Welcome to the HuskerMax BBS - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Huskers - Football http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/ Five Time National Champions Football Forum. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:02:12 GMT vBulletin 1 http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/images/misc/rss.png Welcome to the HuskerMax BBS - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Huskers - Football http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/ <![CDATA[What's Killing Us: Field Position, Turnovers, and Penalties ... The Numbers]]> http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48393-What-s-Killing-Us-Field-Position-Turnovers-and-Penalties-The-Numbers&goto=newpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:38:21 GMT I examined four statistical categories: Punt Return Defense. Kick Return Defense. Turnover Margin. Penalty Yards Per Game. These are the sneaky stats that can make the effort from the offense or defense appear better or worse. They can give your team an advantage. Or they can make things more difficult than they should be. Field position. Turnovers. Penalties. Excel in those categories, and you can make a good team great. Struggle, and your team will likely not reach its potential.... I examined four statistical categories: Punt Return Defense. Kick Return Defense. Turnover Margin. Penalty Yards Per Game.

These are the sneaky stats that can make the effort from the offense or defense appear better or worse. They can give your team an advantage. Or they can make things more difficult than they should be. Field position. Turnovers. Penalties. Excel in those categories, and you can make a good team great. Struggle, and your team will likely not reach its potential.

Here's the results, 2000-2012 seasons (prior to 2000 was not available on NCAA.com)...

Punt Return Yardage Defense. Year/Yards Allowed Per Punt Return/National Rank



Kick Return Yardage Defense. Year/Yards Allowed Per Kickoff Return/National Rank



Turnover Margin. Year/Turnover Margin (Turnovers Gained minus Turnovers Lost)/National Rank



Penalty Yardage. Year/Penalty Yardage Per Game/National Rank



And here's the numbers, by head coach (though Solich is limited to 2000-04).

Average Punt Return Defense...
Pelini: 10.9 yards. 91st national rank.
Callahan: 6.3 yards. 24th national rank.
Solich: 10.3 yards. 62nd national rank.

Average Kick Return Defense...
Pelini: 22.3 yards. 73rd national rank.
Callahan: 20.6 yards. 53rd national rank.
Solich: 19.8 yards. 53rd national rank.

Average Turnover Margin...
Pelini: -0.3 turnovers. 75th national rank.
Callahan: -0.7 turnovers. 89th national rank.
Solich: +0.5 turnovers. 45th national rank.

Average Penalty Yardage Per Game...
Pelini: 62.0 yards. 96th national rank.
Callahan: 50.4 yards. 47th national rank.
Solich: 55.8 yards. 47th national rank.

Here's the average national rank of all four categories combined, by year:



And if you wish to combine all years, by coach... Average National Rank of the Four Categories ...

Pelini: 84
Callahan: 53
Solich: 52

A lot could be derived from this. More numbers could be crunched. But what I get from it is pretty simple. Pelini-coached teams are hurting themselves with a combination of allowing the opposition solid field position, allowing the other team to take away the ball more than the Huskers gain, and putting the team into larger holes with too many penalties. These are the little things that really aren't so little. This is what is hampering Pelini's teams from being as good as they could be. Special teams. Mental mistakes. They make a defense look worse than they are. They make an offense less effective than it could be. All but one season (2009) saw Pelini's teams rank lower in these categories combined than all of the Callahan (ugh) and Solich seasons. You wish know what I think needs fixing more than anything else? It's all in this analysis. ]]> Football HuskerWeatherman http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48393-What-s-Killing-Us-Field-Position-Turnovers-and-Penalties-The-Numbers Offensive Depth http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48385-Offensive-Depth&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:15:49 GMT It seems like the Husker staff has developed a ton of depth on the offensive side of the football. Close to three deep at each position. Three deep in the line could be a stretch but everywhere else there seems to be depth. Running back with Cross, Frazier, and the two freshmen, WR seems to be loaded. Spring Game certainly showed some promising players at the TE position, fullback position looks good, and with Kellogg and Armstrong there seems to be enough potential at QB to be successful. With... It seems like the Husker staff has developed a ton of depth on the offensive side of the football. Close to three deep at each position. Three deep in the line could be a stretch but everywhere else there seems to be depth. Running back with Cross, Frazier, and the two freshmen, WR seems to be loaded. Spring Game certainly showed some promising players at the TE position, fullback position looks good, and with Kellogg and Armstrong there seems to be enough potential at QB to be successful. With the recent transfer it looks like there may even be some competition in the kicking game.
It would be great to develop this kind of depth on the defensive side of the ball. Seems like the secondary is the only position where there may be any kind of depth. ]]> Football YUENGLING http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48385-Offensive-Depth Cleats: http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48379-Cleats&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:19 GMT https://twitter.com/NUequipment/status/347013529079013377/photo/1 For you uniform watchers. https://twitter.com/NUequipment/stat...013377/photo/1


