[Husker] Has there ever been a worse defense on 3rd down?

Mike Nolan nolan at tssi.com
Sun Oct 2 11:32:54 CDT 2011


> > How many 3rd down conversions have our opponents made this year?  
> > 75% of their attempts?  What a joke...
> 
> Nope, it only seemed that way:
> 
> Chattanooga      6 for 18
> Fresno State     9 for 20
> Washington       7 for 14
> Wyoming          7 for 13
> Wisconsin        8 for 12

BTW, if it seems bad that Wisconsin converted 8 of 12 third down
attempts, it seems worse to me that they only HAD 12 third down
attempts.  That means they were getting first downs (or scoring) 
on first and second downs a lot.
--
Mike Nolan




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