Nebraska: By the numbers. (Interesting Read)

I believe Frost when he says he wants it bad, I just think he is so new and thus limited in his role as HC that he doesn't know what else or different to do to right the ship.

Of course, it isn't like he can't read new things, call and speak or go and watch other coaches. He may not be a great communicator.
 
Blackshirts BLVD said:
I believe Frost when he says he wants it bad, I just think he is so new and thus limited in his role as HC that he doesn't know what else or different to do to right the ship.

Of course, it isn't like he can't read new things, call and speak or go and watch other coaches. He may not be a great communicator.
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I don't.

It's so crazy watching them play it's got to be calculated. Frost just thinks people are stupid.

The excuse for losing the opener to Illinois was that "Illinois came out in a 3 man defensive front instead of the 4 man defensive front that they'd prepared for. Therefore he had to throw out half the offensive playbook."

What team worth a fuck doesn't spend Spring and Fall practice preparing for both 3 and 4 man fronts in case an opponent switches up multiple times in games?

How hard would it be for Frost to look at an opponents defense and call plays that he knows will have the least success?
Call plays he knows his own players don't execute well in practice?
Not hard at all.
 
Red_Alert said:
I don't.

It's so crazy watching them play it's got to be calculated. Frost just thinks people are stupid.

The excuse for losing the opener to Illinois was that "Illinois came out in a 3 man defensive front instead of the 4 man defensive front that they'd prepared for. Therefore he had to throw out half the offensive playbook."

What team worth a fuck doesn't spend Spring and Fall practice preparing for both 3 and 4 man fronts in case an opponent switches up multiple times in games?

How hard would it be for Frost to look at an opponents defense and call plays that he knows will have the least success?
Call plays he knows his own players don't execute well in practice?
Not hard at all.
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It's crazy to think this, but I actually believe it's true at this point.
That, or he's just dumb as a rock.
 
Hu War Yu said:
All I know is, when you're losing bowl games to the Gamecocks, it's time for suicide
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but perhaps they didn't want to be there? Also, wonder what's GA excuse for losing to SCe at home..during the regular season
 
Thiefery said:
but perhaps they didn't want to be there? Also, wonder what's GA excuse for losing to SCe at home..during the regular season
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Nebraska is in the Big Ten not the SEC. They had to travel so far and was practically a home game USCjr
 
Thiefery said:
but perhaps they didn't want to be there? Also, wonder what's GA excuse for losing to SCe at home..during the regular season
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Oh, they FOR SURE shoulda suicided after that. No team that loses to South Carolina should be sniffing around the playoffs
 
outofyourmind said:
It's crazy to think this, but I actually believe it's true at this point.
That, or he's just dumb as a rock.
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He wasn't dumb at UCF. He wasn't dumb as OC at Oregon from 2013-2015. Oregon slipped to 9-4 in 2015, but the real crash and burn to 4-8 happened in 2016 after he'd left for UCF.

As fans it's easy to buy into the Nebraska boy fairy tale, keep hope, and believe he's giving it his all. "He's been so close" yada yada
He looks up to Tom Osborne like a father, but T.O. has been mum throughout. Even though T.O. has an office in the athletic facilities and a skybox.
Also T.O. did not go to the 50th anniversary Oklahoma celebration in Norman (to my knowledge). I don't even recall seeing a taped statement from him about it. Plenty of coverage from Switzer, former players from both sides, etc..

My tinfoil hat tells me his wife is the one who doesn't want to be here. She's from Arizona and been through 4 Nebraska winters now. She has his child and what's he gonna do under threat of her leaving and taking the child back to a warmer place where her family is? She holds all the cards right? "If momma's not happy, nobody's happy". Either he goes or she gets half of his $5 million/year in alimony/child support and he doesn't get to see his kid.
From my due diligence she's not now and never has been involved in any community programs in Lincoln.

