NU vs. scUM by the numbers

beorach

Special Teams Player
We all know there's not much of a sample size to be had at this point.  Schedule strength is different.  One team has had the same QB for the most part, insofar as I'm aware (only having watched our B1G home field favorites* against Notre Dame this season).

I'm going to share the percentiles with more of a focus this time around since it seemed like some found the last post to be a bit much.  I'll just respond with the additional data so no one post, with the Nebraska-focused stuff, is quite so gigantic.  I suppose I'll run the risk of someone claiming I'm just trying to pad my post count now but here it go...

passing defense

completions per game: 1 to 12 (after 1 and now 2 games, respectively, for the good guys) with the skunkbears posting 73 (after having played three, I believe)

percentage:                  15 to 13, 78

yards per attempt:        47 to 62, 88

touchdowns per game: 6 to 49, 57

passer rating:                26 to 42, 81

yards per game:            4 to 44, 85

passing offense:

completions per game: 47 to 47, 34

percentage:                  71 to 83, 91

yards per attempt:        58 to 42, 72

touchdowns per game: 20 to 34, 67

passer rating:                45 to 44, 85

yards per game:            47 to 31, 33

rushing defense

yards per carry:             97 to 87, 79

touchdowns per game:  64 to 48, 82

yards per game:            94 to 85, 72

rushing offense

yards per carry:              85 to 65, 68

touchdowns per game:  82 to 31, 50

yards per game:             97 to 87, 51

scoring defense

touchdowns per game:  26 to 40, 80

points per game:            20 to 36, 82

scoring offense

touchdowns per game:  44 to 22, 69

points per game:            34 to 19, 65

total defense

yards per play:               71 to 77, 91

yards per game:             40 to 73, 88

plays per game:              3 to 47, 51

total offense

yards per play:               73 to 46, 71

yards per game:             91 to 66, 36

plays per game:             95 to 86, 5 (so meatchicken apparently has gone three and out a lot?)

turnover margin

fumbles gained per game:           12 to 35, 9 (so there's one good bit of news here, at least)

interceptions gained per game:   8 to 25, 56

turnovers gained per game:        4 to 22, 22

fumbles lost per game:                1 to 3, 77

interceptions lost per game:        34 to 9, 59

turnovers lost per game:              3 to 1, 74

turnover margin per game:          1 to 2, 44

* - If all you know is that it's BS the Corn have to travel to a whore named Ann Arbor for a third time before getting a second game in Lincoln, you might be interested to know that these guys in the winged helmets (originally worn at Princeton) went decades at a time hosting the likes of Indiana and Michigan State.  Given there is such a thing as home field advantage, it puts certain claims on the record books into perspective.  Let's remember, too, that people first think of prison when they hear the name of the stadium Tommy Armstrong won in as a true freshman...

 
Here's a post for best stats overall (with average z-scores for all those stats listed above next to the team names below)...

Rk       TEAM                             Avg. Z-Score (all categories)














1


Mississippi State


1.17




2


Alabama


1.05




3


UCF


0.94




4


Georgia


0.94




5


Ohio State


0.93




6


Memphis


0.91




7


Boston College


0.84




8


Virginia Tech


0.83




9


Oklahoma State


0.82




10


Washington State


0.82




11


West Virginia


0.77




12


Clemson


0.74




13


North Texas


0.72




14


Cincinnati


0.72




15


Miami (Florida)


