ColoradoHusk Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I have seen a lot of posts from people giving A LOT of credit to Mark Banker for making adjustments and improving the D. Yes, the Blackshirts did play well against Rutgers and Iowa, to me, 2 games isn't a trend. If it is, why did it take 10 games for Banker to finally make necessary adjustments with this defense. Below is a chart (sorry for the formatting, I guess it's impossible to paste a picture in from Excel) that shows the points and yards given up by opponent this year. It also shows the average PPG and YPG for that opponent and their national ranking. The season started out like a dumpster fire against BYU, Miami, and So Miss, when NU played the best offenses it would face all year. Even when NU got into conference play, teams didn't have much of a problem moving the ball on NU. I can give credit to Banker for allowing fewer points than the yards would imply, but the defense constantly came up short this year. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise, given the team's record. The big thing to take out of this is how bad the Big Ten West offenses are. Wow!!! Points Avg. Points Ranking Yards Avg. Yards Ranking BYU 33 34.2 39 511 428 46 S. Alabama 9 24.8 95 332 360 102 Miami 36 28.9 65 511 401 65 So Miss 28 41.7 9 458 535 8 Illinois 14 22.7 102 382 373 89 Wisconsin 23 27.1 80 469 377 82 Minnesota 25 22.6 103 366 357 103 Northwestern 30 20.7 111 333 333 115 Purdue 55 25.1 93 457 369 94 Michigan State 38 33.4 44 491 399 68 Rutgers 14 27.1 80 259 377 83 Iowa 28 33.7 41 250 404 63 Total 27.8 401.6 1 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post ADS Posted November 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thanks! That all makes perfect sense and not impossible to read. 12 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Did you try to format that list while you were drunk? Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 I guess it's impossible to format copy and paste items. Screw you guys!!! Long story short, the D sucked for most of the year. Quote Link to comment
huskerfan92 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 We ended up going from dead last to 122nd in passing yards per game....so there's progress Quote Link to comment
SouthLincoln Husker Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 We also need to take into consideration of the injuries early, but 50+ from Purdue was just ugly. Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thanks for the information ColoradoHusk. I fear that this defense is over achieving. IMO, we have two great DTs. Bo looked like a genius with Suh and Crick playing. What happens when VV and MC are gone? I am worried. 1 Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Don't think it's coincidence that Rutgers/Iowa were our two best defensive showings, and they were the two healthiest games we've been all season depth-wise. Factor in how many short fields and points were the direct result of turnovers (cough Purdue game) and the outcome is not nearly that bleak. He's no 2004-2007 Pelini, but he's also far from 2007 Cosgrove. 1 Quote Link to comment
NW Husker Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Bankers defenses have always been pretty good verses pro style offenses with immobile quarterbacks. The problems usually arise against dual threat qb's and spread systems. I'm fairly sure the games that Bankers defense has played well in this year are due more to a good match up than improving defense. 1 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 What we need is the ability to get off the field when we need to. The defense did it against Iowa. Against Northwestern, not so much. As long as the defense makes the necessary stops it's good. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 What we need is the ability to get off the field when we need to. The defense did it against Iowa. Against Northwestern, not so much. As long as the defense makes the necessary stops it's good.Except it didn't against Iowa. NU scores a TD and gets within 4, and it took one play for Iowa to score. I know Gerry was out, but come on, make one stop to get the ball back to the offense. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 What we need is the ability to get off the field when we need to. The defense did it against Iowa. Against Northwestern, not so much. As long as the defense makes the necessary stops it's good.Except it didn't against Iowa. NU scores a TD and gets within 4, and it took one play for Iowa to score. I know Gerry was out, but come on, make one stop to get the ball back to the offense. Why would you only look at one possession the entire game? It's going to be pretty hard to ever find a defense that doesn't at least give up A score in a football game. Our defense did everything it needed to do in the 4th quarter for us to be in a great position to win. 2 Quote Link to comment
dvdcrr Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I think our run D is more sound. The two gashing iowa runs notwithstanding 1 Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I think our run D is more sound. The two gashing iowa runs notwithstanding I had visions of another Wisconsin. At least they adjusted after two TDs. Quote Link to comment
stargazer Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I think we under estimate just how much losing Gerry hurt us at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment
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