Pedro Guerrero Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Oklahoma’s 214 attempts on 3rd down is more then any team in the country. They have converted 101 times at a 47.20% clip. FWIW: Nebraska has attempted 161 and converted 71 at a 44.10% clip. Nebraska’s defense has faced 176 3rd downs and opponents have converted 55 times at a 31.25% clip. FWIW: Oklahoma has faced 201 and the opponents have converted 70 at a 34.83% clip. My point being that Oklahoma faces 3rd down an average of 18 times a game and converts 8 of those. Nebraska’s defense only gives up 4.5 conversions a game. If we hold OU to that 4.5 knocking off almost 4 extra sets of downs we will be in really good shape. Quote Link to comment
CENTEXHUSKER Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Great point, I would also like Cody Green and the rest of the playmakers to catch and hold onto the ball. Quote Link to comment
Hunter94 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 3 and outs must be avoided, that will kill the defense if they have to stay on the field. Quote Link to comment
ESPY Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I wonder if the 31.25% we've allowed includes penalties we've committed on 3rd downs to keep drives alive. I know for a fact 23 of the last 26 points our D has allowed (6 of aTm's 9 points, and all of 17 of CU's) have been on drives that a defensive penalty on 3rd down has kept the drive alive. For as mistake-prone as our O-line has been this year, our D has committed some very costly penalties as well, especially in the last 2 games. That's a trend we need to stop dead in its tracks this game because there are few offenses as opportunistic as OU. Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I saw your thread title and was going to comment that it seems like even with our anemic offense our third down percentage is consistently better than our opponents'. A&M only converted 5 of 15 and how many of those were from bullcrap penalites? Quote Link to comment
ESPY Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I saw your thread title and was going to comment that it seems like even with our anemic offense our third down percentage is consistently better than our opponents'. A&M only converted 5 of 15 and how many of those were from bullcrap penalites? 2 for sure, and maybe even 3. Osborne's late hit, Dennard's PI and I think Osborne's PI. Geez, we would've held aTm to 3 points and only 3 3rd conversions if not for those 1st 2 (questionable) calls. Now that's saying something. Quote Link to comment
bball_backer Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 3 and outs must be avoided, that will kill the defense if they have to stay on the field. Quote Link to comment
The Maudfather Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Really interesting stats. Good find. Quote Link to comment
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