Well compared to Nebraska's statistical rankings on defense from '07 we were a "great" defense in '08 and will be better in '09."However, with the great defense, decent promise on offense,......"
Not to be a troll, but how does the #80 in the country scoring defense - giving up over 28 per game - suddenly become "great" without playing a down?
For example, in '07 Nebraska's:
* Rush defense ranked 116th, giving up an average of 232.17 ypg.
* Pass efficiency defense ranked 75th with 130.22.
* Total defense ranked 112th, giving up 476.83 ypg.
* Scoring defense, 114th, giving up 37.92 ppg.
In '08, Nebraska:
* Rushing defense ranked 21st, giving up 116.46 ypg.
* Pass efficiency defense ranked 82nd with 133.95.
* Total defense ranked 55th, surrendering 349.85 ypg.
* Scoring defense ranked 80th at 28.54 ppg.
To go from 116th to 21st in rushing defense is...nothing short of amazing.
We went from 112th to 55th in total defense.
Scoring defense from 114th to 80th.
Bottom line, while the defensive numbers are certainly not stellar...they are a vast improvement over '07 and the bad news for the rest of the north, and the Big 12 in general, is that we are only going to get better.
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