Landlord Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 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. 2007: Allowed 6.1 Yards per play: Played 7 Power 5 Top 60 Offenses 2015: Allowed 5.8 Yards per play. Played 1 Power 5 Top 60 Offense So we were one foot better per play against vastly inferior offenses. I think that's pretty much a wash. You're right. That really provides context to how similar they were. 1 Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 2015 Defensive Statistics (2014) Scoring Defense: 27.8 PPG (26.4) Total Defense: 5.82 YPP (5.37) Turnovers forced: 13 (23) For fun, Offensive Statistics: Scoring Offense: 32.5 PPG (37.8) Total Offense: 6.08 YPP (6.22) CFBStats.com 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 The offense is 50% of this stat but yards per play the Huskers gained minus what they allowed: Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Based on the number of injuries, especially on defense, coupled with the loss of Kenny Bell, Abdullah, and Randy Gregory. And implementing a new offense and defense. I would say while not great, obviously, it's not that bad either. 1 Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? We're really grasping for silver linings here if we're pointing at zero blowouts as a success when this team lost to Pur-f******-due. 1 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan92 Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? http://espn.go.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400763555 8 touchdowns given up to Purdue... Quote Link to comment
beorach Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I went and took the two best seasons for Nebraska and Oregon State under its previous coaches...then compared the defensive stats to the national averages and standard deviations (came up with the z-scores and took the average for all the z-scores within the defensive categories) to get the following comparison. Please note that Oregon State made the final AP poll three years in a row between 2006 and 2008 - their highest finish was 18th in 2008. Nebraska made it four years in a row between 2009 and 2012 - our highest finish was 14th in 2009. I don't need to remind anyone that Oregon State : Nebraska is apples : oranges and most football fans know who Suh is. Average Z-score within the Passing Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.755 Oregon State 2008: 0.838 Average Z-score within the Rushing Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.381 Oregon State 2008: 0.498 Average Z-score within the Scoring Defense category Nebraska 2009: 2.315 Oregon State 2008: 0.530 Average Z-score within the Total Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.314 Oregon State 2008: 0.847 What's the significance? I DON'T KNOW! These seasons were a long time ago, though... Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? We're really grasping for silver linings here if we're pointing at zero blowouts as a success when this team lost to Pur-f******-due. And it was 42-16 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The whole 4th quarter was garbage time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? We're really grasping for silver linings here if we're pointing at zero blowouts as a success when this team lost to Pur-f******-due. And it was 42-16 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The whole 4th quarter was garbage time. You're right. Through three quarters our defense gave up 6 touchdowns, on drives starting on their 23, our own 16, our own 22, their 20, their 16, and our 19. 21 of those 42 points came on turnovers with 22 or less yards to the endzone. 4 Quote Link to comment
NW Husker Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I went and took the two best seasons for Nebraska and Oregon State under its previous coaches...then compared the defensive stats to the national averages and standard deviations (came up with the z-scores and took the average for all the z-scores within the defensive categories) to get the following comparison. Please note that Oregon State made the final AP poll three years in a row between 2006 and 2008 - their highest finish was 18th in 2008. Nebraska made it four years in a row between 2009 and 2012 - our highest finish was 14th in 2009. I don't need to remind anyone that Oregon State : Nebraska is apples : oranges and most football fans know who Suh is. Average Z-score within the Passing Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.755 Oregon State 2008: 0.838 Average Z-score within the Rushing Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.381 Oregon State 2008: 0.498 Average Z-score within the Scoring Defense category Nebraska 2009: 2.315 Oregon State 2008: 0.530 Average Z-score within the Total Defense category Nebraska 2009: 1.314 Oregon State 2008: 0.847 What's the significance? I DON'T KNOW! These seasons were a long time ago, though... One thing I would point out is 2008 was the prior to the spread offense becoming commonplace in the Pac 10/12. Before the more "modern" offenses arrived, Banker was a very good DC. The problem is that he hasn't been able to adjust his defense to slow down a spread offense like UO, Washington, Eastern Washington. He has been good at stopping more traditional offenses like MSU, Iowa, USC. 1 Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? We're really grasping for silver linings here if we're pointing at zero blowouts as a success when this team lost to Pur-f******-due. And it was 42-16 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The whole 4th quarter was garbage time. You're right. Through three quarters our defense gave up 6 touchdowns, on drives starting on their 23, our own 16, our own 22, their 20, their 16, and our 19. 21 of those 42 points came on turnovers with 22 or less yards to the endzone. Pur-f******-due. Doesn't matter the argument--the team lost to Pur-f******-due. Any argument trying to defend/rationalize a loss to Pur-f******-due is like trying to rationalize away a loss to Kansas. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Where is the game where we gave up 400+ rushing yards to one player through 3 quarters? Or 60+ points? Or a 20+ point blowout? We're really grasping for silver linings here if we're pointing at zero blowouts as a success when this team lost to Pur-f******-due. And it was 42-16 at the end of the 3rd quarter. The whole 4th quarter was garbage time. You're right. Through three quarters our defense gave up 6 touchdowns, on drives starting on their 23, our own 16, our own 22, their 20, their 16, and our 19. 21 of those 42 points came on turnovers with 22 or less yards to the endzone. Pur-f******-due. Doesn't matter the argument--the team lost to Pur-f******-due. Any argument trying to defend/rationalize a loss to Pur-f******-due is like trying to rationalize away a loss to Kansas. At least those Kansas teams beat other FBS schools ...... /rationalizing Quote Link to comment
junior4949 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I think our run D is more sound. The two gashing iowa runs notwithstanding The two gashing runs occurred because our LBs went AWOL. Quote Link to comment
beorach Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I think our run D is more sound. The two gashing iowa runs notwithstanding The two gashing runs occurred because our LBs went AWOL. We had a green safety, thanks to the worst call in football of late, that might have also had something to do with that. Quote Link to comment
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