BoNeyard Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Holding them to 32 points should do it. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 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. 1 Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Our Secondary has improved dramatically since the first half of last season. Hope they can keep trending in the right direction. 2 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Our Secondary has improved dramatically since the first half of last season. Hope they can keep trending in the right direction. +1. Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
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