Field Position

[Blakejc]

Been an issue during Frost's tenure, but after tracking it last year and this year I didn't realize how bad it actually was.

	Avg. Starting Field Position	Opponent Avg. Starting Field Position	Net Avg. Field Position
Huskers 2022	25.84	29.71	-3.87
Huskers 2021	25.76	28.44	-2.69

For reference:

	Top 10 Nationally	Top 40 Nationally	100th or worse nationally
Avg. Starting Field Position	32.1	30.2	27.3
Opponent Avg. Starting Field Position	26	28.1	30.8
Net Avg. Field Position	5.2	1.6	-2.7

We're one of the worst in the country at winning the field position battle and it costs us an incredible amount of hidden yardage every game.

@ Purdue we were -7.15 in net avg. field position (Our avg. SFP was 26.69, Purdue's was the 33.85). They essentially started every drive with a 7 yard advantage. a 93 yard total difference.
@ Rutgers we were -9.43 in net avg. field position (24.79 to 34.21). a 132 yard difference. Very lucky to win that game.

Not sure what can be done to improve in this area, but we're not good enough to gift the opponent a free 4 yards on every single drive. And how much better would be if we had the 4 yard advantage every drive?

 

[Jim14510]

Been an issue during Frost's tenure, but after tracking it last year and this year I didn't realize how bad it actually was.

	Avg. Starting Field Position	Opponent Avg. Starting Field Position	Net Avg. Field Position
Huskers 2022	25.84	29.71	-3.87
Huskers 2021	25.76	28.44	-2.69

For reference:

	Top 10 Nationally	Top 40 Nationally	100th or worse nationally
Avg. Starting Field Position	32.1	30.2	27.3
Opponent Avg. Starting Field Position	26	28.1	30.8
Net Avg. Field Position	5.2	1.6	-2.7

We're one of the worst in the country at winning the field position battle and it costs us an incredible amount of hidden yardage every game.

@ Purdoodoo we were -7.15 in net avg. field position (Our avg. SFP was 26.69, Purdoodoo's was the 33.85). They essentially started every drive with a 7 yard advantage. a 93 yard total difference.
@ Rutgers we were -9.43 in net avg. field position (24.79 to 34.21). a 132 yard difference. Very lucky to win that game.

Not sure what can be done to improve in this area, but we're not good enough to gift the opponent a free 4 yards on every single drive. And how much better would be if we had the 4 yard advantage every drive?

We should play better defense so they are punting from their 10 instead of their 40. Who was it that knows Busch? Let's get Billy on the phone.

 

[Irv]

Was thinking last night that Buschini is basically just serviceable (which does represent a significant upgrade). We should be able to find a better punter - nearly everyone else does.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Was thinking last night that Buschini is basically just serviceable (which does represent a significant upgrade). We should be able to find a better punter - nearly everyone else does.

I think he's hurting pretty bad and punting through it

 

[Jim14510]

I think he's hurting pretty bad and punting through it

I agree. He was the MVP on the year until he got hurt last week.