 Notre Dame 47.60 78 Nebraska 46.92 79 Hawai'i 46.86 80 Louisiana-Monroe 46.34 81 Army 45.99 82 Michigan State 45.41 83 Nevada 45.11 84 Texas 44.18 85 Ohio 42.87 86 Purdue 41.71 87 Tulsa 41.16 88 USC 40.97 89 Iowa 40.46 90 Northwestern 40.45 91 San Diego State 40.37 92 BYU 40.22 93 Florida International 38.27 94 Middle Tennessee 38.23 95 Florida State 37.76 96 Charlotte 37.72 97 Pittsburgh 37.67 98 New Mexico 37.44 99 Navy 36.80 100 Oregon State 36.77 101 Arkansas State 35.76 102 Massachusetts 35.02 103 Texas State 34.54 104 Wyoming 33.42 105 UCLA 31.45 106 Coastal Carolina 31.38 107 Miami (Ohio) 31.14 108 Louisville 30.79 109 Rice 30.42 110 Western Kentucky 30.38 111 Colorado State 29.79 112 Northern Illinois 29.65 113 Arizona 28.48 114 Georgia State 28.04 115 North Carolina 27.84 116 Rutgers 26.80 117 Temple 25.20 118 Western Michigan 25.09 119 Florida Atlantic 24.98 120 Kansas 24.86 121 Central Michigan 23.00 122 San Jose State 19.99 123 SMU 19.51 124 South Alabama 19.42 125 UTEP 19.21 126 Bowling Green 19.17 127 Old Dominion 18.57 128 New Mexico State 17.03 129 UTSA 12.58 130 Connecticut 11.12 Rank Team defense 1 Utah 92.94 2 Washington State 90.59 3 Mississippi State 88.58 4 Akron 88.50 5 Indiana 88.33 6 TCU 87.36 7 Miami (Florida) 86.04 8 Toledo 84.77 9 Georgia Southern 82.62 10 Wisconsin 81.52 11 Oklahoma State 80.74 12 Georgia 80.50 13 Stanford 78.70 14 Cincinnati 78.68 15 Missouri 78.65 16 Michigan 78.42 17 Vanderbilt 78.16 18 Iowa 77.95 19 Auburn 77.73 20 LSU 76.73 21 Arizona State 75.83 22 Virginia Tech 75.55 23 Ohio State 75.12 24 Minnesota 74.42 25 Southern Mississippi 74.15 26 Alabama 72.63 27 California 72.05 28 Memphis 71.37 29 North Texas 70.48 30 Kent State 69.88 31 Boise State 69.49 32 Virginia 69.46 33 Fresno State 69.43 34 Boston College 68.43 35 Iowa State 67.96 36 West Virginia 67.74 37 Notre Dame 67.49 38 Buffalo 67.44 39 Air Force 66.96 40 Washington 65.58 41 Louisiana-Lafayette 65.34 42 Oregon 65.13 43 Maryland 65.13 44 Clemson 64.39 45 UCF 64.04 46 North Carolina State 63.18 47 Duke 63.07 48 Texas A&M 62.78 49 Marshall 61.85 50 Ball State 61.66 51 Florida 59.71 52 Louisiana Tech 59.23 53 East Carolina 59.16 54 San Diego State 58.90 55 Illinois 57.84 56 Georgia Tech 56.88 57 Texas Tech 56.61 58 Oklahoma 56.19 59 UAB 55.29 60 Appalachian State 54.48 61 Tennessee 54.32 62 Michigan State 52.98 63 USC 52.58 64 Charlotte 51.36 65 Northern Illinois 51.30 66 Kansas State 51.29 67 Utah State 51.23 68 BYU 49.96 69 Baylor 49.43 70 Wake Forest 48.92 71 Idaho 48.21 72 Penn State 47.53 73 Pittsburgh 45.37 74 Arkansas 45.17 75 Florida State 45.08 76 Eastern Michigan 45.05 77 Kentucky 44.36 78 Troy 44.11 79 Colorado 44.00 80 Louisiana-Monroe 43.26 81 Louisville 43.13 82 Northwestern 43.07 83 Miami (Ohio) 42.85 84 Texas 42.71 85 Army 42.24 86 Wyoming 42.02 87 South Carolina 41.89 88 Texas State 41.63 89 Purdue 41.14 90 Tulane 41.01 91 South Florida 40.80 92 Tulsa 40.58 93 Houston 40.12 94 Nevada 39.12 95 Rutgers 39.08 96 Western Kentucky 38.60 97 Nebraska 38.14 98 Kansas 38.06 99 Florida International 37.42 100 Syracuse 37.01 101 North Carolina 36.65 102 Temple 34.10 103 Central Michigan 33.71 104 UNLV 33.39 105 Middle Tennessee 31.13 106 UCLA 30.29 107 Georgia State 27.58 108 New Mexico State 23.53 109 SMU 22.18 110 Massachusetts 22.13 111 Ohio 21.95 112 Arizona 20.92 113 UTEP 20.31 114 Arkansas State 19.98 115 Mississippi 18.37 116 Navy 17.78 117 Hawai'i 17.60 118 Coastal Carolina 17.34 119 San Jose State 15.87 120 New Mexico 15.78 121 UTSA 15.29 122 Rice 15.02 123 Bowling Green 13.72 124 Western Michigan 13.59 125 South Alabama 12.71 126 Old Dominion 11.50 127 Colorado State 10.87 128 Florida Atlantic 6.35 129 Oregon State 4.13 130 Connecticut 0.38 Rank Team offense 1 Ohio State 95.87 2 Boston College 93.41 3 Boise State 92.35 4 Oklahoma State 92.21 5 Toledo 91.52 6 Oklahoma 88.32 7 Mississippi 88.31 8 Louisiana-Lafayette 87.14 9 Texas Tech 86.96 10 UCF 85.48 11 Oregon 84.84 12 Alabama 83.85 13 Texas A&M 82.23 14 Memphis 81.62 15 West Virginia 80.12 16 Houston 79.63 17 Syracuse 