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Locked due to no posts in 60 days. Report 1st post if need unlocked WHO WILL BE NEBRASKA'S NEXT OC?

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I think a good coach will do what he thinks gives him the best chance. At osu maybe qb's and/or receivers were more often stronger than his rb's? Who knows...not too worried about it really. He doesn't strike me as a guy who will try to drive square peg into a round hole.
 

Teams playing catch-up normally tend to throw the football a lot, I would guess that may have a lot to do with some of the passing numbers coming out of OSU. Florida State is 101st in the country in rushing offense and they are 13-0.

Year Champs Rushing (yds/gm) Rank OSU numbers are in ()
2013 FSU 203 (94) 28 (117)
2012 Alabama 228 (124) 16 (102)
2011 Alabama 215 (87) 16 (118)
2010 Auburn 285 (120) 5 (97)
2009 Alabama 215 (140) 12 (67)
2008 Florida 231 (158) 10 (49)

So it looks like a good rushing offense is pretty important but good teams normally run a lot because they are trying to salt away clock, so some of this data may be more misleading.
 
HuskerNCorpus said:
I would be very surprised if he doesn't run the ball more here than he did at Oregon State.

First, he said he wants to adjust to the talent he has on the team. Secondly, he's not in the Pac12 anymore. Third, he will have more talent to work with here which means there will likely be more games in which Nebraska has the lead as opposed to Nebraska trying to catch up.

There will be an obvious difference, IMO. I'd be willing to place a friendly wager that Nebraska will run the ball on at least 50% of its attempts in 2015.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see us run more than pass next year because we will either have a qb with some limitation in the passing game or a first time starter. I will be surprised if the ratio doesn't drift back to what Riley did at OSU as he recruits players to fit his system. I also suspect the success of his tenure at NU will depend more on the performance of Banker's defense than the run-pass ratio.
 
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HuskerNCorpus said:
wheat said:
Was his balance different in his 9 win seasons relative to the losing seasons? He had some years with records very similar to what we've seen the past 7 years. I'm too lazy to look but I don't recall a striking difference. Unless he hires an OC with a different background and turns over play calling duties (I don't think either will happen and would bring its own set of concerns if it did) I think what you see is what you get.
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I would be very surprised if he doesn't run the ball more here than he did at Oregon State.

First, he said he wants to adjust to the talent he has on the team. Secondly, he's not in the Pac12 anymore. Third, he will have more talent to work with here which means there will likely be more games in which Nebraska has the lead as opposed to Nebraska trying to catch up.

There will be an obvious difference, IMO. I'd be willing to place a friendly wager that Nebraska will run the ball on at least 50% of its attempts in 2015.
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That's not saying much at all.

I'd be willing to bet that his run/pass ratio will be very close to what it has always been, which means his team will throw the ball more than the national average.
 
huskrthill said:
You guys really need to start reading what's actually written rather than making up things in your heads.

It's unfortunate that you don't care for Mike Riley's preferred style of offense. I really hope it doesn't cause you to turn against the team and try to drag them down again.
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Link please...
 
GoldenHusker said:
huskrthill said:
You guys really need to start reading what's actually written rather than making up things in your heads.

It's unfortunate that you don't care for Mike Riley's preferred style of offense. I really hope it doesn't cause you to turn against the team and try to drag them down again.
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Link please...
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Why else would you be so adamant in your belief that Riley will make wholesale changes to his offensive philosophy? Why not just embrace what he likes to do?
 




huskrthill said:
Why else would you be so adamant in your belief that Riley will make wholesale changes to his offensive philosophy? Why not just embrace what he likes to do?
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You claimed that I made some statements. Either provide a link, or just admit that you're lying.
 
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Here are Riley's offensive numbers in his second tenure at OSU. What he will do is somewhat up in the air but I think he will do what he needs to do to win.

Oregon Sate Offence During Mike Riley's 2nd Tenure
Year
Overall Record
Total Offense
TO Rank
Pass Offense
PO Rank
Rushing Offense
RO Rank
Ave Pass Attempts
Ave Rush Attempts
2003

Oregon State
8-4
463
10
328
6
135
74
41.1
40.5
2004
Oregon State
7–5
380
56
309
7
70.7
120/120
44.3
31.5
2005
Oregon State
5–6
419
34
297
10
123
86
41.7
37.3
2006
Oregon State
10–4
361
45
242
24
118
81
30.4
33.9
2007
Oregon State
9–4
372
79
197
87
175
41
33.7
41.6
2008
Oregon State
9–4
407
30
249
30
158
49
34.5
37.5
2009
Oregon State
8–5
411
34
271
27
140
67
36.8
33.8
2010
Oregon State
5–7
327
94
207
71
120
97
31.3
32
2011
Oregon State
3–9
374
73
287
19
87
118
41.9
26.5
2012
Oregon State
9–4
432
43
307
20
124
102
38.8
34.0
2013
Oregon State
7–6
467
26
373
3
94
117
48.0
27.3
2014
Oregon State
5–7
394
75
275
32
118
113
39.3
31.3

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Couple years there where it's pretty out of whack but seems his better teams were 50%+ in favor of the run.
 
GoldenHusker said:
huskrthill said:
Why else would you be so adamant in your belief that Riley will make wholesale changes to his offensive philosophy? Why not just embrace what he likes to do?
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You claimed that I made some statements. Either provide a link, or just admit that you're lying.
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Maybe I'm wrong. If so, I'll admit it. Do you like the pass heavy style of offense preferred by Coach Riley?
 

bilsker said:
Couple years there where it's pretty out of whack but seems his better teams were 50%+ in favor of the run.
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Most teams do average more runs than passes; that doesn't tell us anything. If his better teams were more committed to the run, why didn't he stick with recruiting to that?

Regardless, whatever he does here, I hope it works.
 
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