[Husker] Game Observations

[Steve Reichenbach]

> 5) That NU played as well as it did on defense seems a minor miracle 
> what with its raft of back-seven injuries. Amazing that TT couldn't 
> rack up 80 points.

I have seen several posts referring to the defense playing well.
Here is the drive chart:
  TT  1st T32  15:00  Kickoff     T45  12:49  Punt         5-13   2:11
  TT  1st T20  08:07  Punt        N00  04:49 *TOUCHDOWN    7-80   3:18
  TT  2nd T32  11:46  Kickoff     N09  08:13 *FIELD GOAL   6-59   3:33
  TT  2nd T30  02:37  Downs       N00  01:18 *TOUCHDOWN    4-70   1:19
  TT  3rd T23  08:00  Kickoff     N00  04:47 *TOUCHDOWN    7-77   3:13
  TT  4th T20  12:10  Kickoff     T28  10:10  Punt         3-8    2:00
  TT  4th T20  06:06  Kickoff     N00  02:21 *TOUCHDOWN   10-80   3:45
  TT  4th T20  00:29  Kickoff     T34  00:00  End of half  3-14   0:29
  TT  OT  N25  15:00  Possession  N00  15:00 *TOUCHDOWN    4-25   0:00
TT had 8 possessions not ended by the half.  They scored five TDs and
a field goal.  Effectively, NU twice stopped TT and once held them to
a chipshot FG.

The main reason that TT didn't rack up 80 points was that NU's offense
held the ball for more than 40 of the 60 minutes and TT had only 8
possessions, including one in OT.  The defense gave up nearly 5 points
per possession.  With that level of defense, a team's offense has to
be nearly perfect.

There was an article in the LJS this morning about how few turnovers the
defense has generated again this year.