JTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Anyone wanna help hunt down some stats? I don't how accessible some of these statistical categories are. I would love to breakdown how well Cotton's offenses have ranked (nationally and in conference) in his years with Nebraska and Iowa State. Particularly in yards per carry and sacks allowed. Maybe even yards per pass attempt too, as the offensive line can have a big effect on that. Let me know if you know how to get a hold of these numbers. Here is what I have so far. I'll add more as I find it: YPC = yards per carry SAPG = sacks allowed per game 2003 @ Nebraska YPC: 4.28 (41st) SAPG: 1.31 (N/A) 2004 @ Iowa State YPC: 3.17 (97th) SAPG: 1.67 (106th) 2005 @ Iowa State YPC: 2.70 (112th) SAPG: 3.25 (107th) 2006 @ Iowa State YPC: 3.04 (104th) SAPG: 3.17 (109th) 2008 @ Nebraska YPC: 4.54 (40th) SAPG: 1.62 (43rd) 2009 @ Nebraska YPC: 3.96 (71st) SAPG: 1.46 (38th) Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I'm working on this. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Here is a breakdown of his coaching career. 1995-1997 Head coach of Hastings College, where in 1995 he won the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference and took Hastings to NAIA playoffs, and he was named Coach of the Year. 1998-2002 Offensive Line and OC at New Mexico State. In 1998, 2000, and 2002, they finished with a Top 25 offense. They were also ranked in the Top 25 in rushing for the 6 years he was there. 2004 as OC Cotton coached at Iowa State. Here is a breakdown of each year he was there. 2004: 1328 Net yards rushing, 2876 net yards passing, averaged 4.9 yards per play, and they allowed 27 sacks (for reference, the National Champion that year, USC, allowed 50 sacks). I was unable to find the exact year that Cotton was let go from Iowa State, but here are his stats from 2008 and 2009 (as far as sacks go and rushing yards). 2008 Net rushing yards:2207 Sacks allowed: 35 2009 Net Rushing yards: 1836 Sacks allowed: 42 Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 All the stats I could find Stat-national rank-big12 rank Nebraska 2003 Ypg - 345.00 (83) (10) Iowa state 2004-2006 2004 Ypg- 329.08 (91). (10) 2005 Ypg-350.33 (76) (10) SA-3.25 (107). (12) 2006 Ypg- 317.80. (81) (9) SA 3.17. (109). (12) Nebraska 2008 Ypg 458.25. (11). (6) SA. 1.75. (52). (7) 2009 Ypg 317.15. (102) (11) SA 1.46. (38). (5) Quote Link to comment
bhamHusker Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I was unable to find the exact year that Cotton was let go from Iowa State, but here are his stats from 2008 and 2009 (as far as sacks go and rushing yards). He was out with the rest of the staff when Chizik was hired. He volunteered as a high school assistant coach during the year he was away from college ball. Quote Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Here's a stat for you: 1 out of every 1 Barney Cottons needs to fired for us to have a successful offense. Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Added yards per carry stats, check the original post. The highest Cotton's Big 12 teams have ranked nationally in ypc is 40th. I'll try to add sacks allowed and yards per pass attempt later. Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I think with the stats we have came across one thing stands out while he has had some modarate success in total offense he has not shown any type of consistancy and his o lines typicaly give up a lot of sacks Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 His stats at Iowa St. are abysmal. His stats at Nebraska are better, as expected, but still mediocre. The highest he ranks in either category is 38th. That's this season in sacks allowed. And that's not much to celebrate, considering we are 97th in pass attempts per game. You aren't going to give up many sacks when you're passing the ball so rarely. Quote Link to comment
kansas husker Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 His stats at Iowa St. are abysmal. His stats at Nebraska are better, as expected, but still mediocre. The highest he ranks in either category is 38th. That's this season in sacks allowed. And that's not much to celebrate, considering we are 97th in pass attempts per game. You aren't going to give up many sacks when you're passing the ball so rarely. He was 11th in yards per game last year but point taken the guy does not have a verry strong resume Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 His stats at Iowa St. are abysmal. His stats at Nebraska are better, as expected, but still mediocre. The highest he ranks in either category is 38th. That's this season in sacks allowed. And that's not much to celebrate, considering we are 97th in pass attempts per game. You aren't going to give up many sacks when you're passing the ball so rarely. He was 11th in yards per game last year but point taken the guy does not have a verry strong resume True, aided by two pro-caliber Cally recruits (Slauson and Murtha), a good QB and two great receivers. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Anyone wanna help hunt down some stats? I don't how accessible some of these statistical categories are. I would love to breakdown how well Cotton's offenses have ranked (nationally and in conference) in his years with Nebraska and Iowa State. Particularly in yards per carry and sacks allowed. Maybe even yards per pass attempt too, as the offensive line can have a big effect on that. Let me know if you know how to get a hold of these numbers. Here is what I have so far. I'll add more as I find it: YPC = yards per carry SAPG = sacks allowed per game 2003 @ Nebraska YPC: 4.28 (41st) SAPG: 1.31 (N/A) 2004 @ Iowa State YPC: 3.17 (97th) SAPG: 1.67 (106th) 2005 @ Iowa State YPC: 2.70 (112th) SAPG: 3.25 (107th) 2006 @ Iowa State YPC: 3.04 (104th) SAPG: 3.17 (109th) 2008 @ Nebraska YPC: 4.54 (40th) SAPG: 1.62 (43rd) 2009 @ Nebraska YPC: 3.96 (71st) SAPG: 1.46 (38th) This doesn't make any sense. Is that stat in 04 a mistake? How can 1.67 sacks/game be 106th and then then next year 3.25 is 107th? That's a big jump. Anyone have any stats from the new mexico days? ISU is a tough place to grade him on due to the talent... Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 This doesn't make any sense. Is that stat in 04 a mistake? How can 1.67 sacks/game be 106th and then then next year 3.25 is 107th? That's a big jump. Anyone have any stats from the new mexico days? ISU is a tough place to grade him on due to the talent... I noticed that too. Strange but true. Check HERE and HERE. The numbers are much lower across the board in 2004... not sure why. Maybe there was a change in the way they called holding or something. Either way, ISU was near the bottom both years. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Think we could get Bill Callahan as o-line coach? But now allow him to coach anything else? Quote Link to comment
Beer drinkin skers fan Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 i would like to see stats on penalties by the cottons o-lines Quote Link to comment
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