0.69




16


Oregon


0.69




17


Texas A&M


0.68




18


Utah State


0.68




19


Fresno State


0.64




20


Penn State


0.64




21


Boise State


0.58




22


Indiana


0.55




23


Oklahoma


0.55




24


Wisconsin


0.55




25


Texas Tech


0.54




26


Iowa State


0.53




27


Louisiana Tech


0.52




28


Missouri


0.50




29


Kent State


0.48




30


Syracuse


0.48




31


Colorado


0.47




32


Tennessee


0.44




33


TCU


0.44




34


Auburn


0.44




35


Michigan


0.42




36


Minnesota


0.39




37


Southern Mississippi


0.36




38


Illinois


0.31




39


Buffalo


0.31




40


Florida


0.30




41


Toledo


0.30




42


North Carolina State


0.29




43


UAB


0.28




44


Virginia


0.28




45


Vanderbilt


0.27




46


Stanford


0.26




47


Washington


0.26




48


Arizona State


0.24




49


Appalachian State


0.23




50


Utah


0.23




51


Air Force


0.22




52


UNLV


0.22




53


Georgia Tech


0.20




54


South Florida


0.19




55


California


0.19




56


Akron


0.18




57


Marshall


0.17




58


LSU


0.14




59


Baylor


0.12




60


Duke


0.07




61


Kentucky


0.03




62


East Carolina


0.03




63


Houston


0.02




64


South Carolina


0.01




65


Florida International


0.01




66


Navy


0.01




67


Army


0.00




68


Maryland


0.00




69


Notre Dame


-0.01




70


Georgia Southern


-0.03




71


Troy


-0.04




72


Texas


-0.05




73


Coastal Carolina


-0.08




74


Wake Forest


-0.09




75


Michigan State


-0.09




76


Eastern Michigan


-0.10




77


Nebraska


-0.11




78


Western Michigan


-0.12




79


Ball State


-0.12




80


Hawai'i


-0.17




81


Idaho


-0.17




82


San Diego State


-0.19




83


Arkansas


-0.19




84


Northwestern


-0.20




85


Purdue


-0.23




86


Nevada


-0.23




87


Tulane


-0.23




88


Arkansas State


-0.26




89


Charlotte


-0.27




90


New Mexico


-0.28




91


BYU


-0.29




92


Pittsburgh


-0.29




93


Temple


-0.30




94


Arizona


-0.33




95


Tulsa


-0.33




96


USC


-0.36




97


Mississippi


-0.37




98


Western Kentucky


-0.40




99


Florida Atlantic


-0.42




100


Kansas


-0.43




101


Wyoming


-0.43




102


Louisiana-Lafayette


-0.43




103


Texas State


-0.45




104


Oregon State


-0.47




105


Kansas State


-0.49




106


Louisiana-Monroe


-0.51




107


Louisville


-0.54




108


Northern Illinois


-0.57




109


Ohio


-0.58




110


Iowa


-0.58




111


Florida State


-0.59




112


Rice


-0.63




113


Massachusetts


-0.64




114


Miami (Ohio)


-0.67




115


North Carolina


-0.69




116


Middle Tennessee


-0.72




117


Central Michigan


-0.74




118


South Alabama


-0.74




119


UCLA


-0.76




120


Colorado State


-0.82




121


Old Dominion


-0.86




122


Bowling Green


-0.93




123


San Jose State


-0.99




124


SMU


-1.03




125


Georgia State


-1.04




126


Rutgers


-1.13




127


New Mexico State


-1.16




128


UTEP


-1.20




129


UTSA


-1.22




130


Connecticut


-1.40








 
Here's a post ranking teams per only the defensive z-scores...

RK        TEAM                             Avg. Z-Score (only "D" categories)














1


Indiana


1.45




2


Utah


1.35




3


Cincinnati


1.28




4


Mississippi State


1.27




5


Washington State


1.20




6


Minnesota


1.17




7


Stanford


1.05




8


Georgia


1.05




9


Miami (Florida)


