[Husker] Better or Worst

[Tommy Thompson]

I don't know if these stats are kept anywhere, but I would love to see the 
average number of points per possession over the past 20 years.  To me, that 
would be the greatest indicator of how good an offense really is.

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jschlechte at usfamily.net>
To: "jon johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Better or Worst


> You continue to say great offense.  I still have to quibble.  Nebraska's 
> passing
> attack was good, but this was the first time in a more modern era of 
> getting to
> that type of passing attack.  So it's no big surprise on the passing 
> numbers
> and the setting of school records.  But the drop off on running the 
> football
> left NU in the dust as far as an offense goes.  Plus compare NU's offense 
> to
> those around it in college football.
>
> The last 2 years of the BCE overall NU was in the top 15 in total offense. 
> ONLY
> 1 year was the passing offense in the TOP 10!  The numbers vary a little 
> bit
> between NU and ESPN's stats, but they're close enough overall.
>
> But points wise (that's part of offense) still could not crack the top 15.
>
> FROM 1970 to 2001 NU WAS IN THE TOP 15 IN SCORING OFFENSE/GAME EVERY YEAR 
> BUT
> 2!!!!  Those were 1973 and 1977.
>
> NU's - national rankings (per/game)
> 2004  Passing 89  Rush 34   Overall (yds) 72   Points  57
> 2005  Passing 47  Rush 109  Overall (yds) 93   Points  67
> 2006  Passing 23  Rush 24   Overall (yds) 11   Points  18
> 2007  Passing  8  Rush 67   Overall (yds) 11   Points  29
>
> Year Games  1st downs  Total Off    Rush    Pass      Points
> 2004  11     17.6       363.2       176.3   186.9      25.0
> 2005  12     18.4       320.3       96.0    224.3      24.7
> 2006  14     20.4       414.6 (14)  170.5   244.1      30.6
> 2007  12     24.3       468.2 (9)   144.4   323.8 (7)  33.4
>
> So when comparing NU's offense to those around it, good not great because 
> to be
> great you need to score more often than NU did.
>
> GBR,
>
> - Jay
>
>
> Quoting jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>:
>
>> Zac Taylor held the records for the top three passing games in school 
>> history (8 of the top 20) until Joe Ganz broke them. School records  for 
>> TDs in a season, completions, attempts, yards per completion,  attempts 
>> with no interceptions, two of the top passing seasons in  school 
>> history..... etc, etc. etc.
>>
>> What planet did you guys live on that BC didn't have a great offense? 
>> Maybe not under Joe Dailey, but holy cow, guys.
>>
>> Did I say great teams? No. Great offense, yes.
>>
>> Jon Johnston
>> http://www.cornnation.com
>> http://www.twitter.com/cornnation
>>
>> On Oct 24, 2009, at 11:23 PM, jschlechte at usfamily.net wrote:
>>
>>> How can you call ANY of Callahan's offenses great?  In terms of  points, 
>>> 2007 was
>>> the best, but that really was because NU was in track meets...
>>>
>>> GBR,
>>>
>>> - Jay
>>>
>>> Quoting jon johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> We had a great offense under BC. We have a great defense under BP. 
>>>> Both are missing the other side of the ball.
>>>
>>>>> Solich
>>>>> 1998    31.9    15.2
>>>>> 1999    34.2    12.5
>>>>> 2000    41.5    19.4
>>>>> 2001    37.4    15.8
>>>>> 2002    27.4    23.9
>>>>> 2003    24.8    14.5
>>>>> Callahan
>>>>> 2004    25.0    27.1
>>>>> 2005    24.7    21.0
>>>>> 2006    30.6    18.3
>>>>> 2007    33.4    37.9
>>>>> Pelini
>>>>> 2008    35.4    28.5
>>>>> 2009    20.9    11.4  (to date)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> jon.johnston at gmail.com
>>
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