Fordham Play-by-Play

[Mavric]

33 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

The interesting question would be this: what's the average gained yards before contact? I'm guessing 90% of those tackles occured at least 3 yards downfield. 

 

Going off the Huskers.com play-by-play and dividing by quarters so there's not as many numbers to keep track of:

 

Yards gained on plays where he was listed as a tackler:

 

1st - 3, 16, 3, 7, 3, 3, 2 = 7 plays for 37 yards, 5.2 ypp

2nd - 4, 31, 1, 3, 9 = 5 plays for 48 yards, 9.6 ypp

3rd - 19, 4, 8, 4, 2, 5, 5, 7 = 8 plays for 54 yards, 6.7 ypp

4th - 9, 8, 3, 6, 4, 5, 8, 6, 2, 10 = 10 plays for 61 yards, 6.1 ypp

Total = 30 plays for 200 yards, 6.6 ypp

 

Observations:

• The one TFL must have been the one that got reassigned after the fact so it is missing from the above list.
• The 16, 31 and 19 yard plays were obviously ones he just chased down.  Throwing those out would be 27 plays for 134 yards or 4.9 ypp
• Only four of the plays listed were less than three yards (plus the one TFL).  Three yards isn't a ton but the MIKE should be making a lot of tackles for short gains.  We still gained pretty good yards (>3) on 20 of the 30 plays.  He wasn't completely stuffing us.
• 13 tackles were after we had subbed out our starters.

[GSG]

11 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Going off the Huskers.com play-by-play and dividing by quarters so there's not as many numbers to keep track of:

 

Yards gained on plays where he was listed as a tackler:

 

1st - 3, 16, 3, 7, 3, 3, 2 = 7 plays for 37 yards, 5.2 ypp

2nd - 4, 31, 1, 3, 9 = 5 plays for 48 yards, 9.6 ypp

3rd - 19, 4, 8, 4, 2, 5, 5, 7 = 8 plays for 54 yards, 6.7 ypp

4th - 9, 8, 3, 6, 4, 5, 8, 6, 2, 10 = 10 plays for 61 yards, 6.1 ypp

Total = 30 plays for 200 yards, 6.6 ypp

 

Observations:

• The one TFL must have been the one that got reassigned after the fact so it is missing from the above list.
• The 16, 31 and 19 yard plays were obviously ones he just chased down.  Throwing those out would be 27 plays for 134 yards or 4.9 ypp
• Only four of the plays listed were less than three yards (plus the one TFL).  Three yards isn't a ton but the MIKE should be making a lot of tackles for short gains.  We still gained pretty good yards (>3) on 20 of the 30 plays.  He wasn't completely stuffing us.
• 13 tackles were after we had subbed out our starters.

 

So, not only should Frost be fired, but we should draw and quarter him as well?! 

[Mavric]

Actually a really good defensive call here.

 

OLB crashes down hard.  Safety blitz behind it.  CB rolls up to cover for the blitzing safety.  Other Safety covers over-the-top.

 

We whiffed with the blitzing Safety and still had two guys in position to make the stop.

 

 

[Lorewarn]

3 hours ago, Jeremy said:

In what world of college football does your offensive scheme not account for the middle linebacker, possibly the best player on their team?

 

 

Apparently, in a world where your scheme lets you win by 45 points.  

[All Hail Herbie]

9 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:

 

 

Apparently, in a world where your scheme lets you win by 45 points.  

Let's be clear about one thing.  The only real measure of competition between teams last Saturday were SAT / ACT scores.  On that count, Fordham players likely won by a country mile.

 

The game itself will not even qualify as a footnote in either school's football history.

[Mavric]

 

[HUSKERherc]

9 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Did you notice who he got by to block that?

[Mavric]

35 minutes ago, HUSKERherc said:

Did you notice who he got by to block that?

 

Yeah, I even noticed that on the replay during the game.  

 

That guy must suck.

[Mavric]

 

[Nebraska55fan]

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

 

If youre relying on this guy for your xs and os, might want to take it with a grain of salt. No way the guy in the bottom frame is anywhere close to a 7 tech. 

[I am I]

9 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Great play and concept but honesty what I see is the RB making a fake and stopping in the hole. Watch it again. He fakes getting the ball, takes a little bump and just stops. 
 

Man…. You got RUN THROUGH the fake. You need to be getting tackled hard cuz they think you have the ball. Do it hard all the way. Alllll the way. Then, when you do get the ball, you’ll make the extra yds or break a big one cuz you are always running hard. Those little tiny details matter so much. 

[Mavric]

 

[Undone]

@Mavric, that play right there is the kind of stuff I'm looking at with the claim that Stepp is the guy.

 

Everybody would agree that with only having had two games to analyze four different backs that have previously never gotten a carry as a Husker, it's kind of hard to know what's what.

 

But the way Stepp fights through that first tackle - that's what you want to see. 

[Mavric]

5 minutes ago, Undone said:

@Mavric, that play right there is the kind of stuff I'm looking at with the claim that Stepp is the guy.

 

Everybody would agree that with only having had two games to analyze four different backs that have previously never gotten a carry as a Husker, it's kind of hard to know what's what.

 

But the way Stepp fights through that first tackle - that's what you want to see. 

 

I agree that's a nice run by Stepp.  And he may very well be the guy.

 

But he had five yards to get going before meeting the first defender and then another 5+ after breaking the tackle before getting to another one.  I don't recall Ervin being provided with anything near that opportunity so far.

[Undone]

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

But he had five yards to get going before meeting the first defender and then another 5+ after breaking the tackle before getting to another one.  I don't recall Ervin being provided with anything near that opportunity so far.

 

Good stuff.

 

Obviously there's a narrative that Frost doesn't play the best guys for seemingly nebulous reasons. Maybe that's true and maybe it isn't. One would think that Ervin is outperforming the pack in practice, but this Buffalo game is sort of do or die for Frosty IMO.

 

Better make sure to play the guys who you believe will show up the biggest in games so we don't lose this one. It'll be interesting to see who's out there on the first offensive drive.