[Husker] Revealing OWH Chart

[Tommy Thompson]

Sorry about the formatting for this.  Didn't have time to make it pretty

LSU Opponents
Team    Scoring Offense    Total Offense Rushing Offense Passing Offense
Miss St    96    106    60    112
Virginia Tech 103 102    99    73
Middle Tenn    99 105    98    82
Average 99    104    85    89

UNL Opponents
Nevada    37 37    29    57
Wake Forest 84 94     72    88
USC 18 33    6    94
Average    46    54    35    79

Bottom line...I would expect the LSU defense to be ranked much higher.  They 
haven't played anyone with an offense.  (I guess this is just more 
statistical lying, but it's kind of fun...my scarlet glasses just never seem 
to come off...and by the way...the Kool-Aide is Big Red!)

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <husker at tssi.com>; <huskertt at charter.net>; <pgaule at cox.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Revealing OWH Chart


> Okay, you've almost convinced me.  The defensive coaches are doing
> a great job.  Wait, that's not quite right.  How does it go?  Oh,
> yeah: They're doing a "heck of a job."  Now, if only their players
> would do a "heck of a job", we'd all see what a "heck of a job" the
> coaches are really doing.
>
> I know that "benchmarks" aren't popular, but how are those nettlesome
> benchmarks, like national rankings in the defensive rankings?
>
> This year to date:
>  Scoring defense: #66/119 (LSU is #1)
>  Total defense: #45/119 (LSU is #1)
>  Rushing defense: #99/119 (Penn St is #1, LSU is #3)
>  Passing defense: #13/119 (Fresno St is #1, LSU is #2)
> In 2006:
>  Scoring defense: #24/119
>  Total defense: #56/119
>  Rushing defense: #37/119
>  Passing defense: #79/119
> In 2005:
>  Scoring defense: #25/117
>  Total defense: #26/117
>  Rushing defense: #26/117
>  Passing defense: #43/117
> In 2004:
>  Scoring defense: #71/117
>  Total defense: #56/117
>  Rushing defense: #11/117
>  Passing defense: #110/117
> In 2003 (Solich/Pelini):
>  Scoring defense: #2/117
>  Total defense: #11/117
>  Rushing defense: #24/117
>  Passing defense: #11/117
> In 2002 (Solich, Bohl)
>  Scoring defense: #45/117
>  Total defense: #55/117
>  Rushing defense: #49/117
>  Passing defense: #57/117
> In 2001 (Solich, Bohl)
>  Scoring defense: #6/115
>  Total defense: #8/115
>  Rushing defense: #22/115
>  Passing defense: #9/115
>
> In the Callahan and Cosgrove era, NU has ranked in the top 25 in only
> one of these four categories each year.  In 2003, the last year of
> Solich/Pelini, NU was in the top 25 in all four of these categories
> as they were in 2001 with Solich and Bohl as DC.  Even in 2002, when
> Solich's team finished with a .500 record and Bohl was fired, NU
> finished at #55 in total defense, which is better than 2 of the 3
> years since the coaching change, and #45 in scoring defense, which
> is better than the current ranking.  The rushing defense ranking has
> gone down every year.
>
> I'd sure like to be convinced they're doing a "heck of a job", so
> I appreciate your arguments.  Please continue to help me with this,
> because I'm struggling with being convinced.  Maybe if you'd pass a
> little of the Kool-Aid it would help.
>
>
>> Good point...
>> I'm not saying there weren't big holes on occasion.  I stated that in 
>> MOST
>> cases, the right call was made.
>>
>> USC ran the ball 38 times.  Do those 6 photos suggest that the other 32
>> times the holes weren't there?  Probably not, but even still, I have a
>> problem with stating that those photos indicate bad coaching decisions.
>>
>> Photo #1 - Obvious hold just to the left of the ball carrier.  Another
>> player in position to make the tackle.  Player in the bottom right hand
>> corner...why was he clear back there?  Had he already missed the tackle?
>> Hard to tell without the entire sequence.
>>
>> Photo #2 - No argument
>>
>> Photo #3 - Missed arm tackle.  A player on each side of the stack...ready 
>> to
>> make the tackle.  What happened next?
>>
>> Photo #4 - 3 Huskers in the backfield...all of them missed the tackle
>>
>> Photo #5 - No argument
>>
>> Photo #6 - No argument.
>>
>> USC had 68 total plays on offense.  I don't have access to any 
>> photography,
>> but I imagine someone could come up with six pictures showing how the
>> Huskers defense dominated.
>>
>> Finally, check this article out:
>>
>> Husker players, coaches stand by Cosgrove
>> http://journalstar.com/articles/2007/09/19/huskerextra/football/doc46f09905441b7816946700.txt
>