Week 6: Buttgers- Depth Chart, Notes, Odds & Ends, Etc

[nscottie]

I will start the Official Al Gore Apology thread given that it's going to be 95 in fucking October at the only game I'm going to all year

We’re sending the shit we’re having in Phoenix right now to the rest of the country. Was wonderful weather for a couple of weeks and then horrible heat wave hit. Summer all over again

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

The math ain't mathing with Card as the QB when there are 2 Huskers on that defense.

He was 18-25 for 174 yards, 1 TD & 1 INT. Negative yards rushing AND receiving (lol).

I know it's a scouting grade, but you can't tell me a guy with that stat line was balling out better than any QB in the conference.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

We’re sending the shit we’re having in Phoenix right now to the rest of the country. Was wonderful weather for a couple of weeks and then horrible heat wave hit. Summer all over again

Somehow, someway, I always knew deep down in my heart that this is @BingoDingo 's fault

 

[Carm]

 

[Carm]

 

[Juro]

Probably, but I hope not.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

You better come to the tailgate then

I'm out of town that day.


I'll try my best.

 

[Carm]

 

[herbsinator]

Will Nebraska be ranked again after we beat Buttgers? Thank you.

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Pipe Line]

Will Nebraska be ranked again after we beat Buttgers? Thank you.

Personally think it'll be a "how did they win?" type game in order to be ranked. I think right at 25 if we win by 7-10.

 

[Toe]

Looking at some numbers.

We have the #15 rushing defense right now. But we played Colorado (#124 rush offense), Illinois (#98), Purdoodoo (#79), UTEP (#126), and an FCS team. It would be hard not to be a top-rated rush defense with that kind of schedule. Against a good rushing team, the numbers ain't gonna be so pretty.

And as it happens, Buttgers is #12...

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

actually, I like Rhule's explanation. Let Dowdell wear the D down a bit, then bring in a fresh EJ

Hard to wear down a D when you run for 1 yard on 1st down then are forced to pass.

IMO you run out EJ and in the 2nd half you bring in the physical guy after you actually have gained rushing yards.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Looking at some numbers.

We have the #15 rushing defense right now. But we played Colorado (#124 rush offense), Illinois (#98), Purdoodoo (#79), UTEP (#126), and an FCS team. It would be hard not to be a top-rated rush defense with that kind of schedule. Against a good rushing team, the numbers ain't gonna be so pretty.

And as it happens, Buttgers is #12...

A stat I always thought would be super insightful but that I haven't seen anyone track anywhere, is how a team does relative to their opponents' averages.

i.e. if CU averages 80 ypg rushing and we hold them to 60, we've overperformed in that aspect by 20 yards. If Army averages 330 ypg rushing & we hold them to 220, we've overperformed by 110. If Purdoodoo averaged 50 ypg rushing & we gave up 80, we've underperformed by 30, so what looks good statistically in a vacuum is put in context. Then you rank teams by who's overperforming the most.

As the season develops, you really get to see which aspects your team under or overperforms in, relative to the competition.

I know we have some stat nerds here that love to work on these things - the trick is ideally you need to update every team's stats every week, and get them in some standardized format so that you can just have Excel formulas or something giving you updated stats based on the newest averages.

 

[Cornicator]

Looking at some numbers.

We have the #15 rushing defense right now. But we played Colorado (#124 rush offense), Illinois (#98), Purdoodoo (#79), UTEP (#126), and an FCS team. It would be hard not to be a top-rated rush defense with that kind of schedule. Against a good rushing team, the numbers ain't gonna be so pretty.

And as it happens, Buttgers is #12...

Purdoodoo was 32nd nationally in rushing going into last week's game. In fact, it was a pretty obnoxious listening to Husker media talking about the matchup with "Crazy Legs Mockobee."

Nebraska shut them down, and now they have slid way back in that national rushing list.

Also can we stop acting like Illinois and Buttgers have similar running games? Illinois runs the football almost exclusively out of the RPO. Buttgers is going to run the ball downhill

 

[nja13]

I'd just like to point out that I have personally attended every Husker win this year, and was absent from our loss.
Don't tell me a single fan can't affect the outcome of games.

 

[Lionsfan93]

I'd just like to point out that I have personally attended every Husker win this year, and was absent from our loss.
Don't tell me a single fan can't affect the outcome of games.

Will u be there satttaday?

Need to know for degenerate gambling reasons...

 

[Juro]

Need to know for degenerate gambling reasons...

I think the odds are 50/50 on that.

 

[nja13]

Will u be there satttaday?

Need to know for degenerate gambling reasons...

I WILL be.