78.04 18 Mississippi State 77.86 19 Baylor 77.67 20 Missouri 75.15 21 Georgia 74.96 22 Hawai'i 74.54 23 Louisiana Tech 73.56 24 North Texas 73.12 25 Wisconsin 70.38 26 Auburn 70.06 27 Oregon State 69.71 28 Georgia Tech 68.11 29 Wake Forest 66.81 30 Nebraska 66.16 31 Virginia Tech 65.25 32 TCU 65.12 33 UAB 64.99 34 Maryland 64.68 35 Kansas State 64.66 36 Colorado 64.39 37 South Florida 63.97 38 Clemson 62.45 39 Penn State 60.93 40 Kentucky 60.87 41 Fresno State 60.44 42 Appalachian State 59.71 43 New Mexico 59.61 44 Troy 59.55 45 Georgia Southern 58.66 46 Miami (Florida) 58.19 47 UNLV 57.61 48 Washington State 57.47 49 Akron 56.71 50 Arkansas 56.38 51 Ball State 55.95 52 Nevada 55.59 53 Arkansas State 55.34 54 South Carolina 55.16 55 Washington 55.10 56 Buffalo 54.62 57 Vanderbilt 54.26 58 Southern Mississippi 53.84 59 North Carolina State 53.69 60 Eastern Michigan 53.56 61 Kent State 52.43 62 Arizona State 51.59 63 Utah State 50.93 64 Ohio 50.21 65 Tulane 50.17 66 Illinois 50.09 67 Texas 50.00 68 Utah 49.43 69 Purdue 49.39 70 East Carolina 48.48 71 Idaho 48.16 72 Tennessee 48.10 73 Louisiana-Monroe 47.35 74 Massachusetts 46.98 75 Marshall 46.89 76 Minnesota 46.70 77 Michigan 46.69 78 Middle Tennessee 45.98 79 Tulsa 45.29 80 Air Force 44.92 81 Army 44.81 82 Navy 44.43 83 Florida International 43.79 84 Colorado State 42.89 85 Florida 42.53 86 Virginia 41.54 87 Coastal Carolina 41.51 88 Rice 41.50 89 Florida Atlantic 40.58 90 Michigan State 37.82 91 Duke 37.09 92 Arizona 35.85 93 Western Michigan 35.57 94 Northwestern 33.85 95 USC 32.48 96 Florida State 31.50 97 Pittsburgh 30.72 98 Stanford 30.41 99 Notre Dame 28.08 100 LSU 28.02 101 California 27.13 102 BYU 26.15 103 UCLA 26.05 104 San Diego State 24.94 105 Iowa State 24.27 106 Texas State 22.61 107 Cincinnati 22.38 108 North Carolina 22.34 109 Indiana 22.12 110 Charlotte 22.01 111 Georgia State 21.63 112 Connecticut 21.21 113 Louisville 21.02 114 UTEP 20.84 115 Western Kentucky 20.69 116 Wyoming 19.67 117 Old Dominion 18.74 118 Bowling Green 17.91 119 San Jose State 17.90 120 Temple 17.70 121 South Alabama 17.66 122 Miami (Ohio) 17.59 123 Rutgers 16.24 124 Kansas 14.55 125 Central Michigan 11.41 126 SMU 10.00 127 UTSA 8.02 128 New Mexico State 7.83 129 Northern Illinois 6.38 130 Iowa 6.09 As for detailed NU stats, I have the following breakdown of the nine aforementioned categories (with the scores being given as the calculated percentiles of the given stats within them - please remember this is all relative and most teams haven't played anyone even as tough as the Buffies yet): passing defense completions per game: 1 percentage: 15 yards per attempt: 47 touchdowns per game: 6 passer rating: 26 yards per game: 4 passing offense: completions per game: 47 percentage: 71 yards per attempt: 58 touchdowns per game: 20 passer rating: 45 yards per game: 47 rushing defense yards per carry: 97 touchdowns per game: 64 yards per game: 94 rushing offense yards per carry: 85 touchdowns per game: 82 yards per game: 97 scoring defense touchdowns per game: 26 points per game: 20 scoring offense touchdowns per game: 44 points per game: 34 total defense yards per play: 71 yards per game: 40 plays per game: 3 total offense yards per play: 73 yards per game: 91 plays per game: 95 turnover margin fumbles gained per game: 12 interceptions gained per game: 8 turnovers gained per game: 4 fumbles lost per game: 1 interceptions lost per game: 34 turnovers lost per game: 3 turnover margin per game: 1

I believe it was against Colorado that Tommie Frazier threw that strike while in the grasp of an opposing player. I don't know how to quickly find such things but I assume most of us (beyond a certain age) can remember...

I am not inclined to click either. I remember there being the slightest of silver linings in that our offense didn't pack it in that day. It could have been even worse. My favorite Colorado game featured Brook Berringer going off. The ABC halftime show that day was all about the potent Colorado offense, which had maybe 3 points on the day by that point?