[Husker] Ouch!

[Paul Dalen]

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0By3lZgFCOqcjZDUxNDFhNzQtYmM4OC00YTBjLWI5MzYtYmYwNzAyZDlmMDVj&hl=en&authkey=CKbf1MIH

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started the work tonight.  I got OU and CU done except for one
thing...there's not mention in the play-by-plays of who is actually under
center for each play.  Passes are kind of obvious, but not so much on rush
plays.  Can anyone ID the plays for which we ran the wildcat for these two
games?

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Andrew Smith <arossman at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.omaha.com/article/20101206/BIGRED/712069878/1048#chatelain-watson-s-offense-fails-at-critical-moments
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