ColoradoHusk Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Mavric said: When I first saw this the other day, I was surprised that 1983 wasn't on the list. Finally got around to looking into it. Penn State - 500 Wyoming - 581 Minnesota - 790 UCLA - 600 Syracuse - 458 Oklahoma State - 417 Missouri - 405 Colorado - 398 Kansas State - 429 Iowa State - 503 Kansas - 680 Oklahoma - 424 Miami 478 Pretty noticeable lull in the middle of the year. I thought it was probably one game that kept this team off the list. That Oklahoma State game was a tough game, as NU only won 14-10. Okie State was coached by a young Jimmy Johnson. That was his last year in Stillwater before replacing Schnellenber in Miami. 1 Quote Link to comment
Gage County Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 13 hours ago, Mavric said: Colorado - 398 Skers won that game 69-19 after dropping 48 in the 3rd. Welcome to the Big 8 Bill McCartney! 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Some crazy stats via HOL: Not trying to throw shade of former Huskers but these give you some idea of the lack of offensive efficiency under Tommy Armstrong. I believe these are all for 2016. Pro Football Focus passer grade of 54.8. Martinez has had an overall rating in the 80s recently 12 for 50 (24%) on passes thrown longer than 20 yards plus 3 INTs 5 for 29 (17%) on passes thrown longer than 10 yards to the left 39.2% on passes under pressure Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 21 hours ago, Mavric said: Please defense... be ranked in the top 75 scoring/total defense next season. That’s all I ask. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Mavric said: Some crazy stats via HOL: Not trying to throw shade of former Huskers but these give you some idea of the lack of offensive efficiency under Tommy Armstrong. I believe these are all for 2016. Pro Football Focus passer grade of 54.8. Martinez has had an overall rating in the 80s recently 12 for 50 (24%) on passes thrown longer than 20 yards plus 3 INTs 5 for 29 (17%) on passes thrown longer than 10 yards to the left 39.2% on passes under pressure I think the yolobomb days are behind us now Quote Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Not sure I like the term efficiency when describing our current offense. Total yards is very good certainly but it would seem to me that efficient offense would be scoring a higher number of points per game and points scored per yards gained or something. Our offense seems, in some ways, to be rather inefficient in the sense that we are gaining lots of yards but not scoring at a very high rate. I would not think this year's offense is very comparable to some of the high octane offenses of the past referenced. It seems likely that at some point, with more refinement, development and additional talent and repetitions, we could very well enjoy something approaching the great offenses of the glory days. But we are no where close at this point in my opinion. Some of those great offenses hardly every punted and the punter was nowhere near the household name of our current ones. I don't know the numbers and am not going to bother to search the records, but I would tend to guess that college football today has a much higher average offense yards per game across all teams as well as more scoring that 20 or 30 years ago. Nevertheless, I am quite excited to see the dramatic improvement in our offensive output this year - we surely have a much more powerful and effective offense this year than in the past 6 or 7 years at least. We will only get better if we can build up the O line and add more skill players across the board. 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Nebfanatic said: I think the yolobomb days are behind us now aka the arm punt.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Xmas32 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 16 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said: Not sure I like the term efficiency when describing our current offense. Total yards is very good certainly but it would seem to me that efficient offense would be scoring a higher number of points per game and points scored per yards gained or something. Our offense seems, in some ways, to be rather inefficient in the sense that we are gaining lots of yards but not scoring at a very high rate. I would not think this year's offense is very comparable to some of the high octane offenses of the past referenced. It seems likely that at some point, with more refinement, development and additional talent and repetitions, we could very well enjoy something approaching the great offenses of the glory days. But we are no where close at this point in my opinion. Some of those great offenses hardly every punted and the punter was nowhere near the household name of our current ones. I don't know the numbers and am not going to bother to search the records, but I would tend to guess that college football today has a much higher average offense yards per game across all teams as well as more scoring that 20 or 30 years ago. Nevertheless, I am quite excited to see the dramatic improvement in our offensive output this year - we surely have a much more powerful and effective offense this year than in the past 6 or 7 years at least. We will only get better if we can build up the O line and add more skill players across the board. You have a fair point about the efficiency aspect. Currently, Nebraska is 72nd in points per play. That being said, they're 26th in their last 3 which is a nice positive sign and syncs up with what the coaching staff said about things starting to jell after the Purdue game. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-play On a side note, the rates that OU and Bama are scoring are simply jaw dropping. Averaging almost a point per play is like...6 man football level scoring. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Xmas32 said: You have a fair point about the efficiency aspect. Currently, Nebraska is 72nd in points per play. That being said, they're 26th in their last 3 which is a nice positive sign and syncs up with what the coaching staff said about things starting to jell after the Purdue game. https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-play On a side note, the rates that OU and Bama are scoring are simply jaw dropping. Averaging almost a point per play is like...6 man football level scoring. Coming into the season, I thought NU would be playing its best football at the end of the season. I didn't expect the mistakes and losses at the beginning of the season, but the team has improved as the season has gone on. It helps to have Minnesota and Bethune-Cookman in the 2nd half of the season, but the offense still played fairly well against Ohio State. Hopefully, NU's scheme and speed can still cause troubles for Michigan State and Iowa. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 OK...I got interested so I went back and spent some time on this. Hey...it's Friday. Colorado = .337 PPP Troy = .253 PPP Mich = .185 Purdue = .346 Wisk = .352 Northwestern = .383 Minnesota = .726 BC = .703 OSU = .436 I think it's clear that there has been a steady improvement with obvious ups and downs based on quality of opponent. Last 5 games are .520 compared to the season average of .364. 2 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: OK...I got interested so I went back and spent some time on this. Hey...it's Friday. Colorado = .337 PPP Troy = .253 PPP Mich = .185 Purdue = .346 Wisk = .352 Northwestern = .383 Minnesota = .726 BC = .703 OSU = .436 I think it's clear that there has been a steady improvement with obvious ups and downs based on quality of opponent. Last 5 games are .520 compared to the season average of .364. Not asking you to do this but I wonder what the number would be if you just even take out the time Martinez was injured or playing hurt - Last several plays against Colorado, Troy game and Michigan game. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 34 minutes ago, Mavric said: Not asking you to do this but I wonder what the number would be if you just even take out the time Martinez was injured or playing hurt - Last several plays against Colorado, Troy game and Michigan game. Obviously Troy and Michigan drag down the average. Quote Link to comment
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