Coaching is a fraternity. Frost will land someplace as an assistant (or even an OC) and start anew wealthy beyond measure from his time at Nebraska.
Even Kevin Cosgrove (as awful as he was as a DC) got passed around like a cheap whore.

I'm hoping Trev Alberts can see beyond the 90's 'brotherhood' and has a good thumb on the pulse. I hope he's shadowing practice, film room, weight room, team meetings, and has someone analyzing game-time play calls, etc. A thorough deep evaluation to include how many hours Frost and his assistants are actually spending in the facilities and doing what on the day-to-day.
T.O. would put in 16 hour days. Is Frost doing the bare minimum 8 hours?

Scott Frost is basically Bill Jennings. Look what immediately happened when Bob Devaney came in to Lincoln from Wyoming and took over Jennings players.

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Per 247 Nebraska has more talent than any other teams in the Big 10 West yet are dead last in the division at (1-5).

There's more than meets the eye than bad luck. It's 1) preparation and 2) game day execution.

Frost has control over both. I have a hard time believing he can't come in 2nd or 3rd place minimum in the Big 10 West IF HE WANTED TO.
 
4. Clutch offense.
Against Illinois, the Huskers grabbed the ball with 9:23 left and drove 91 yards in 19 plays. Boom! Except the touchdown only cut the lead to 30-22.
Against Minnesota, the Huskers drove 75 yards in the final 2 minutes. But they were down 14. They really needed the score during the four drives before that. All failures.
Against Purdue, Nebraska mounted a 94-yard drive in the final 3 minutes. Again, it trailed by two scores, not one. The previous seven drives produced nothing.
The Husker offense is like the golfer who never contends but shoots 65 on Sunday to grab a nice paycheck. So far in 2021, when the margin was eight points or less (winning or losing) after halftime, Nebraska’s offense had 23 opportunities to score.
Twenty-three drives. It scored 24 points.
One third-quarter field goal against Michigan State, a go-ahead touchdown against the Spartans and two go-ahead TDs against Michigan, one set up by an interception return to the 13-yard line. That’s it. Six punts, five turnovers on downs, two interceptions, two fumbles, two missed field goals, one safety and one time expiration.
In the final 5 minutes of games, Nebraska is even worse in the clutch. Not a single point in eight crunch-time possessions.
That statistic leads us to the final metric — luck.

This tells me that Nebraska is very good when teams go to a prevent type defense where they give up plays in the middle of the field to let the clock run. The Detroit Lions are notorious for the pointless end of game stats, where you pile up offensive numbers once you are down multiple scores. For years -- Matt Stafford was known as Stat Padford for his 4th quarter ability to pile up yards once defense moved to more of a prevent style defense.

So while 94, 75 and 91 yard-19 play drives at the end of the 4th are very nice. It has alot to do with what the defense is giving you. I have a feeling that is why in the same breathe, they have 0 points in 8 crunch time possessions, because defenses go away from soft coverage and back to their standard defense.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
4. Clutch offense.
Against Illinois, the Huskers grabbed the ball with 9:23 left and drove 91 yards in 19 plays. Boom! Except the touchdown only cut the lead to 30-22.
Against Minnesota, the Huskers drove 75 yards in the final 2 minutes. But they were down 14. They really needed the score during the four drives before that. All failures.
Against Purdue, Nebraska mounted a 94-yard drive in the final 3 minutes. Again, it trailed by two scores, not one. The previous seven drives produced nothing.
The Husker offense is like the golfer who never contends but shoots 65 on Sunday to grab a nice paycheck. So far in 2021, when the margin was eight points or less (winning or losing) after halftime, Nebraska’s offense had 23 opportunities to score.
Twenty-three drives. It scored 24 points.
One third-quarter field goal against Michigan State, a go-ahead touchdown against the Spartans and two go-ahead TDs against Michigan, one set up by an interception return to the 13-yard line. That’s it. Six punts, five turnovers on downs, two interceptions, two fumbles, two missed field goals, one safety and one time expiration.
In the final 5 minutes of games, Nebraska is even worse in the clutch. Not a single point in eight crunch-time possessions.
That statistic leads us to the final metric — luck.

