Nebfanatic
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Do penalties resulting in conversions not count?
Husker Offense #1 on Third Down
- Thread starter Mavric
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NUance
Assistant Coach
Heh, well so much for that theory.I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A MINIMUM OR NOTIs there a minimum no. of attempts? Without knowing the answer, I'd guess there are a lot of teams that have gone for it only once or twice, and are at 100%.We are #64 in the country in 4th down attempts and #39 in conversion percentage.We have been magnificent on fourth down! Man is HCMR gutsy! I guarantee we are pretty high on the list for attempts as well especially if you don't count teams that have to go for it because they are down 2 scores with 3 minutes leftNice! I'll bet we're ranked pretty high in 4th down conversions as well.:
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SOURCE: http://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/700
I didn't know teams went for 4th down so much. I thought we'd gone for it a lot this season so far. Turns out there are a lot of teams that go for it even more than we do.
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Alternate theory: It might be that some of those teams are passing teams, and try to draw the D-line off with a hard count. If that doesn't work they take the penalty and kick it. Just a thought.
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NUance
Assistant Coach
So they'd either get a first down from the penalty or not go for it and punt (from 5 yards back).
But I guess what you're saying is that the penalty 1st down would not count for them in the stats above. Yeah, it wouldn't make sense to count those.
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Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
I believe Nebraska was #3 in the Big 10 on Third Down Conversions last season, our horrible season.
I don't think offensive playcalling has been the defining problem some people make it out to be.
I don't think offensive playcalling has been the defining problem some people make it out to be.