OWH: Diaco Must Fix Huskers' Big-Play Problems

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Mavric

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Nebraska has been awful at preventing the big play since joining the Big Ten. NU wasn't bad in 2011, when it gave up 21. That was ninth in the Big Ten and tied for 44th nationally. But the year after that, yeah, it got pretty ugly. Since 2012, here's how many plays of 30 yards or more that the Blackshirts have given up:

2012: 29 (12th in the Big Ten/T-94th nationally)

2013: 26 (9th/T-75th)

2014: 27 (9th/T-68th)

2015: 37 (13th/T-111th)

2016: 26 (9th/T-49th)

That's Bo Pelini's last three defenses and Mark Banker's two defenses. NU gave up an average, in that stretch, of 29 plays per season of 30 yards or more.

Now let's compare that to some of the other key teams in the Big Ten over that same stretch. Here are those per-season averages:

Michigan: 18.2

Penn State: 18.2

Iowa: 19.8

Wisconsin 20.2

Ohio State: 22

Michigan State: 26

Only MSU is close to Nebraska's average. (Which is kind of interesting, right, since the Spartans had a terrific run of football 2013-2015 before falling flat on their face in 2016. I'm predicting more struggles in 2017 and 2018 for Mark Dantonio.) But NU's two key West Division rivals — Iowa and Wisconsin — are far better, year after year after year, at preventing the big play.
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OWH

 
Where is this shot that he took at Pelini? Maybe I missed something?
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"Let's rewind the clock to 2010, Nebraska's final year in the Big 12. Heck of a year, wasn't it? NU having all the players to win every game it played and still losing four games because of drama and program mismanagement? We need to write more about that sometime."

 
The off season is full of comparison articles and statistics...not too much else to write about until spring football when they will have access again.

With that being said, bring on spring football!

 
Nebfanatic said:
"Let's rewind the clock to 2010, Nebraska's final year in the Big 12. Heck of a year, wasn't it? NU having all the players to win every game it played and still losing four games because of drama and program mismanagement? We need to write more about that sometime."
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This quote is taking a jab at people who want to relive the Bo/drama/program mismanagement issues. The bolded part was being sarcastic.

 
Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned.

 
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dvdcrr said:
Theres a difference between a Pelini defense and a Papuchis/Pelini defense. Mismanagement? perhaps, but Pelinis ability to coach a defense should not be questioned.
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Not to derail the thread but I'm very interested to see how UNC's defense performs this year

 
For all of Carl's deficiencies, he could sure coach a defense. Doesn't matter much when the white lines are in the way though.

 
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