1.02




10


Alabama


1.01




11


Virginia Tech


0.96




12


Clemson


0.95




13


Wisconsin


0.84




14


Southern Mississippi


0.83




15


Auburn


0.82




16


Tennessee


0.82




17


Michigan


0.82




18


Fresno State


0.78




19


LSU


0.77




20


Washington


0.76




21


Kent State


0.75




22


Iowa State


0.75




23


Vanderbilt


0.72




24


North Texas


0.70




25


Air Force


0.69




26


Oregon


0.66




27


Oklahoma State


0.66




28


Memphis


0.66




29


West Virginia


0.63




30


California


0.61




31


TCU


0.59




32


Utah State


0.58




33


UCF


0.58




34


Florida


0.55




35


Texas A&M


0.54




36


North Carolina State


0.53




37


Arizona State


0.52




38


Notre Dame


0.47




39


Penn State


0.45




40


Illinois


0.44




41


Marshall


0.44




42


Virginia


0.40




43


Louisiana Tech


0.37




44


Akron


0.37




45


UAB


0.34




46


East Carolina


0.34




47


San Diego State


0.33




48


Colorado


0.30




49


Ohio State


0.28




50


Northern Illinois


0.27




51


Duke


0.27




52


Appalachian State


0.24




53


Georgia Tech


0.22




54


Syracuse


0.22




55


Georgia Southern


0.22




56


Michigan State


0.21




57


Missouri


0.21




58


Boise State


0.20




59


Boston College


0.18




60


Maryland


0.17




61


Temple


0.17




62


Buffalo


0.14




63


Texas


0.12




64


Nebraska


0.11




65


Charlotte


0.08




66


Oklahoma


0.07




67


Miami (Ohio)


0.07




68


USC


0.04




69


Western Kentucky


0.02




70


UNLV


0.01




71


BYU


0.00




72


Kansas


-0.01




73


Wyoming


-0.01




74


Troy


-0.02




75


Toledo


-0.03




76


Iowa


-0.05




77


Pittsburgh


-0.05




78


Ball State


-0.07




79


Army


-0.08




80


Louisville


-0.09




81


Baylor


-0.10




82


Kentucky


-0.12




83


South Florida


-0.13




84


Northwestern


-0.14




85


South Carolina


-0.16




86


Arkansas


-0.16




87


Tulsa


-0.19




88


Florida State


-0.21




89


Central Michigan


-0.21




90


Florida International


-0.28




91


Tulane


-0.31




92


North Carolina


-0.32




93


Texas State


-0.32




94


Idaho


-0.34




95


Wake Forest


-0.43




96


Eastern Michigan


-0.47




97


Western Michigan


-0.47




98


Texas Tech


-0.51




99


Nevada


-0.54




100


Arkansas State


-0.56




101


Purdue


-0.57




102


Coastal Carolina


-0.61




103


UCLA


-0.67




104


Navy


-0.67




105


Louisiana-Monroe


-0.69




106


Kansas State


-0.83




107


Rutgers


-0.83




108


Arizona


-0.86




109


New Mexico State


-0.88




110


New Mexico


-0.88




111


Middle Tennessee


-0.92




112


South Alabama


-0.93




113


Hawai'i


-0.96




114


UTEP


-0.97




115


Old Dominion


-0.97




116


Louisiana-Lafayette


-0.98




117


SMU


-1.01




118


San Jose State


-1.05




119


Houston


-1.16




120


Florida Atlantic


-1.16




121


UTSA


-1.17




122


Rice


-1.18




123


Massachusetts


-1.19




124


Colorado State


-1.23




125


Mississippi


-1.35




126


Ohio


-1.43




127


Georgia State


-1.45




128


Bowling Green


-1.47




129


Oregon State


-1.50




130


Connecticut


-2.75






 
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Finally, here's the offensive pecking order...

RK          TEAM                            Avg. Z-Score (only "O" categories)














1


Ohio State


1.59




2


Texas Tech


1.59




3


Memphis


1.53




4


Boston College


1.51




5


UCF


1.36




6


Mississippi State


1.32




7


Alabama


1.28




8


Oklahoma State


1.26




9


West Virginia


1.18




10


Oklahoma


1.18




11


Houston


1.11




12


Texas A&M


1.11




13


Boise State


0.99




14


Penn State


0.96




15


Georgia


0.94




16


Oregon


0.91




17


Missouri


0.88




18


Utah State


0.84




19


Louisiana Tech


0.75




20


Syracuse


0.69




21


Colorado


0.63




22


Clemson


0.63




23


Oregon State


0.62




24


Washington State


0.61




25


Toledo


0.57




26


North Texas


0.56




27


Hawai'i


0.56




28


Miami (Florida)


