Interesting stat I saw on ESPN

[NUance]

2012

 

Southern Miss

 

Rex - 57 yarder

 

UCLA

 

Martinez - 92 yarder

 

Thanks for the stats! 1

[Husker from Kansas]

Here's some more stats for us to chew on, per Brian Bennet of ESPN. While it is sub-par competition, the offense is killing it on 1st downs. Still impressive....

 

"Nebraska has averaged 7.9 yards on first down this season. The Huskers have run 105 first-down plays and totaled 826 yards, producing 52 percent of their total yards for the season on first down. Nebraska had 359 yards on 38 first-down snaps in the season opener against Southern Miss, averaging 9.4 yards on first down. Against UCLA, the Huskers gained 194 yards on 33 first-down snaps, an average of 5.9 yards per play, and in a 42-13 win against Arkansas State the Huskers rolled up 273 yards on 34 first-down attempts, for an average of 8.0 yards per play."

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten

 

not trying to be a negative nancy or anything but wasn't 92 of those yards on 1 play?

[jimk]

Here's some more stats for us to chew on, per Brian Bennet of ESPN. While it is sub-par competition, the offense is killing it on 1st downs. Still impressive....

 

"Nebraska has averaged 7.9 yards on first down this season. The Huskers have run 105 first-down plays and totaled 826 yards, producing 52 percent of their total yards for the season on first down. Nebraska had 359 yards on 38 first-down snaps in the season opener against Southern Miss, averaging 9.4 yards on first down. Against UCLA, the Huskers gained 194 yards on 33 first-down snaps, an average of 5.9 yards per play, and in a 42-13 win against Arkansas State the Huskers rolled up 273 yards on 34 first-down attempts, for an average of 8.0 yards per play."

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten

 

not trying to be a negative nancy or anything but wasn't 92 of those yards on 1 play?

 

 

Yes and the rest of the 734 yards came on the 104 other plays.

[jsneb83]

Fire Barney!

I'd be interested to see how many of those occurred against teams with defenses that finished the year ranked in the Top 25...heck even Top 50.

 

For that point to be valid the rest of FBS would have had to play those years against all top 25-50 defenses.

 

Everyone plays their fair share of patsies.

That wasn't the point. It essentially says we're really good at scoring long runs against teams with very bad defenses. So what?

 

I'd rather we have the offense we have now that shows it can actually put together a long drive, over whatever Shawn Watson ran that looked good on the highlight reel and terrible against defenses with a pulse.

 

And for God's sake, when the line opens a huge hole and you see the entire field before you, goal line in sight......HOOK SLIDE! So the offense can go back to grinding out a long drive. Because that's what fans come to see.

 

This is among the goofier criticisms to raise its head on HuskerBoard.

I think his point was that our offense in 2010 was a big play or bust kind of offense, whereas this year we don't have to rely on just the big plays to get our points. Obviously, you go for the end zone if the play opens up, but this year we are still fine if we don't get that long gain.

[jsneb83]

Here's some more stats for us to chew on, per Brian Bennet of ESPN. While it is sub-par competition, the offense is killing it on 1st downs. Still impressive....

 

"Nebraska has averaged 7.9 yards on first down this season. The Huskers have run 105 first-down plays and totaled 826 yards, producing 52 percent of their total yards for the season on first down. Nebraska had 359 yards on 38 first-down snaps in the season opener against Southern Miss, averaging 9.4 yards on first down. Against UCLA, the Huskers gained 194 yards on 33 first-down snaps, an average of 5.9 yards per play, and in a 42-13 win against Arkansas State the Huskers rolled up 273 yards on 34 first-down attempts, for an average of 8.0 yards per play."

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten

 

not trying to be a negative nancy or anything but wasn't 92 of those yards on 1 play?

 

 

Yes and the rest of the 734 yards came on the 104 other plays.

And only 102 on the other 32 first down plays against UCLA. A stellar 3 yard average.

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Thanks for info GSG!

[GSG]

Thanks for info GSG!

 

[Chaddyboxer]

Here's some more stats for us to chew on, per Brian Bennet of ESPN. While it is sub-par competition, the offense is killing it on 1st downs. Still impressive....

 

"Nebraska has averaged 7.9 yards on first down this season. The Huskers have run 105 first-down plays and totaled 826 yards, producing 52 percent of their total yards for the season on first down. Nebraska had 359 yards on 38 first-down snaps in the season opener against Southern Miss, averaging 9.4 yards on first down. Against UCLA, the Huskers gained 194 yards on 33 first-down snaps, an average of 5.9 yards per play, and in a 42-13 win against Arkansas State the Huskers rolled up 273 yards on 34 first-down attempts, for an average of 8.0 yards per play."

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten

 

not trying to be a negative nancy or anything but wasn't 92 of those yards on 1 play?

 

 

Yes and the rest of the 734 yards came on the 104 other plays.

And only 102 on the other 32 first down plays against UCLA. A stellar 3 yard average.

Ouch...thanks for the info.

[HuskerThor]

I wonder how much other fans of teams, berate their teams for leading any statistical category? Are Husker fans that hard on their team?

 

I mean come on, someone posts that we lead the nation in something, and its the same old sh#t. "Yea it's because we play patsies, yea but what about this or that".

 

Do we really feel the need to be so pessimistic that we can't except the good things this team does?

[The Dude]

I wonder how much other fans of teams, berate their teams for leading any statistical category? Are Husker fans that hard on their team?

 

I mean come on, someone posts that we lead the nation in something, and its the same old sh#t. "Yea it's because we play patsies, yea but what about this or that".

 

Do we really feel the need to be so pessimistic that we can't except the good things this team does?

Yes.

[Hammerhead]

2010

 

Western Kentucky

 

Martinez - 46 yarder

 

Idaho

 

Martinez - 67 yarder

Helu - 58 yarder

 

Washington

 

Martinez - 80 yarder

Helu - 65 yarder

 

KSUx

 

Martinez - 80 yarder

Helu - 68 yarder

Martinez - 41 yarder

 

Missouri

 

Helu - 66, 73, 53 yarders

 

Oklahoma

 

Helu - 66 yarder

 

Now we know why you can't find a girlfriend.

 

I wonder how much other fans of teams, berate their teams for leading any statistical category?

 

All of them, I'm sure. It's the nature of fanhood.

[Count 'Bility]

I saw this another board somewhere

"Nebraska, where we take winning poorly, and usually find someone to blame it on" Dont know if it was intentional, but it's true nonetheless.

[NUinID]

I wonder how much other fans of teams, berate their teams for leading any statistical category? Are Husker fans that hard on their team?

 

I mean come on, someone posts that we lead the nation in something, and its the same old sh#t. "Yea it's because we play patsies, yea but what about this or that".

 

Do we really feel the need to be so pessimistic that we can't except the good things this team does?

 

 

My feelings exactly

[HuskerThor]

I saw this another board somewhere

"Nebraska, where we take winning poorly, and usually find someone to blame it on" Dont know if it was intentional, but it's true nonetheless.

It's very true, and that's sad. I think some fans are way to critical, all the time. Like they can't enjoy winning.

[NUinID]

I saw this another board somewhere

"Nebraska, where we take winning poorly, and usually find someone to blame it on" Dont know if it was intentional, but it's true nonetheless.

It's very true, and that's sad. I think some fans are way to critical, all the time. Like they can't enjoy winning.

 

We really did get spoiled for about 40+ years. Being the so called most knowledgeable fans means that we may be the most critical fans also