Thanks_Tom RR Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 You have to go back to the 2014 Season with Ameer Abdullah (1611 yds) before you find Nebraska's last 1,000 yd single-season rusher and to 2012 and a different Martinez before you got a season when Nebraska had two 1,000 yd rushers, Ameer (1137 yds) and Taylor Martinez (1019 yds). As of right now, Devine is at 600 yds and Adrian is at 415. Over the next 5 games, Devine needs to average 80 yds per game and Adrian 117 yds. Now, Nebraska has an uphill climb if they are going to be rushing against Michigan St and Iowa (both tied with the second best rushing defenses) Rushing Defenses Michigan St - T-2nd Iowa - T-2nd Ohio St 57th Illinois 117th Bethune-Cookman 75th in FCS 1 Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I hope Ozigbo gets the number. He deserves it. An interesting stat for him, in my opinion, was that he has 115 yards receiving. In 7 games. His season high is 123 in 10 games last year. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said: I hope Ozigbo gets the number. He deserves it. An interesting stat for him, in my opinion, was that he has 115 yards receiving. In 7 games. His season high is 123 in 10 games last year. Another fun stat is that Devine has 600 yds rushing in 7 games this season. Last season, he had 493 yds in 10 games. Heck, as a team, Nebraska had 1290 yds rushing last year. This year, they are already at 1539 yds. 2 Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Let's just say this. If we have another week this week like we did last week. The 1,000 yard rushers and receivers became a seriously likelihood. Quote Link to comment
HuskerInLostWages Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I went with Devine only on this one. Adrian is slowly starting to trust his running ability again as seen the last 2 games, very little hesitation now. Had he trusted his legs since day 1 I would have gone with both. We have some teams that will attempt to keep him from running and a few that will let him get some good numbers, but probably around 900 while Oz will be just over 1k yards. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Would’ve liked to have picked both but only went with Zig going over. Not because I don’t think 2AM is capable of it but I just think the dynamics of this offense, where he is at now on the total and who we have left to play doesn’t make it likely. He’ll still have some scary good numbers for a freshman though. But if this offense is improving and growing the way it should, it will increasingly become less dependent on his rushing and the yards should get distributed more. I guess it depends on what our opponents choose to focus on trying to stop. It would be easier to see him going over if we didn’t have so many possible weapons. Quote Link to comment
Born N Bled Red Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, JJ Husker said: Would’ve liked to have picked both but only went with Zig going over. Not because I don’t think 2AM is capable of it but I just think the dynamics of this offense, where he is at now on the total and who we have left to play doesn’t make it likely. He’ll still have some scary good numbers for a freshman though. But if this offense is improving and growing the way it should, it will increasingly become less dependent on his rushing and the yards should get distributed more. I guess it depends on what our opponents choose to focus on trying to stop. It would be easier to see him going over if we didn’t have so many possible weapons. I don't know, T-Magic always had the rushing game of his season vs. Mich. St. Something about the scheme they run always seemed to open up the QB run game for him. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, Born N Bled Red said: I don't know, T-Magic always had the rushing game of his season vs. Mich. St. Something about the scheme they run always seemed to open up the QB run game for him. It very well could happen but averaging 117 with tOSU, Iowa and Mich St left seems like a long shot. Plus if BC game gets in hand early we may see him pulled and rested and the same thing could possibly happen with Illinois. If his playing time is reduced to the equivalent of 4 to 4.5 games then his average rushing has to increase to 130-146 per game. I just don’t foresee Frost riding him that hard in a season that already has 6 losses. I could be wrong and he may really go off in a couple games too. I know one thing, I really enjoy watching him and this offense. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I went with just Ziggy. I think the more important stat for 2AM is that he’s on pace for over 2,600 yards passing ALONG WITH having a 1,000+ yard rusher lining up with him. I REALLY REALLY hope they come into this game this week and take care of business, look crisp, play a clean game and sit on the bench most of the second half. Quote Link to comment
4skers89 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: I REALLY REALLY hope they come into this game this week and take care of business, look crisp, play a clean game and sit on the bench most of the second half. This should happen to take advantage of where this game fell on the schedule. If it was early season we would probably keep the starters in longer to work on things. Since that opportunity didn’t happen and we’re not playing for anything this season, the underclassmen should get a lot of reps to prepare for next season. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 20 hours ago, Thanks_Tom RR said: Another fun stat is that Devine has 600 yds rushing in 7 games this season. Last season, he had 493 yds in 10 games. Heck, as a team, Nebraska had 1290 yds rushing last year. This year, they are already at 1539 yds. I thought the sweet passing, statue QB was going to open up the run game in 2017 though!!! Quote Link to comment
Making Chimichangas Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I went with Ozigbo only. Not because I don't think both can do it, but because Adrian Martinez only has about 5 or so called runs per game. Most of his biggest runs were on pass plays where everyone was covered and he just took off. I think going forward AM will only run when necessary. He's a dual threat to be sure, but he's always keeping his eyes downfield to try and find an open receiver. And as others have said, I think going forward most teams we play will either play a contain or spy scheme which could make getting ~100 ypg kinda difficult--especially with teams like Ohio State, Iowa, and Michigan State (who are all traditionally stout against the run). Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I voted Ozigbo which is certainly opposite of where I was two months ago. I remember saying Zig would finish no higher than third in overall rushing, beat out by GB and MW. Yikes. Quote Link to comment
Lonestar_Husker Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Adrian looks to run the play as called until it is too late, sometimes. I have seen him pass up sure 8-15 yd gains running to try and run the play as called. I think this stubborn way of playing will pay dividends as the game slows down and he gets to all the possible reads faster. Eventually, he'll make the decision to take off quicker, too. For this reason, I picked Ozigbo with 1000+ and Adrian Martinez will come up short. Next year, Mo and Martinez both get 1000. Edited October 24, 2018 by Lonestar_Husker Spell check futility Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 12 minutes ago, Lonestar_Husker said: Adrian looks to run the play as called until it is too late, sometimes. I have seen him pass up sure 8-15 yd gains running to try and run the play as called. I think this stubborn way of playing will pay dividends as the game slows down and he gets to all the possible reads faster. Eventually, he'll make the decision to take off quicker, too. For this reason, I picked Ozigbo with 1000+ and Adrian Martinez will come up short. Next year, Mo and Martinez both get 1000. I actually like that about him and think it’s a good sign. I think some dual threats who prefer to take off whenever it’s available are more likely to miss open receivers. 4 Quote Link to comment
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