[Husker] Nebraska vs Kansas stats (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Steve Kauf]

Thanks Skylar, - AND ranked in Top Ten AND Looking at a BCS Bowl Game AND having good recruits look at NE as a place to win and be taught. Can we play better - YES - and Pelini says it every time he talks - we have to be cleaner and not lose focus.  But if you don't want to listen, it does not matter.   


Steve Kauf 
A husker fan deep in South Texas/Northwest Louisiana 
       
Not the Victory but the Action 
Not the Goal but the Game 
In the Deed the Glory



-----Original Message-----
From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
To: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Wed, Nov 10, 2010 9:39 am
Subject: RE: [Husker] Nebraska vs Kansas stats (UNCLASSIFIED)


Well, I keep getting new things to laugh at!  
Our defense is in the top 25 in SCORING DEFENSE (if you're wondering, this
s the only stat that really matters on defense).  We play a style of
efense that is designed to give up yardage ON THE GROUND, but rarely give
p big plays and force offenses to go 10+ plays to score (save for a short
ield). 
ISU scored on short fields all day.  Here's their scoring drive chart:
How they got it Start       Plays       Yards       Result
unt into wind  N47     7       47      TD
umble (Helu)   N41     4       2       FG
ickoff     I25     13      75      TD
umble (NP)     N13     3       13      TD
T Start        N25     3       25      TD
So, in short.  We gave up 1 drive that started in ISU territory.  ONE DRIVE.
nd, we made them go 13 plays to do it.  The fighting Pelini's have said
hat their defense is designed to say, if you can execute perfectly for
0-15 plays in a row, we'll give up the small chunks of yardage.
Was it the best performance by the defense? No.  Was it good enough to win?
00% yes.  The offense continually gave ISU short fields all day and to hold
hem to 24 points in regulation is not bad at all.
Not to mention, 3 out of the 4 TDs came against our 2nd string (true frosh)
nd 3rd string corners and our 1st stringer will be back this week.  But,
hy look at the facts?  Instead let's just continue to not realize what's
oing on and play the role of arm-chair coach.  Let's ignore the fact that
ur coaches took a 'worst defense in college football' and 2-3 years later
nly allowed more than 21 points twice over a stretch of about 25 games.
et's bury our head in the sand and complain about a defense that's in the
op 25 in scoring defense because they're not better than last year's #1
coring defense that lost 4 of the biggest 'cogs' (Suh, Dillard, O'Hanlan
-- biggest loss IMO, Asante).
Keep grinding your ax against Pellini and his defenses and I'll keep
aughing.
--
kylar
-----Original Message-----
rom: David Strong [mailto:gbrlist at yahoo.com] 
ent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 1:08 PM
o: husker at tssi.com; Skylar Dodds
ubject: RE: [Husker] Nebraska vs Kansas stats (UNCLASSIFIED)

f you are done cracking up yet, I think you better check on current events.
e just came very close to losing a game to 4-4 Iowa State.  In fact, we
ould have lost if the holder had put any mustard whatsoever on that pass.
nd all the stats you want to quote don't change the fact they hung 30+ on
ur defense.  When you are down to your 3rd string QB, the other members of
he team have to assume the responsibility to play just a little bit better.
ur defense did not.  Lucky to get away with it, probably can again this
aturday too.  
Dave
> Wow, how quickly do we get spoiled
 with a Pellini defense.  We gave up 24
 points in regulation last week, all from short
 fields.  ISU ran about 20
 more plays than we did.  We gave up 100 yards to their
 RB, but it took him
 33 carries.  Yet "the defense better shape up".
 
 In the Cosgrove era, this would have been an inspired
 effort.  LOL, just
 cracks me up.
 
 --
 Skylar
 
> 
 The entire defense is going to have to gut up and play a
 whole helluva lot
 better than it did last Saturday.
 
 Dave
 

      
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