Opponents Total Yardage

[Pedro Guerrero]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

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+1, good stuff newearth

 

Going back and watching the game for a second time....sober. I noticed that during the first two quarters that WKU couldnt even sniff a first down. All it came down to was some misalignments and miscommunications between the linebackers, secondary, and tackles. Overall a good defensive performance, but always room for improvement. Looking at Whaleys physical talents, he might just be another Phil Dil for us in the long run when he gets the mental part down pat.

[trouble]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

 

 

Thank you. Finally a rational person here.

[mmmtodd]

we were joking that the 50 was the goal line there in the first half

[hskrfan4life]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Good find. I mean people have overreacted to the 1st game. It's the 1st time your playing against another team, so it's given you'll have some kinks to get out, seeing how they haven't played since December.

[74Hunter]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Last year, the defense didn't gel or really play well until the 3 game, when Dillard got back into the good graces of the coaching staff.

 

We don't have a Dillard this year.

[admo]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini's first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Good find. I mean people have overreacted to the 1st game. It's the 1st time your playing against another team, so it's given you'll have some kinks to get out, seeing how they haven't played since December.

 

Completely overreacted. It was enough to stay away for a few days until the moaning subsided..

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Completely overreacted. It was enough to stay away for a few days until the moaning subsided..

Unfortunately, there will be whining after every game. I think there was whining after our Bowl game last year.

[WYHusk]

Thanks for posting this. Nothing like some cold, hard stats to tamp down the early season hyperventilating.

[Husker Z]

Good post. People need to realize that losing Compton and Fisher really hurt us from a mental aspect on D. Our problems boiled down to people being in the wrong assignment, not lining up in time and not everyone being on the same page in the second half. You can't throw all the blame on David or Whaley either, up until Thursday, Compton was going to be in there captaining the D. Two days isn't much time to get a guy prepared to be the play caller on D.

 

I have a hunch that the improvement from week 1 to week 2 will be dramatic. There will still be mistakes, but there will be less than last week and we'll continue to improve week to week. This D will still be VERY good.

[ESPY]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Keying in on the games Pelini actually had control over, I wonder what we should expect to see in game 2 based on what we saw from him defenses in 2003, 2008 and 2009.

 

2003 - Utah St 238

2008 - @ Wake Forest 373 (arguably Bo's toughest opponent in a game 2)

2009 - Arkansas St 274

 

So, when you compare game 1 to game 2 in these seasons, it appears we should expect...not much difference in opponents' total yardage. Those 3 game 1s we averaged 297 yards allowed, while the 3 game 2s we averaged giving up 295 yards. In 2003, we gave up 55 more yards in game 2. In 2008, we gave up 23 more yards. And last year, we tightened the reigns giving up 84 less yards than game 1 vs FAU.

 

Obviously there are many, many other contributing factors to consider, but simply based on this, one would think our defense will improve slightly in the "total yards allowed" category when we face Idaho.

[REDSTEEL]

Just proves that Cosgrove was a better defensive coach at the start of the year.

[bleedNUred]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Thanks for posting this, hopefully everybody realizes the sky is not falling as there is nobody better at getting a defense ready than the Pelini bros. GO BIG RED!

[papersun87]

If there's one thing I think Bo does better than most coaches, it's making adjustments. I ain't scurred.

[huskerscott]

2003 – OSU 183

2004 – BGU 269

2005 – ASU 560 (Sam Keller 35/56 461 4 TD 0 Int)

2006 – La-Laf. 176

2007 – MSU 146

2008 – WMU 350

2009 – FAU 358

2010 – WKU 299

 

 

For those that are concerned because the defense gave up 299 yards to Western Kentucky Pelini’s first game of the season history shows us that the total yards gained is almost on pace with the average given up by his defenses. He has been a DC/HC for 8 opening games. In those games his teams have given up a total of 2341 yards or an average of 292.625 per game. At NU alone his defenses have given up 1190 total yards for an average of 297.5 over 4 seasons. Like Bo said if this was game 4 or 5 then there would be cause for alarm but it was game 1 and we still dominated so people need to calm down a little bit.

Last year, the defense didn't gel or really play well until the 3 game, when Dillard got back into the good graces of the coaching staff.

 

We don't have a Dillard this year.

I remember last year thinkin the defense was so so. Then BAM!!! the VTech game hit and those boys played lights out...... I expect similar results this year. We will see some improvement this week(about 280 yards given up),then against UW it will finally come together from them and will leave an imprint of Locker in Husky Stadiums turf.

 

Remember we gotta give these guys some time to gel and get their chemistry. Our two starting LBs have played 1 game of DI football.