[Husker] Game Observations

[Steve Stone]

Steve R wrote:

>  > 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.


Thank you, Steve, for making and clarifiying my point.

I don't know if The Church would qualify it as a minor miracle, but 
it'll do for me.     :-)

Steve Stone