Excuse me, it was 3.3 more carries per game, over a 12 game season.
It was a 13 game season. Versus 12 until 1996.Nothing to forgive. Just a discussion.
You're right, the season stats didn't include the bowl games, up until last decade, give or take a a couple years. Figure in the bowl game numbers and Frost '97 is 14.75 range to Crouch 18.6 for the entire season.
Edit: Crouch was 17.9
So, crouch got about one more carry per game in his Heisman season than frost did in his 1997 championship season?
Oh....the.....horror......
How does over 3 carries more per game equate to "about one more carry?" You guys are ignorant dbags, my goodness.
Look, not trying to be antagonistic here. Your numbers just seem a bit off. This site is a good one, and as I read it, it includes bowl games in the totals:
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nebraska/1997.html
EDIT: nevermind, it's just regular season and ccg games. But I don't think that effects the overall point below.
If you look at the 2001 season, NU QBs carried it 226 times versus at least 218 for 1997 (I didn't include any Newcombe carries because it's not clear how many of his were from QB or another position).
8 carries or less, over a 13 game season, is statistically insignificant in my opinion.
On a "run per snap" basis, Frost may have actually had more carries than Crouch. I've always thought that if Frost had played on UF during Tebows years, he would have been at least as good. That guy was a better runner and thrower than Tebow.
And to bring it back to TA, TA is in a situation where his abilities aren't really suited for what Riley and Langs have historically tried to do. I think in the right system, TA is easily an all conference level QB. And to be fair, perhaps with a different QB, Rileh and Langs offense would be much better. Will be interesting to see what NU does this year.