What Is Defensive Success vs Oregon

[BoNeyard]

Holding them to 32 points should do it.

[ColoradoHusk]

Holding them to 32 points should do it.

Earlier in the thread I said 31 points by Oregon could mean a NU victory. So, I was 1 point off. Thankfully Oregon went for 2 when they didn't need it after being successful the first time.

[Red Five]

In your opinion, what would you consider a success for the Blackshirts vs Oregon?

 

Less than 500 total yards? Less that 40 points? 3 or more TOs? Just getting a W?

 

2016 Oregon Offense vs UC-Davis

251 rushing yards / 6.8 ypc

271 passing yards / 9.0 ypa

522 total yards / 7.8 ypp

53 points

 

2016 Oregon Offense vs Virginia

301 rushing yards / 6.7 ypc

331 passing yards / 10.7 ypa

662 total yards / 8.3 ypp

44 points

 

2015 Oregon Offense Average

280 rushing yards / 5.9 ypc

258 passing yards / 9.0 ypa

538 total yards / 7.1 ypp

43 points

 

For completeness

 

2016 Oregon Offense vs Nebraska

336 rushing yards / 7.1 ypc

146 passing yards / 6.3 ypa

482 total yards / 6.9 ypp

32 points

 

Oregon went for more rushing yards and ypc w/o Freeman, but we came close to limiting their passing yards to 1/2 what they normally get, and knocked almost 1/3 off their ypa. And of course their scoring was down.

[The Dude]

Our Secondary has improved dramatically since the first half of last season.

 

Hope they can keep trending in the right direction.

[Undone]

I haven't read through this entire thread, so maybe others have mentioned this - But I think Kalu and Jones have really stepped up this year.

 

When you don't really hear their names much...it's a good thing.

[Undone]

Our Secondary has improved dramatically since the first half of last season.

 

Hope they can keep trending in the right direction.

 

+1.

[RedDenver]

I haven't read through this entire thread, so maybe others have mentioned this - But I think Kalu and Jones have really stepped up this year.

 

When you don't really hear their names much...it's a good thing.

Oregon had a passing TD in 80-something straight games before the Blackshirts gave them the goose egg.

[Mavric]

[84HuskerLaw]

If one steps back and looks from a strictly analytical viewpoint, the defense certainly didn't play a great game. However, putting the entire game in context (last season, the last 5 seasons, the 'trend' of the program and etc.), I think one can argue quite confidently that the defense and the entire team played very well! This game was 'a big one' and loomed large on the schedule for a long time. Many would have penciled it in as one of several losses without giving it much more thought. And after giving a bunch of thought, would have still penciled in a loss. Some didn't want to get embarrassed and would have been happy to have kept the game reasonably close.