0.51




29


Kent State


0.50




30


Virginia Tech


0.50




31


Baylor


0.49




32


Mississippi


0.49




33


Coastal Carolina


0.48




34


TCU


0.46




35


Wake Forest


0.44




36


South Florida


0.44




37


Florida International


0.42




38


Georgia Tech


0.42




39


UNLV


0.41




40


Wisconsin


0.37




41


Appalachian State


0.37




42


Navy


0.37




43


Kentucky


0.36




44


Fresno State


0.32




45


UAB


0.31




46


Cincinnati


0.30




47


Purdue


0.28




48


Buffalo


0.28




49


Florida Atlantic


0.27




50


Virginia


0.25




51


Arizona


0.23




52


New Mexico


0.22




53


Western Michigan


0.21




54


Auburn


0.19




55


South Carolina


0.18




56


Illinois


0.18




57


Eastern Michigan


0.15




58


North Carolina State


0.15




59


Michigan


0.14




60


Southern Mississippi


0.10




61


Louisiana-Lafayette


0.09




62


Tennessee


0.09




63


Nevada


0.04




64


Arkansas State


0.04




65


Army


0.01




66


Nebraska


-0.02




67


East Carolina


-0.05




68


Akron


-0.07




69


Marshall


-0.08




70


Florida


-0.10




71


Texas


-0.10




72


Washington


-0.11




73


Iowa State


-0.11




74


Vanderbilt


-0.11




75


Connecticut


-0.13




76


Troy


-0.13




77


Massachusetts


-0.14




78


Arizona State


-0.16




79


Air Force


-0.16




80


Ohio


-0.20




81


Ball State


-0.22




82


Rice


-0.24




83


Kansas State


-0.24




84


California


-0.24




85


Arkansas


-0.24




86


Northwestern


-0.24




87


Maryland


-0.25




88


Idaho


-0.26




89


Tulane


-0.27




90


Indiana


-0.30




91


Tulsa


-0.33




92


Duke


-0.33




93


Minnesota


-0.37




94


Michigan State


-0.40




95


Louisiana-Monroe


-0.43




96


Georgia Southern


-0.49




97


Utah


-0.50




98


Middle Tennessee


-0.52




99


Colorado State


-0.55




100


Pittsburgh


-0.58




101


San Diego State


-0.58




102


Notre Dame


-0.63




103


Stanford


-0.63




104


Kansas


-0.69




105


Bowling Green


-0.70




106


Texas State


-0.70




107


Charlotte


-0.71




108


Temple


-0.72




109


BYU


-0.73




110


USC


-0.73




111


South Alabama


-0.74




112


LSU


-0.77




113


Western Kentucky


-0.85




114


Old Dominion


-0.90




115


Georgia State


-0.92




116


North Carolina


-0.93




117


Louisville


-0.96




118


UCLA


-0.97




119


Florida State


-0.99




120


Wyoming


-1.06




121


San Jose State


-1.14




122


Iowa


-1.18




123


Rutgers


-1.24




124


Central Michigan


-1.27




125


SMU


-1.29




126


UTSA


-1.45




127


Miami (Ohio)


-1.46




128


New Mexico State


-1.49




129


Northern Illinois


-1.52




130


UTEP


-1.57








 
Back in my day, it was sCUm. 

But good work. 


I'm sure we'd agree that still applies.  I'm not sure I hated Meecheegan in 1986 but I know I hated seeing Iowans wearing the maize and blue following our Fiesta Bowl (?) loss to them.  If it hadn't been for Steve Taylor lightening the mood at the end, I suppose it would be more clear cut.

Regardless, we need to learn to hate again.  I know I have enough to share where college football is concerned.

 
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