[personal] RE: [Husker] Gameplan/Matchup (Very Long, like usual)

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

SRL> Does Texas get many sacks? I know they have a great run defense
SRL> but I always take rushing stats in college with a grain of salt
SRL> since I believe sack yardage is deducted from rushing totals, but
SRL> I could be mistaken.

Great question. Texas is tied for #5 with 3.57 sacks/game. (Nebraska
is #66 with 1.86)

True, but they STILL have only allowed more than 100 yards rushing in
ONE game (Sooners and they ran it 34 times with a Heismann caliber
running back).

Take Sacks out of the picture and here's what you get:

    Team      Att       Yds        Avg
    N. Tex    24        51         2.1
    OSU       26        97         3.7
    Rice      17        13         .8
    ISU       20        63         3.4
    Sam Hou   25        87         3.5
    OU        34        144        4.2
    Baylor    7         67         9.6

    TOTAL     153       522        3.4

Baylor's stats are a little skewed too, because they only ran it 7
times and one of them was a 56 yards.  Take that away and they rushed
6 times for 11 yards.


-- 
Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net

if teams are getting yardage and then
SRL> give up 3-4 10 yeard sacks, it looks a lot worse than it really
SRL> is. Of course, they are still losing 10 yards a pop...

SRL> Scott in NY 

SRL> -----Original Message-----
SRL> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]On Behalf
SRL> Of Skylar Dodds
SRL> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:03 PM
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SRL> Subject: [Husker] Gameplan/Matchup (Very Long, like usual)


SRL> Hello Husker Fans,

SRL>   I for one hope that we don't "stubbornly" try to run the ball.
SRL>   Texas's running defense is not just good, it's great. They're #2 in
SRL>   the nation in rush defense for a reason. Here's a breakdown of
SRL>   yardage of their opponents:

SRL>   Team      Att       Yds        Avg

SRL>   Yikes, that's some defense. Plus, the've only allowed 3 touchdowns
SRL>   from the ground. Wow. Granted, some of these teams aren't very good,
SRL>   but some are.  Oklahoma is 25th in the nation in rushing, Ohio St is
SRL>   44th.

SRL>