A tale of two seasons...

[lo country]

Since it's unfortunately offseason too early, here is another walk down memory lane comparing 2018 to 2019.  I guess 5 wins is better than 4 (thanks JoJo), but Heady from the WH, breaks down some really poor statistics....  Looks like we really missed Stan, Oz, Farmer and Foster.  And real shocker, a kicker....Some really bad stats that explain a lot are here:

 

From 2018 to 2019, NU gained fewer first downs, ran for fewer yards, threw for fewer yards, gained fewer yards per rush, gained fewer total yards, scored fewer touchdowns, scored fewer total points, made fewer field goals, gave up touchdowns more often in the red zone, scored less in the red zone, gave up more kickoff return yards and touchdowns and broke up fewer passes.

Some of that change was drastic, like the 17.8-percentage point decrease in field goal percentage or the 14-percentage point decrease in red zone scores or the 11 fewer pass breakups.

 

Other stats were almost identical....No where to go but up I guess....

 

Article here:

https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/football/huskers-left-with-more-questions-after-season-but-scott-frost/article_6076cc57-44d6-5023-b97c-87c9bde1ed9c.amp.html

[lo country]

Mods feel free to delete.  I put information in the 2 year regression thread. Thanks

[Huckleberry Muhammad]

Too much reality.  A worse second season (aside from the 4 wins vs 5 wins) for the new coach and his chosen staff.  

 

Maybe next year some of those hoped for jucos will be able to overcome the coaches' ill advised, often strange game decisions. 

 

 

[lo country]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry Muhammad said:

Too much reality.  A worse second season (aside from the 4 wins vs 5 wins) for the new coach and his chosen staff.  

 

Maybe next year some of those hoped for jucos will be able to overcome the coaches' ill advised, often strange game decisions. 

 

 

Kind of hard to argue with the stats.......It's just crazy we led the B1G in chunk plays, put up all those yards against Wisky and we still lost all those games....  We just have a complete inability (Maryland as the outlier) to out together a complete game in all 3 phases....I truly hope Frost reaches out to his mentors (I'd hire Urbs) and has them analyze game film to point out our flaws in all 3 phases.....

[TheSker]

9 minutes ago, lo country said:

Kind of hard to argue with the stats.......It's just crazy we led the B1G in chunk plays, put up all those yards against Wisky and we still lost all those games....  We just have a complete inability (Maryland as the outlier) to out together a complete game in all 3 phases....I truly hope Frost reaches out to his mentors (I'd hire Urbs) and has them analyze game film to point out our flaws in all 3 phases.....

We absolutely had red zone issues.....pile up yards, no points.

 

I think the revamped interior OL is going to improve that by a large percentage.

[Huckleberry Muhammad]

12 minutes ago, lo country said:

I truly hope Frost reaches out to his mentors (I'd hire Urbs) and has them analyze game film to point out our flaws in all 3 phases.....

 

My fear is that Scott Frost would not understand those things.  I don't know.  It's just that a feeling is emerging that this person is limited in his mental capabilities.  This is not the ACC.  He was not truly successful in any of his other jobs in football.  He was just okay here and not so good there, etc.  Then he landed the UCF job and flourished for a season (I wish he'd have stayed there longer, not as a snarky thing to say, but so he could have gained some more HC experience;  I cannot define him by one good season in that conference).

[r06ue1]

12 hours ago, lo country said:

Since it's unfortunately offseason too early, here is another walk down memory lane comparing 2018 to 2019.  I guess 5 wins is better than 4 (thanks JoJo), but Heady from the WH, breaks down some really poor statistics....  Looks like we really missed Stan, Oz, Farmer and Foster.  And real shocker, a kicker....Some really bad stats that explain a lot are here:

 

From 2018 to 2019, NU gained fewer first downs, ran for fewer yards, threw for fewer yards, gained fewer yards per rush, gained fewer total yards, scored fewer touchdowns, scored fewer total points, made fewer field goals, gave up touchdowns more often in the red zone, scored less in the red zone, gave up more kickoff return yards and touchdowns and broke up fewer passes.

Some of that change was drastic, like the 17.8-percentage point decrease in field goal percentage or the 14-percentage point decrease in red zone scores or the 11 fewer pass breakups.

 

Other stats were almost identical....No where to go but up I guess....

 

Article here:

https://www.omaha.com/sports/college/huskers/football/huskers-left-with-more-questions-after-season-but-scott-frost/article_6076cc57-44d6-5023-b97c-87c9bde1ed9c.amp.html

 

And against an easier schedule.  Next season is going to be brutal.

