Redux
Assistant Coach
No sh#t? The new staff runs a pro style so the run game takes a backseat. I prefer a run heavy offense, but that will not be us moving forward. It sucks, get over it.
Terrell Newby
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Redux
Assistant Coach
Swiv3D
Starter
Newby had 1 less rushing yard in his sophomore year than he did his freshman year, despite have 13 more carries. He wasn't that great under the previous staff, either.
I think that at this time and for the last 12 months Newby was given enough carries to make a difference. It speaks volumes that when he was not in the game I did not hear any commentary regarding how he will be missed. This could be because the depth is great thus no drop off (as in past years) but unfortunately that was not the case this year. This is the first time in many years that the staff and QB has not had an obvious NFL caliber running back to help take the pressure off.
RedDenver
Heisman Trophy Winner
Nice work compiling these stats.
Gives a bit of backing to my own observation that we usually ran up the middle on first down and threw on second. The last few games the play calling deviated from that pattern, but before that it seemed like an opposing D knew the play call.
Red_October
Three-Star Recruit
Newby does not see the field, stutter steps instead of powering through a defender and goes down when hit the first time.
Hujan
Starter
If Newby has more than 10 yards after contact on the year, I'll be shocked. He constantly runs into defenders and then immediately falls down. He has so vision or instincts at all. Honestly, he looks like a very fit student who won a contest and got a chance to play running back for Nebraska for a couple plays. I mean, FFS, he was not just the feature back, but the near exclusive back for most of the season but has only ~700 yards. When was the last time that happened?
The idea he got better as the year went on is laughable. By year end, he was so damn sorry that even these head-in-the-sand coaches started Cross (Cross!) over him.
The very fact this thread exists is a testament to how bad he is. It's like, "I know he looked like a$$ and is widely denigrated by the fan base, but when you crunch the numbers and account for air temp, wind speed, the dew point, and the age of Aquarius, he's actually quite average."
He's Marlon Lucky minus all the passing yards at best.
The idea he got better as the year went on is laughable. By year end, he was so damn sorry that even these head-in-the-sand coaches started Cross (Cross!) over him.
The very fact this thread exists is a testament to how bad he is. It's like, "I know he looked like a$$ and is widely denigrated by the fan base, but when you crunch the numbers and account for air temp, wind speed, the dew point, and the age of Aquarius, he's actually quite average."
He's Marlon Lucky minus all the passing yards at best.
Thats a great example of what I have seen all season. No vision and has limited to no ability to break a tackle or make a defender miss. I will agree that he has "X" number of yards/carry, but those have come on wide open runs. Not on his breaking tackles, making defenders miss or after contact.
His "other" TD run against Minnesota showed pretty good vision. He didn't exactly break a couple tackles but he did avoid a couple guys who at least got a piece of him. 51:00 in this video
I agree with you on the above clip from Southern Miss. But that was early in the year where he was trying to bounce everything. He got better at that as the year went on. And I still say a lot of the reason he doesn't look really good is because 60% of the time (at least) he really doesn't get any chance to show what he can do.
I agree with you on the above clip from Southern Miss. But that was early in the year where he was trying to bounce everything. He got better at that as the year went on. And I still say a lot of the reason he doesn't look really good is because 60% of the time (at least) he really doesn't get any chance to show what he can do.
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ColoradoHusk
Heisman Trophy Winner
Ok, I went through those runs, and he may not have been "awful", but he really wasn't very good. Here is what I saw on each run.
#1--not great blocking, but Newby still runs up against the back of the blocker. Shows a lack of patience,
#2--good run, at getting what was there, but he missed a cut to the right where he could have make a very good gain.
#3--decent run as he bounces it outside, but he allows the safety to make a 1-on-1 tackle in the open field. I know that the Iowa safety is really good, but sometimes the RB has to make a guy miss. Newby's strength is supposed to be in the open field, but he didn't show it there.
#4--This is the play that was stuck in my mind when I said Newby had an "awful" game. There were a couple of lanes where Newby should have planted the right foot and gone upfield. This play had holes to get 5-7 yards. Newby tries to bounce it outside, comes to a stop at the 10, and allows the safety to make another 1-on-1 tackle. I was on Twitter during the game, and I saw a lot of "Newby again turns a 5-yard gain into a 2 yard gain" Tweets.
#5--Play wasn't very well blocked, but Newby wasn't very decisive
#6--This was a VERY GOOD run. He had an open hole at the beginning, and then made a strong, decisive cut to go upfield and make a good gain.
#7--Ran straight forward into the pile. Wasn't much there overall though.
#8--Not much there on the play
#9--Got what he could on the play, when there wasn't much there.
So, I was probably a little harsh in saying that he was "awful" against Iowa. Run #4 was the play that I always think about when I picture Newby. There were times where the o-line didn't make a hole against a good run defense. Newby made a couple good plays, but he also could have gotten more out of plays if he breaks a tackle or is more decisive in his running.
I know that Newby is facing good defensive talent in the Big 10, but if he is supposed to be an elite RB, he needs to get better breaking tackles, making decisive cuts, and making defenders miss in the open field.
AZRaiderH8r
Special Teams Player
Mav, thanks for putting this all together. Very interesting, that's for sure.
he is simply not a cut back runner, looking for a lane, old high school sh#t of bouncing everything to the outside doesn't work very well against college speed...doesn't seem to have much for moves or breaking tackles, but has a little speed......hell, everyone has that!
Savage Husker
All-Conference
Just think he's an average back. He doesn't break tackles, misses holes, and hasn't shown anything extraordinary. Guys like Rex and Ameer made up for the lack of a good OL and made plays out of nothing. I haven't seen that out of any of our backs this year.