[Husker] NC State/Rutgers, Callahan and Daniel

[Steve Gomez]

RE change in offensive philosophy.   I'm not so sure that this is true.

I don't believe that pounding the rock was abandoned to any degree after the
Mizzou debacle.  Watson's 'genius' is that he will take what the Defense
affords in an effort to control the ball.  Of course, Ganz & team have to
execute to be effective.

           PRE(including)-MIZZOU     POST-MIZZOU
R_ATTS             33/game               41/game
YDS/R            4.25/ATT              4.82/ATT 

P/ATTS             30/game               35/game
YDS/ATT             8.95/ATT              8.42/ATT
YDS/COMP           13.66/COMP            11.72/COMP
% COMP             65.6%                 71.8%

So after Mizzou, the ratio of RUN-PASS actually increased from 52% to 54%
and was more effective on a YDS per attempt basis.  In fact, in the last two
W's against K-ST and CU, the Offense ran RUSHing plays 68% and 66% of the
time, respectively.  

Also, the passing game shortened up a bit from 13.7 to 11.7 YDS per
completion --- helping to maintain an effective ball control game with a
very nice improvement in completion ratio, from 66% to 72%.

Again, I believe Big Red will be more effective RUSHing in the Gator Bowl
tilt.  The Tigers' defense faced opposition that RUSHed as follows:

     _________________________
     ALABAMA............. 63% 
     MARYLAND............ 49% 
     WAKE FOREST......... 56% 
     GA TECH............. 81% 
     FLA ST.............. 57% 
     _________________________ 
     AVG in Tiger L's.... 61% 
     AVG in Tiger W's.... 43% 

For what it is worth... the Blackshirts faced opposition that RUSHed as
follows:
     _________________________ 
     VA TECH............. 79% 
     MIZZOU.............. 59% 
     TEXAS TECH.......... 48% 
     OKLAHOMA............ 57% 
     _________________________ 
     AVG in Husker L's... 62% 
     AVG in Husker W's... 49%

Go Big Red!

Steve G
Loves Park, IL
(deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)



-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of jon johnston
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:00 AM
To: Scott R Lawson
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] NC State/Rutgers, Callahan and Daniel

<<SNIP>>

The Missouri game changed our philosophy, at least offensively. Pelini  
figured out that this offensive line was never going to run block  
worth a damn, so they moved to spreading the ball around and it worked  
remarkably well for the rest of the season.

<<SNIP>>