[Husker] Blackshirts

[Steve Reichenbach]

If Bapi doesn't see how the stat matters, it probably doesn't, but
my thinking on this was that the offense helps the defense most
by holding the ball a long time.  The less time the offense allows
for the opponents to have the ball, the easier it is for the defense.
>From the point of defensive statistics, there isn't much difference
whether their offense has a 3 play scoring drive or 3 and out.  For
a team's defensive statistics, the best drive for their offense is
a long drive that eats up lots of clock and keeps the defense on
the sidelines where it gives up no yards rushing, no yards passing,
and no points.

> > One measure of how well the offense is doing to help the defense
> > (regardless of how many yards they make or much they score) is to
> > look at the number of defensive plays per game.  Nebraska has allowed
> > 1735 yds in 418 plays in six games while LSU has allowed 1453 yds in
> > 341 plays in five games.  That works out to 69.67 plays per game for
> > NU and 68.2 plays per game for LSU.  Again, about a dead heat.
> > Neither NU's nor LSU's offense is in the top 50 offensively.
> 
> I'm not sure how number of plays matters, aside from possibly looking at 
> yards per play.