[Husker] Grades

[Greg Zimmerman]

Pat Gaule wrote:
> A decent rating, but still completely off the mark.
In your opinion.

>   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. 
I disagree. While our defense performed very well considering the lack 
of offensive performance, an A++ is, in my opinion, too high.
Again, my opinion vs. your opinion.

Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

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