[TheSker]

2 minutes ago, Huckleberry Muhammad said:

He was not truly successful in any of his other jobs in football.  He was just okay here and not so good there, etc.

Wow........

[84HuskerLaw]

Tom Osborne is quite capable of doing any analysis without charge I’m sure.  Most likely already has done this type of thing all along.  
I’m sure if there are coaching changes or schematic or other ideas that can help Frost Tom can and will and most surely has offered.  
I doubt Frost would turn down the advice and help from someone like that.  He already gets all the free counsel from all the know-it-all’s on Huskerboard.  There’s almost no crazy suggestion left out on this site not to mention all the experts in the media.  Lol.  
 

frost just needs to carefully dissect the first two seasons and be willing to ask himself what they are doing wrong and why and formulate strategies to do better!

[Huckleberry Muhammad]

5 minutes ago, TheSker said:

Wow........

 

Any recognitions he was awarded were in one single year of his coaching career(s):  2017.  At UCF.  In the AAC. 

 

His hire here astounded me.  As if his prowess as a player here, and his name as a fan magnet, were worth tens of millions of dollars ($35 million over 7 years).  What?  .. Well, it garned hope for a fallen program.  But I'm sorry, hope does not win games.

[Gage County]

The stats bare this all out. The defense has improved in almost every category with the exception of red zone defense (53rd in 2018, 122nd 2019). The offense has fallen off in most categories. Rushing offense is pretty much where it was last year, it's the passing stats that have stymied the total offense and scoring offense stats. The drop off in the red zone is even worse for the offense than the defense, finishing the at 116th, down from 26th last year.

 

	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Total Offense	59	25	87	90	34
Scoring Offense	74	57	84	79	43
Rushing Offense	31	28	119	73	52
Passing Offense	84	51	27	86	33
Team Passing Efficiency	76	61	78	99	66
First Downs Offense	46	54	95	67	37
3rd Down Conversion Pct	58	85	89	33	24
4th Down Conversion Pct	97	101	79	37	23
Red Zone Offense	115	26	110	82	18
Total Defense	64	94	100	30	64
Scoring Defense	67	88	115	33	76
Rushing Defense	94	96	114	43	9
Passing Yards Allowed	34	78	60	49	121
Team Passing Efficiency Defense	29	34	95	30	78
First Downs Defense	75	84	95	18	39
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense	74	103	99	41	24
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense	35	92	62	49	14
Red Zone Defense	123	53	102	73	52
Turnover Margin	66	83	106	34	117
Net Punting	39	79	42	123	45
Punt Returns	61	59	85	78	42
Kickoff Returns	108	125	31	47	116
Fewest Penalties Per Game	20	114	78	55	105
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game	18	116	99	62	99
Time of Possession	94	111	52	26	20

[Caliborn72]

Utilizing a TE and getting a big bodied WR would go a long way in helping the RZ offense. Camp reports are rarely negative but the one negative we’ve heard every camp has been that we’ve struggled to score in the RZ and that it’s been frustrating for the staff.

[TheSker]

36 minutes ago, Huckleberry Muhammad said:

 

Any recognitions he was awarded were in one single year of his coaching career(s):  2017.  At UCF.  In the AAC. 

 

His hire here astounded me.  As if his prowess as a player here, and his name as a fan magnet, were worth tens of millions of dollars ($35 million over 7 years).  What?  .. Well, it garned hope for a fallen program.  But I'm sorry, hope does not win games.

Welp.....there ya have it.....

[Undone]

The worst part of the tail end of this season for me was that not beating Purdue meant that the Maryland game wasn't the "gotta win it to make a bowl game" game. I really don't feel all that bad that #17 Iowa beat us - a team with a Top 10 defense and an NFL-bound rush end.

 

The Purdue game was a good example of the lack of offensive depth (which isn't exactly Frost's fault) and also a reiteration of how bad not having a scheme to rush the passer has hurt this team. A backup QB had all day to throw. Also in that game, Frost again decided against pounding Mills in there on like 1st & goal from the 2 or 3 yard line and we settled for a field goal there. We lost by four points (the difference between that touchdown and the field goal). 

 

If we had just won that one there wouldn't be nearly as much doom and gloom. We'd be looking at potentially having a bowl win, giving us 7 wins.

[Gage County]

55 minutes ago, Caliborn72 said:

Utilizing a TE and getting a big bodied WR would go a long way in helping the RZ offense. Camp reports are rarely negative but the one negative we’ve heard every camp has been that we’ve struggled to score in the RZ and that it’s been frustrating for the staff.

A reliable field goal kicker would help a ton too.