[Husker] Grades

[Pat Gaule]

A decent rating, but still completely off the mark.  Looking at total 
yards is not a good way to evaluate Nebraska's defensive performance 
last night.  Nu's offense did a terrible job and never gave much of a 
break to Nebraska's defense.  With OU emplying a hurry-up offense for 
much of the game, the end result was Oklahoma running 87 plays on 
offense.  That was 30 more than Nebraska managed.  When all was said and 
done, the blackshirts only gave up 3.7 yards per play to Oklahoma. 
That's a tenth of a point better than our season average and the top 
team in the country is only giving up 3.4 yards per play...so it's hard 
to really top that performance.

Nebraska's defense was much more than "decent" last night.  They have 
been all season long.  A++ in my book, and there is no question in my 
mind.


On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Greg Zimmerman wrote:

> A+ would be given for a flawless performance against a formidable 
> offense.
>
> A would be a great performance. While the Husker defense played very 
> well, they gave up 23 first downs and 325 yards to a fairly pedestrian 
> offense. So I gave them an A-.
>
> Still a pretty decent rating.
>
> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> Overland Park, Kansas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:34 AM
> To: Greg Zimmerman <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>; husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Grades
>
> I'm curious as to why you gave the Defense an A- ? They held OU to 3 
> points.... What does it take to get an A or an A+
>  Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
> ltillner at yahoo.com
>
> From: Greg Zimmerman <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Sat, November 7, 2009 8:58:24 PM
> Subject: [Husker] Grades
>
> NU Defense A-
> NU Offense C-
> Referee's F
>
> Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
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