Hercules Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Coming to this conversation a bit late, but having a good pass defense and having a good secondary are two different things. We had a good pass defense last year. Not a good secondary. Good secondaries have players who can tackle in the open field. We were below average. Quote Link to comment
EZ-E Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Whoever compared us to Oklahoma was spot on Pass Efficiency Rank-Yd/Pass att-Pass td allowed NU 9th-4.76-18 OU 12th-5.15-11 Rush ranking-Yd/rush-rush td NU 90-5.93-26 OU 89-6.38-27 Games-PPG allowed NU 14-27.57 OU 13-25.46 Games allowed more than 30 pts (I believe if you give up more than 30 points, your defense has been picked apart) NU 3 OU 5 The biggest difference here is pass td allowed. (18-11) Our occasional breakdown of the deep ball is the difference here. The deep ball is where the lack of pass rush and poor safety play hurts us. Also on longer routes, a press at the line wont disrupt the play as much as something like a slant route where timing is EVERYTHING. Were ranked 9 in pass eff. The top 8 teams allowed an avg of 9.5 td all year. Were double that at 18. Dang. And in another thread apparently I don't know anything!!!! Good breakdown and I appreciate the research. Funny, didn't people scream that Mike Stoops would have been a superior hire to JP?????? Interesting thing about this is our HC's history with the Stoops and OU. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Coming to this conversation a bit late, but having a good pass defense and having a good secondary are two different things. We had a good pass defense last year. Not a good secondary. Good secondaries have players who can tackle in the open field. We were below average. Youre right. Hence the thread title "Pass defense". Or just move along. Quote Link to comment
Danimal Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Fielding a faster group of LB's should help our pass defense this year, may not be as fast as the rb's they're assigned to cover but at least it will be close. The CCG drove home just how lacking our speed at LB was. Think Zaire would've made a difference last year if not for the ACL. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I just hope someone will keep parsing the statistics until we get an extra win or two. Quote Link to comment
iowahusker09 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I just hope someone will keep parsing the statistics until we get an extra win or two. Complete Nutrition gets VERY SLOW in the summer months. i needed something to keep me occupied at work Quote Link to comment
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