Mavric Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Nebraska has been awful at preventing the big play since joining the Big Ten. NU wasn't bad in 2011, when it gave up 21. That was ninth in the Big Ten and tied for 44th nationally. But the year after that, yeah, it got pretty ugly. Since 2012, here's how many plays of 30 yards or more that the Blackshirts have given up: 2012: 29 (12th in the Big Ten/T-94th nationally) 2013: 26 (9th/T-75th) 2014: 27 (9th/T-68th) 2015: 37 (13th/T-111th) 2016: 26 (9th/T-49th) That's Bo Pelini's last three defenses and Mark Banker's two defenses. NU gave up an average, in that stretch, of 29 plays per season of 30 yards or more. Now let's compare that to some of the other key teams in the Big Ten over that same stretch. Here are those per-season averages: Michigan: 18.2 Penn State: 18.2 Iowa: 19.8 Wisconsin 20.2 Ohio State: 22 Michigan State: 26 Only MSU is close to Nebraska's average. (Which is kind of interesting, right, since the Spartans had a terrific run of football 2013-2015 before falling flat on their face in 2016. I'm predicting more struggles in 2017 and 2018 for Mark Dantonio.) But NU's two key West Division rivals — Iowa and Wisconsin — are far better, year after year after year, at preventing the big play. OWH 2 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 Shocker. Sam starts another article taking a shot at Pelini. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Shocker. Sam starts another article taking a shot at Pelini. So....we aren't supposed to look at anything in the past to explain what needs fixed? If this was a shot at Bo, he wouldn't have also included 2015 and 2016. 5 Quote Link to comment
Pedro Guerrero Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Where is this shot that he took at Pelini? Maybe I missed something? 2 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 "Let's rewind the clock to 2010, Nebraska's final year in the Big 12. Heck of a year, wasn't it? NU having all the players to win every game it played and still losing four games because of drama and program mismanagement? We need to write more about that sometime." 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I hope there is an article (or 10) about toxins! 1 Quote Link to comment
throwing bones Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 The off season is full of comparison articles and statistics...not too much else to write about until spring football when they will have access again. With that being said, bring on spring football! Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 "Let's rewind the clock to 2010, Nebraska's final year in the Big 12. Heck of a year, wasn't it? NU having all the players to win every game it played and still losing four games because of drama and program mismanagement? We need to write more about that sometime." This quote is taking a jab at people who want to relive the Bo/drama/program mismanagement issues. The bolded part was being sarcastic. Quote Link to comment
dvdcrr Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned. Quote Link to comment
RedSavage Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned. Not to derail the thread but I'm very interested to see how UNC's defense performs this year Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned. Melvin Gordon has questions. 1 Quote Link to comment
whateveritis1224 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned. Melvin Gordon has questions. Wisconsin just scored again. 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerzFanatik Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned. Melvin Gordon has questions. Wisconsin just scored again.A nightmare relived over and over again. Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Carl and Marvin leaving the program hurt the D under Bo tremendously IMHO. 2 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 For all of Carl's deficiencies, he could sure coach a defense. Doesn't matter much when the white lines are in the way though. Quote Link to comment
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