[Husker] 71 NU Stats repost request for Alan S.

[Theodore Heise]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Bob Beach wrote:
> From: "Wilson, Rick" <rick.wilson at okstate.edu>
>
>>   The fact of the matter is that Lou Holtz was flat out wrong 
>> in stating NU was an 'option offense' in 1971. The option's 
>> visibility increased in the post-Ferragamo years of Tom Sorley, 
>> Tim Hager and Jeff Quinn.(late 70's).

>    But that wasn't the statement.  The statement was that TO's 
> option/power I offense made it's foundation in the 70's.  While it 
> is obvious the option increased over the years it did indeed have 
> its basis in the early 70's.  You do remember Tagge running the 
> option don't you?  NU wasn't an option offense at that time but 
> the basis was there.


Here's the statement (the second colon should have been a ?):

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Theodore Heise wrote:

> KH: In 1971 did Nebraska throw the ball:
>
> Holtz: They didn't *have* to throw the football, they ran the option!

I don't see anything in this about 71 Nebraska having a foundation 
of the option that came later.  In my reading it implies that the 71 
team was option based and didn't pass much, and I don't that's an 
accurate reflection of that team.  It may not have been precisely 
evenly balanced, but it was a far cry from many of the 
pound-it-out-on-the-ground teams that came later.

-- 
Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA