Nebraska: By the numbers. (Interesting Read)

NewPhoneWhoDis said:
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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The NFL literally made up a rule after fucking the Lions.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
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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When the writer says previous drives "produced nothing" he's talking about scores, not yards.

The 4th Q of those three games do not tell the whole story.

Did you read points 3 and 4?


2. Special-teams rating.
Remember how bad the Huskers were a month ago? They aren’t any better today.
Football Outsiders ranks Nebraska special teams dead-last nationally — 130th. ESPN is a little more generous — 123rd.
The metrics include NU’s 25 punt return yards — total. Nebraska’s 2.8-yard per return is 125th nationally and 0.3 yards worse than Santino Panico’s infamous 3.1 average in 2004.
The metrics include just 128 kickoff return yards, 123rd nationally.
The metrics include six missed field goals — no Power Five team has missed more. And four missed extra points — no Power Five team has missed more.
The Big Red special-teams dumpster fire quietly keeps burning.


3. It’s not just field position or missed kicks.
Nebraska’s offense and special teams are directly hurting the Blackshirts defense.
The offense has given up 16 points this year (one scoop-six, one pick-six, one safety). Special teams have yielded another 11 (one punt return TD, one safety and a two-point return). That’s 27 points, while defense/special teams has added zero to the Husker side.
I tallied up NU’s past decade in this odd category. Of course, 2021 is last. Next worse are 2017 (minus-21) and 2018 (minus-14).
If you removed those 27 points, the Blackshirt defense would rise from 26th nationally in scoring defense to 12th.
Even with those flaws, Nebraska still should have a winning record, right? It doesn’t because it can’t perform under pressure.

The special teams issue has been going on longer than this season, yet Frost refuses to hire and actual special teams coordinator. He's given that as a secondary assignment to a linebackers coach this season, and the NCAA violation last year was because Frost had given the duty to an analyst (which is a no-no).

As I pointed out before, special teams are an extremely important part of a football team. They create points and field position. Bill Snyder at Kansas St won many games with special teams big plays.
That Frost refuses to fill the position or give it any attention tells me he knows their importance in the outcomes of games and wants to get fired. Being how Frost controls the play calling he can also put the offense into situations that are not their strengths, or call plays that he knows won't have success against defensive alignments.
There is far to much discombobulation going on for anybody to convince me he's trying to win or that he's putting his players in the best possible position for success.
The defense has played well, but he does not control that aspect of the ball.
 
MAIZEandBLUE09 said:
Another unbelievable statistic, there have been 3 different Presidents since the last time Nebraska played in a bowl game.
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? They made a Bowl Game in 2016 when Trump won the office. Biden + Trump = 2 Presidents.
 
Serious, non-trolling Nebraska question:

Why was Bo Pelini fired. His records seem pretty good, especially when you compare him against the other recent Nebraska coaches:

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I want a similar breakdown of Clemson because I'm too lazy and stupid to do it myself.
 
Red_Alert said:
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..
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Osborne did a pregame show with Switzer where they watched and commented on the Game of the Century. I believe it was a zoom style set up.
 
Volbound1700 said:
Serious, non-trolling Nebraska question:

Why was Bo Pelini fired. His records seem pretty good, especially when you compare him against the other recent Nebraska coaches:

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He could never win games that mattered.
He not only lost every game that mattered, but most of the time he got beat the fuck down.
He was on hidden tapes bashing the fans and the AD.
Something something about bowing up on the sideline and looking bad.
His defenses got worse as he went on (particularly after his brother left as part of his staff)
 
Volbound1700 said:
? They made a Bowl Game in 2016 when Trump won the office. Biden + Trump = 2 Presidents.
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Trump didn’t take office until Jan 2017. The bowl game was December 2016 when Obama was in office.
 
Red_Alert said:
When the writer says previous drives "produced nothing" he's talking about scores, not yards.

The 4th Q of those three games do not tell the whole story.

Did you read points 3 and 4?


2. Special-teams rating.
Remember how bad the Huskers were a month ago? They aren’t any better today.
Football Outsiders ranks Nebraska special teams dead-last nationally — 130th. ESPN is a little more generous — 123rd.
The metrics include NU’s 25 punt return yards — total. Nebraska’s 2.8-yard per return is 125th nationally and 0.3 yards worse than Santino Panico’s infamous 3.1 average in 2004.
The metrics include just 128 kickoff return yards, 123rd nationally.
The metrics include six missed field goals — no Power Five team has missed more. And four missed extra points — no Power Five team has missed more.
The Big Red special-teams dumpster fire quietly keeps burning.


3. It’s not just field position or missed kicks.
Nebraska’s offense and special teams are directly hurting the Blackshirts defense.
The offense has given up 16 points this year (one scoop-six, one pick-six, one safety). Special teams have yielded another 11 (one punt return TD, one safety and a two-point return). That’s 27 points, while defense/special teams has added zero to the Husker side.
I tallied up NU’s past decade in this odd category. Of course, 2021 is last. Next worse are 2017 (minus-21) and 2018 (minus-14).
If you removed those 27 points, the Blackshirt defense would rise from 26th nationally in scoring defense to 12th.
Even with those flaws, Nebraska still should have a winning record, right? It doesn’t because it can’t perform under pressure.

The special teams issue has been going on longer than this season, yet Frost refuses to hire and actual special teams coordinator. He's given that as a secondary assignment to a linebackers coach this season, and the NCAA violation last year was because Frost had given the duty to an analyst (which is a no-no).

As I pointed out before, special teams are an extremely important part of a football team. They create points and field position. Bill Snyder at Kansas St won many games with special teams big plays.
That Frost refuses to fill the position or give it any attention tells me he knows their importance in the outcomes of games and wants to get fired. Being how Frost controls the play calling he can also put the offense into situations that are not their strengths, or call plays that he knows won't have success against defensive alignments.
There is far to much discombobulation going on for anybody to convince me he's trying to win or that he's putting his players in the best possible position for success.
The defense has played well, but he does not control that aspect of the ball.
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I couldn't care less about any of that other stuff. I simply told you why Nebraska is able to go on these long drives late in games in the 4th quarter after they are down double digits.
 
Blackshirts BLVD said:
He could never win games that mattered.
He not only lost every game that mattered, but most of the time he got beat the fuck down.
He was on hidden tapes bashing the fans and the AD.
Something something about bowing up on the sideline and looking bad.
His defenses got worse as he went on (particularly after his brother left as part of his staff)
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I knew he had issues with antics on the field and off the field. However, I saw wins over Ohio State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, etc. in his records.

Sounds like the off-field stuff got him in more trouble.

His last year, they were 9-4 but I see what you mean, he lost to Iowa, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. His only big win was Oregon.

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Another amazing Nebraska stat is that their mens basketball team has never made it to the NCAA tourny.
 
Volbound1700 said:
Yeah but that post by @MAIZEandBLUE09 is very misleading as Nebraska made a bowl game in 2016 and that was on the tail of 9 straight bowl appearances.
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It wasn't misleading at all. There have been 3 presidents in office since the last time they were in a bowl game. Nebraska didn't play in a bowl game throughout the entirety of Trump's presidency.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I knew he had issues with antics on the field and off the field. However, I saw wins over Ohio State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, etc. in his records.

Sounds like the off-field stuff got him in more trouble.

His last year, they were 9-4 but I see what you mean, he lost to Iowa, Ohio State, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. His only big win was Oregon.

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That's wasn't Pelini. 2016 was Riley.
 
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