[Husker] Ouch!

[Andrew Smith]

The key point in this article is not that the numbers are bad - as you 
say, taking the worst games for any coach will do that - but the stark 
difference in results between two approaches (Burkhead vs TM) and which 
approach the coaches went with. I agree when Chatelain says
[NU] could've ridden Rex Burkhead to Nebraska's first conference title 
in 11 years.
instead they went with a QB who
Has struggled in pressure situations
Couldn't run his bread-and-butter play — the zone read
Had already made critical mental mistakes in the first three quarters 
against Oklahoma

On 12/7/2010 8:48 AM, aroundomaha wrote:
> It is worth discussing, but while I'm not a big Watson supporter I did
> ponder whether this was a reasonable analysis. If we went back and picked
> Osborne's worst games and analyzed the offensive numbers in the same way, I
> think the result might be very similar.
>
> In that light I'm not to sold on this article as it seems more like bulletin
> board message material than something he put much thought into. Now if
> Chatelain had gone back and over the last three years and pulled out some
> quantitatively derived opinions it might have been more interesting.
> Analyzing third down and comparing when Watson passes or rushes plus the
> effectiveness of both would also have been interesting.
>
> But I don't think we need a statistical breakdown to have dark opinions
> about the Big 12 championship offensive plan :)
>
> I think Shatel's article was simpler and more to the point "* it was like
> the offense was based on the 80-yard run. Where was Plan B?*".
>
> With that in mind, the NCAA stats web site says that Martinez did not rush
> for another TD after Kansas State nor throw another TD after the Missouri
> game? Honestly I don't know if I trust my eyes on that one so here is the
> link to see if it looks the same to better eyes
> http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2010&org=463&player=3
>
> So back to Shatel's point, I truly wonder if there was a plan b.
>
> 2010/12/7 David Strong<gbrlist at yahoo.com>
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