Nebraska - Good offense & Good defense
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Nebraska - Good offense & Good defense
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Thanks for posting. I really have no clue what to expect from Penn St. We'll probably learn a lot from how they do against MSU. They seem to be Michigan St with a better offense.
Interesting that UCLA was the worst D we've faced in Conference. I think outside of Akron or HCU, I would choose UCLA as the game for Lateef to make his first career start.
Toughest D's on schedule
1. Cockeye
2. Michigan
3. USC
4. Northwestern
5. Minnesota
6. Maryland
7. Cincinatti
8. Michigan St
9. Penn St.
10. UCLA
11. Akron
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Wonder what it'd look like with special teams efficiency figured in?
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I think ESPNs FPI counts special teams in their overall efficiency rankings. They’ve got us ranked at 36th. Which sounds about right.
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I have only seen parts of two Cockeye games this year, but I’m still surprised to see that our ST efficiency is significantly better than Iowas.
We’re currently 2nd in the conference, 5th nationally.
I can’t remember when we last had even decent special teams.
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Pelini was the coach.
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I agree. I think them getting a kick blocked and returned for a TD against Penn St hurt their ranking a lot (which it should, that's a 10pt swing). Without that, they're probably similar to us I bet.
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They looked like a pretty typical Cockeye ST unit, minus scoring any non FG related points in the portions of the games I saw. They’re usually good for a couple of ‘Flip the field’ sequences a game and seem to score on ST a lot. Their kicking and coverage game is pretty similar to what we’ve done this year, and I’m sure the blocked kick against Penn State didn’t help. It’s not a ranking I typically look at, so I’m not sure how we compared prior to Saturday.
Regardless, I’ll take it. Usually the weakest of the three phases of football for us.
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And we had good kickers and punters.
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Some of the 🐐 for sure
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Interesting PSU looks right there with us
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Bo's last year.
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Very nice. Opponent adjusted stats still show a pretty decent defense. We are also very young. Additional experience and two porthole adds on the DL could make us very dangerous next year.
Next year I'd love to be sitting about where BYU/Ole Miss are on this chart right now
Next year I'd love to be sitting about where BYU/Ole Miss are on this chart right now
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Yeah. PSU will be a bearcat for us. I just don't see us matching up with them at home. They are still athletically a top tier team. Hoping that the lack of mobility at QB will help our defense. But man its going to be tough sledding for our offense.
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When you look at our youth at DL and LB beyond a couple of bodies, I can’t help but think those groups get exponentially better next year. On the down side, we do lose talented guys on the back end and that will likely look a little different. Of course with Guthrie and Jones coming back, there will be some consistency.
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I am not afraid of Cockeye. We have been competitive when they have had better teams than they have this year, and we haven’t been as good, most of the last decade quite frankly. PSU worries me more, they have more talent than Cockeye all over the field. We have to stop the run against both of them. Can Butler game plan this? We shall see.
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Gron(k)owski is going for 2 bills if we don't put more dudes in the box.
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Rob still has eligibility? We’re fucked
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Years from now, as College Football Coaches research how to build a football team, Penn State in 2025 will be the ultimate Case Study.
1. They have an Offensive Coordinator who's full resume of success always involved a Run first QB, not just a dual threat. He needs a QB who can execute the speed option and zone read. And yet, Drew Allar, a 6'5 statue, was their QB.
2. Their defensive strength is their pass rush, and yet teams weren't worried about that pass rush because Penn State can't score enough to make the pass rush dangerous.
3. Their receivers are really bad and that position truly became Franklin's Cryptonite. The following Husker opponents actually better at receiver:
- Cincinnati
- Michigan State
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- USC
- UCLA
Their run defense has been really bad this season. You can tell they thought every opponent would be playing catch up, and forced to throw the football. That clearly hasn't happened.
They run the ball well behind a good offensive line and solid running backs. But their defense is pedestrian outside of 3rd and long. And their pass catchers aren't concerning anyone in the league.
