ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
That Oklahoma State game was a tough game, as NU only won 14-10. Okie State was coached by a young Jimmy Johnson. That was his last year in Stillwater before replacing Schnellenber in Miami.
Offensive Efficiency
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Gage County
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Skers won that game 69-19 after dropping 48 in the 3rd. Welcome to the Big 8 Bill McCartney!
Some crazy stats via HOL:
Not trying to throw shade of former Huskers but these give you some idea of the lack of offensive efficiency under Tommy Armstrong. I believe these are all for 2016.
Not trying to throw shade of former Huskers but these give you some idea of the lack of offensive efficiency under Tommy Armstrong. I believe these are all for 2016.
- Pro Football Focus passer grade of 54.8. Martinez has had an overall rating in the 80s recently
- 12 for 50 (24%) on passes thrown longer than 20 yards plus 3 INTs
- 5 for 29 (17%) on passes thrown longer than 10 yards to the left
- 39.2% on passes under pressure
Nebfanatic
All-American
84HuskerLaw
All-Conference
Not sure I like the term efficiency when describing our current offense. Total yards is very good certainly but it would seem to me that efficient offense would be scoring a higher number of points per game and points scored per yards gained or something. Our offense seems, in some ways, to be rather inefficient in the sense that we are gaining lots of yards but not scoring at a very high rate. I would not think this year's offense is very comparable to some of the high octane offenses of the past referenced.
It seems likely that at some point, with more refinement, development and additional talent and repetitions, we could very well enjoy something approaching the great offenses of the glory days. But we are no where close at this point in my opinion. Some of those great offenses hardly every punted and the punter was nowhere near the household name of our current ones.
I don't know the numbers and am not going to bother to search the records, but I would tend to guess that college football today has a much higher average offense yards per game across all teams as well as more scoring that 20 or 30 years ago.
Nevertheless, I am quite excited to see the dramatic improvement in our offensive output this year - we surely have a much more powerful and effective offense this year than in the past 6 or 7 years at least. We will only get better if we can build up the O line and add more skill players across the board.
It seems likely that at some point, with more refinement, development and additional talent and repetitions, we could very well enjoy something approaching the great offenses of the glory days. But we are no where close at this point in my opinion. Some of those great offenses hardly every punted and the punter was nowhere near the household name of our current ones.
I don't know the numbers and am not going to bother to search the records, but I would tend to guess that college football today has a much higher average offense yards per game across all teams as well as more scoring that 20 or 30 years ago.
Nevertheless, I am quite excited to see the dramatic improvement in our offensive output this year - we surely have a much more powerful and effective offense this year than in the past 6 or 7 years at least. We will only get better if we can build up the O line and add more skill players across the board.
Xmas32
All-Conference
You have a fair point about the efficiency aspect. Currently, Nebraska is 72nd in points per play. That being said, they're 26th in their last 3 which is a nice positive sign and syncs up with what the coaching staff said about things starting to jell after the Purdue game.
https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/points-per-play
On a side note, the rates that OU and Bama are scoring are simply jaw dropping. Averaging almost a point per play is like...6 man football level scoring.
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ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
Coming into the season, I thought NU would be playing its best football at the end of the season. I didn't expect the mistakes and losses at the beginning of the season, but the team has improved as the season has gone on. It helps to have Minnesota and Bethune-Cookman in the 2nd half of the season, but the offense still played fairly well against Ohio State. Hopefully, NU's scheme and speed can still cause troubles for Michigan State and Iowa.
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
OK...I got interested so I went back and spent some time on this. Hey...it's Friday.
Colorado = .337 PPP
Troy = .253 PPP
Mich = .185
Purdue = .346
Wisk = .352
Northwestern = .383
Minnesota = .726
BC = .703
OSU = .436
I think it's clear that there has been a steady improvement with obvious ups and downs based on quality of opponent. Last 5 games are .520 compared to the season average of .364.
Colorado = .337 PPP
Troy = .253 PPP
Mich = .185
Purdue = .346
Wisk = .352
Northwestern = .383
Minnesota = .726
BC = .703
OSU = .436
I think it's clear that there has been a steady improvement with obvious ups and downs based on quality of opponent. Last 5 games are .520 compared to the season average of .364.
Not asking you to do this but I wonder what the number would be if you just even take out the time Martinez was injured or playing hurt - Last several plays against Colorado, Troy game and Michigan game.