For you uniform watchers. ]]> Football Native http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48379-Cleats Tarriq Allen Recovery http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48373-Tarriq-Allen-Recovery&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:50:48 GMT Does anyone know how well Taariq Allen is recovering from his knee injury? Does anyone know how well Taariq Allen is recovering from his knee injury? ]]> Football YUENGLING http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48373-Tarriq-Allen-Recovery Alabama QB Recruit http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48367-Alabama-QB-Recruit&goto=newpost Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:33:20 GMT http://espn.go.com/college-sports/re...a-crimson-tide

I coached this kid a few years back. Wish he wasn't going to play for Saban. ;)

Good luck, David! ]]> Football huskrthill http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48367-Alabama-QB-Recruit Offseason? What offseason...? http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48365-Offseason-What-offseason&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:18:48 GMT While you bums have been sitting around perusing McKewon and Sipple the past few months, I have been putting this football program back in the national spotlight.

Take last weekend for example.

#10 Notre Dame @ #2 Nebraska. Week 7 of the 2013 college football season.

After a back and forth game, NU pulls out a W, 56-39. More importantly: three of the nation's best recruits for the 2014 class were in Lincoln for the game. Their names? Rave Dimington, Eric Slouch, and Nbongmkong Suhn. After the victory, they're all a lock.

This is the kind of fantasy world I live in during the offseason. Jealous? Start playing "NCAA Football 13" on PS3 or Xbox 360 and you'll know what I mean. Not a gamer? Don't care. Get into video games to play this video game. You are Bo, bro. Actually, you're kinda Mark Emmert... Recruiting, scheduling, conference re-alignments, it's all there. It's basically Dungeons and Dragons for Nebraska nerds. Pick it up. Or wait until next month when '14 comes out. B1G QB Denard Robinson graces the cover this year.

You're welcome.
:nod: ]]> Football http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48365-Offseason-What-offseason Penn State Picked by Many to Upset Nebraska http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48361-Penn-State-Picked-by-Many-to-Upset-Nebraska&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:49:25 GMT Please please let's NOT lose to this team.
Is anyone else just plain tired of this?http://sports.yahoo.com/news/former-...03--ncaaf.html
 ]]> Football YUENGLING http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48361-Penn-State-Picked-by-Many-to-Upset-Nebraska Eric Crouch: Dave Humm. An inspiration to all. He is always so positive (great photo) http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48352-Eric-Crouch-Dave-Humm-An-inspiration-to-all-He-is-always-so-positive-(great-photo)&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:25:29 GMT Indeed....:) croucheric (https://twitter.com/croucheric)Eric Crouch Dave Humm. An inspiration to all. He is always so positive Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BM9pTpGCUAEwlMc.jpg:large Indeed....:)


crouchericEric Crouch Dave Humm. An inspiration to all. He is always so positive



]]> Football Red Reign http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48352-Eric-Crouch-Dave-Humm-An-inspiration-to-all-He-is-always-so-positive-(great-photo) Father of the Year http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48340-Father-of-the-Year&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:33:19 GMT A belated Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there. I did a little piece on a dad that inspires me: Andy Hoffman.

I meant to share this earlier, but I was busy spending the day with my kiddos.

Hope you enjoy.

http://feitcanwrite.com/2013/06/16/father-of-the-year/ ]]> Football Dave Feit http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48340-Father-of-the-Year Carl Pelini Hires Cheerleading Coach to be His Director of Football Operations http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48315-Carl-Pelini-Hires-Cheerleading-Coach-to-be-His-Director-of-Football-Operations&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:23:16 GMT ---Quote--- BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The conversation was loud enough for FAU coach Carl Pelini to overhear on the bus ride to the airport during a football road trip last season. Cheerleading coach Heather Henderson was on the phone, rattling off a list of things she had to do for her athletes at her cheerleading gym. As the owner, Henderson was in charge of day-to-day operations, planning trips, dealing with athletes and parents, and coordinating schedules all while making sure the gym...
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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The conversation was loud enough for FAU coach Carl Pelini to overhear on the bus ride to the airport during a football road trip last season.


Cheerleading coach Heather Henderson was on the phone, rattling off a list of things she had to do for her athletes at her cheerleading gym. As the owner, Henderson was in charge of day-to-day operations, planning trips, dealing with athletes and parents, and coordinating schedules all while making sure the gym ran smoothly and efficiently.


As Pelini listened, he realized he needed somebody with that exact skill set to help him with on-campus recruiting. So he turned to Henderson and asked whether she would be interested in working with the football program as the director of football operations.
More, plus video interview of the new Director of Football Operations, at the link:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/...perations-role ]]> Football HuskerWeatherman http://forum.huskermax.com/vbbs/showthread.php?48315-Carl-Pelini-Hires-Cheerleading-Coach-to-be-His-Director-of-Football-Operations