Dana Holgerson Offense - What do we need?

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I'm hoping Clark earns more of a role. As much as we've tried and mostly failed to throw the fade this year, I'd like to see him earn some chances in the red zone

 

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I know you know it’s early, but you were projecting 500yds/game, which i just don’t think is a realistic expectation. For reference:



I’m not sure how you quantify group C, but A+B is 2400-2600 yards. Let’s call it 3000 yards from WR. Correct me if I’m overstating your projections.

For TE you’ve got 400. RB you’ve got 400.

That’d be 3800 yards passing not counting miscellaneous yards from other TE, WR, RB.

It’s safe to say you were projecting 4000 yards passing. That’s A LOT. Especially when combined with wanting 2000 yards rushing.

So 500yds/game is the goal/expectation. To put that into context Nebraska’s past two years:

2024 - 353yds/game
2023 - 312yds/game

Further context….

B10 leader in offense YPG
2024 - Oregon/USC - 437ypg
2023 - Ohio State - 407ypg
2022 - Ohio State - 490ypg
2021 - Ohio state - 561ypg (next closest 447)

So I mean, 500 is doable, but it hasn’t happened since 2021 and that OSU offense was unreal.

I know where you based the numbers off, but West Virginia in a weak conference with a heisman candidate QB is not a good comp.

Our goal should be 425yds/game. Anything more is gravy.

So yes if you take 4000 passing yards and 2000 rush yards , add them up and divide it by a 12 game schedule it comes out to be 500 yards per game.

But if you take it 3800 (Will Greier’s number in 2018) and 2000 rush yards (which we won’t get to this year; but I’m keeping this here for the sake of the conversation) and divide it by 13 (number of games 2018 WVU numbers were based off of) you get to about 445.