If Callahan leaves,what next?
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or maybe having a run/pass balance on offense and a good defense wins championships... you can't really get anywhere any more being 1-dimensional..
BUT DUDE, why could you not have just posted this in the existing thread rather than starting another one?
BUT DUDE, why could you not have just posted this in the existing thread rather than starting another one?
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You make a great point. NU was done and TOs offense was "outdated" in the 80's/early 90's. Then low and behold NU changes its defensive philosophy to the 4-3, and getting SPEED on the field, then NU was able to compete with the Miami's, FSU's, Florida's, Texas's, and Tennessee's of the football world, screw the offense.
Thats one problem with cozgroovy's scheme: he doesnt get speed players into his system, thats why I dont think he will ever be successful at NU.
Pedro Guerrero
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Seven of the Top 25 passing yardage per game teams are ranked. Texas Tech, USC, Notre Dame, UCLA, Oregon, Florida State, and Louisville. They 1,4,5,8,11,12, & 21. It's amazing how USC finds ways to do both running and passing. Give me a balanced attack any day of the week.
You can add Northwestern in there also they are ranked in the AP poll. Their passing offense is 7th. I guess that makes 8 out of 25.
You can add Northwestern in there also they are ranked in the AP poll. Their passing offense is 7th. I guess that makes 8 out of 25.
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Utah_Husker
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I noticed that about USC as well. Unbelievable athletes on that team. But I still think they'll lose to Texas, if they don't lose to Cal on Saturday. They are 1-2 in scoring offense, but Texas's defense is 6 and USC's is 41.
junior4949
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I hope you're wrong. I can't stand the thought of Texas winning the NC much less pitiful Mack winning one. I hope USC rolls them worse than they did OU a year ago. Normally, I don't root against the Big 12 in the bowl games. However, this year I just can't stand the thought of Texas winning.
NamelessHusker
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I still stand by it and the stats points towards it. Lets take a look at the unranked teams and which conferences they play in
Conf USA (4): Memphis, Ohio, Toledo, Rice
Sun Belt (2): La Lafeyette, Arkansas St
MWC (2): Airforce, New Mexico
WAC (1): Boise St
Independents (1): Navy
Big 10: Minnesota, Mich St
PAC10: Cal, Wash St
Big12: Texas A&M, Missouri
Big East: USF, Louisville
ACC: Wake Forest
10 of those 19 teams are from the weaker conferences where you can afford to run on your opposition because the talent level is just flat out horrible. Missouri alone would torch every single one of those non BCS conference teams. Lets look at the remaining teams.
Texas A&M: 5-4
Missouri: 5-4
Michigan St: 5-4
Washington St: 3-6
Wake Forest: 4-6
USF: 4-3
Louisville: 6-2
Cal: 6-3
Minnesota: 6-3
Texas A&M, Missouri and Michigan St are hanging on by a thread to become bowl eligible. Wash St, Wake Forest is Eliminated, and USF is fighting for bowl eligibility. That's 3 teams out of 9 from BCS conferences that rely heavily on a rushing offense.
And to counter your second point, what does a team's defense have to do with the offense rushing the ball???? The logical thing would be " you pass more because you are getting behind" but these teams still continue to rush, rush and then rush some more. Case in point Missouri which kept rushing against Colorado, even though it was down. Or another case is Wake Forest which became stubborn and tried to rush, even though they couldn't against NU. You know why they couldn't rush? Because they didn't have any passing threat, and neither did Missouri against Colorado or Kansas.
Again i ask, where are teams like Michigan, Ohio St, UCLA, Colorado, Oklahoma, FLorida St, Miami, and Florida which all rush the ball and have good defenses? People keep saying Urban is running a spread option. That means running the ball, yet they are nowhere in the top 25 of rushing teams. They aren't there because they have BALANCE
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bigredhusker427
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Anyone who thinks the option is dead needs to wake up and smell the coffee. read Scott Frost's post on the link in another thread.
I read it, I didn't see the connection to the option.
I don't see the option as being outdated, it's a great style of play that, when executed well, can really exploit a defense. The problem is, that kids these days don't really seem all that jazzed about playing in a triple option offense, they wanna play what is gonna get them to the next level. This type of thinking has deep seeds, private quarterback coaches for kids in junior high, other things of this nature. I think, that the triple option offense, as we know it, is in hibernation and may appear on the big stage again. At the same time, new philosophies are incorporating in different ways such as the way Urban Meyer kind of tossed it into the mix with his spread offense and many others are following suit.
A balanced attack is important, to an extent. I think that teams can get away with a 65/35 run to pass ratio by making up for it with a high efficiency passing game. If your QB is hitting 65-70% on his throws, then that will draw attention, even if it is not the focal point of the offense. Or the other way around(65/35 pass to run ratio). Utah and Louisville ran incredibly efficient offenses last season, passed for a high percentage, had a high yards/carry average. Utah was undefeated, Louisville had 1 loss. Both these teams used the option to some extent. Both were fun to watch and difficult to defend.
NamelessHusker
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IMHO, i am not ready to deem Urban's offense succesful just yet. The SEC is down this year. Who would have thunk it that the BIG10 would be the high scoring conference rather then the SEC this year. The SEC is not what it was a couple of years ago. You have a struggling Tennessee team, a South Carolina and Ole Miss teams with new head coaches. An Arkansas and Kentucky teams that are worse then Baylor. A Vandy team on a 5 game losing streak and almost beat Florida last weekend (they lost 49-42). A Miss St team still trying to find it's identity under Croom. Florida hasn't played anyone, unless you want to count Wyoming, La Tech, Kentucky, and Mississippi St as quality wins. Urban Meyer will end up 7-4 after losing the next 2 games and will likely end up in a bowl game against an ACC team like Vtech or a PAC10 team like UCLA and finish 7-5
Louisville played in Conference USA last year, so i wouldn't say they had much opposition in that conference other then So Miss. South Florida exposed them this year when they blew them out 45-14. But then again, the Big East conference blows as well with the likes of Rutgers, Cincinatti, Connecticut, South Florida and Syracuse.
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I don't buy it. Last season Louisville manhandled Miami and should have beat them. Put up 38 points and over 500 yards. A defense that finished in the top 10 in scoring defense.
This season against WV's top 10 rated defense, they put up 44 on them and close to 500 yards. Pitt's defense is in the top 25 and Louisville put up 42 pts and 470 yards. North Carolina also has a pretty decent defense and Louisville hung 69 on em.
Louisville's offense has been "slowed" by one team this season and that is South Florida. Louisville put up almost 500 yards of offense on them, but had 15 penalties and 3 turnovers which killed them.
I think Louisville is pretty solid on offense.
You are correct, defense, inept offense and ugly games have been a trend in many SEC matchups this season. However, last season, Utah absolutely shredded North Carolina, Texas A&M and Pitt with that offense. At Florida, it is still a work in progress, but last week they scored 49 points. Who knows what is happening down there, but it seemed to work last year with a heady QB like Alex Smith running the show.