This tells me that Nebraska is very good when teams go to a prevent type defense where they give up plays in the middle of the field to let the clock run. The Detroit Lions are notorious for the pointless end of game stats, where you pile up offensive numbers once you are down multiple scores. For years -- Matt Stafford was known as Stat Padford for his 4th quarter ability to pile up yards once defense moved to more of a prevent style defense.

So while 94, 75 and 91 yard-19 play drives at the end of the 4th are very nice. It has alot to do with what the defense is giving you. I have a feeling that is why in the same breathe, they have 0 points in 8 crunch time possessions, because defenses go away from soft coverage and back to their standard defense.
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mmmmm? That's what you took from all that?
Sure thing, if you read the first 3 sentences, quit reading, then commented without doing your own due diligence.

Nebraska

Rushing Offense: 27th
Passing Offense: 37th
Total Offense: 17th
Scoring Offense: 58th
Scoring Defense 26th

The 58th Scoring Offense is the only stat consistent with a 3-6 team.

Against Oklahoma: Nebraska trailed 7-3 at half and 16-9 at the 3rd Q.
Against Sparty: Nebraska trailed 13-10 at half, were tied 13-13 at the end of the 3rd Q, led 20-13 with 7 minutes to play in the 4th Q, and were tied 20-20 at the end of regulation.
Against Michigan: Nebraska trailed 13-0 at half, led 22-19 at the end of the 3rd Q, led 29-26 with 7 minutes in the 4th Q, and were tied 29-29 with 3 minutes left in the 4th Q.

For the 3 losses the writer points out (Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue), they were favored, came out and played flat.
In the 3 losses I point out they were underdogs but were a lot more motivated and competitive.

Either way...... Nebraska moves the ball, but does stupid shit that keeps them from scoring. Inopportune penalties, missed FG's, failed 4th down attempts, etc.
i.e. They leave points on the field throughout the game and find a new way to lose every week.
 
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Red_Alert said:
mmmmm? That's what you took from all that?
Sure thing, if you read the first 3 sentences, quit reading, then commented without doing your own due diligence.

Nebraska

Rushing Offense: 27th
Passing Offense: 37th
Total Offense: 17th
Scoring Offense: 58th
Scoring Defense 26th

The 58th Scoring Offense is the only stat consistent with a 3-6 team.

Against Oklahoma: Nebraska trailed 7-3 at half and 16-9 at the 3rd Q.
Against Sparty: Nebraska trailed 13-10 at half, were tied 13-13 at the end of the 3rd Q, led 20-13 with 7 minutes to play in the 4th Q, and were tied 20-20 at the end of regulation.
Against Michigan: Nebraska trailed 13-0 at half, led 22-19 at the end of the 3rd Q, led 29-26 with 7 minutes in the 4th Q, and were tied 29-29 with 3 minutes left in the 4th Q.

For the 3 losses the writer points out (Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue), they were favored, came out and played flat.
In the 3 losses I point out they were underdogs but were a lot more motivated and competitive.

Either way...... Nebraska moves the ball, but does stupid shit that keeps them from scoring. Inopportune penalties, missed FG's, failed 4th down attempts, etc.
i.e. They leave points on the field throughout the game and find a new way to lose every week.
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I know Nebraska does stupid shit to lose games, but quoting drives late in the 4th quarter of games you are trailing multiple scores is nothing more than the defense giving you the middle of the field to let the clock run.
It isn't like Nebraska offense just started to click and that's what defenses do late in games. They will give you the 5-6 yard passes to let the clock continue to run. The 19 play drive is a perfect example of that.

There isn't a fan base in America who knows about this than Lions fans. We get that defense almost every week for the last decade or so
 
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