Tracking Nebraska's Defensive Progress in 2013

[Tomhusker]

I just read the article on ESPN and came here to post about it.

That part where some of the defenders thought they played well. I guess I know what players can be riding the bench.

BENCHED Ankrah, Randle, Mitchell, and Green.

Two defensive players that need to be on the field Gregory and Baptiste.

I will throw in Cooper, Evans and Moss for the next three. I think Valentine should be in there, and I would put in Collins(he seems to play angry).

Linebackers were expected to be green. No idea which one to put in. They just need to step up and make plays. Just one of them. Which one is hungry? Who wants to be the DUDE?

Banderas, Santos, Rose, Anderson look good and look bad. Has Afalava played? Nathan Gerry has not shown me much, my biggest disappointment but he did not play LB in high school technically.

The last Dback spot, might as well put in LeRoy Alexander since Seisay, Rose, and Jackson don't seem to want to step up.

No wonder the defense blows dead frogs. The only two that want to be out there are Gregory and Baptiste. When the other team has eleven playing against two, it is pretty easy to score.

PS: SDSU benched Zach Zenner to save him for NDSU this week. Imagine a team benching a player that is sort of hurt. Nebraska should keep Taylor benched until graduation, or until the forward pass is made illegal.

fify

 

[corn train]

2 gap talk from McBride

“(The two-gap player) has to be able to have great strength,” he told Hail Varsity Radio earlier this week. “You have to have good hand strength, good position and you have to be ready to play both of those gaps. The thing is with it, you can’t make a mistake.”

“It’s not an easy deal but it does do one thing,” McBride said. “If you’re over the center, it really makes it tough for him to get off on the linebackers and that’s key. The linebackers have a chance to move better when he doesn’t have people on him or coming out after him.”

“When you’re playing two-gap, of course, you’re a team that reads,” McBride said. “You’re really not a terrific attacking team. The strength factor is huge. You have to be a really strong person to do that.”

“If you don’t have a defensive line, you can go home,” McBride said. “To me, they better be your better football players in most cases. If they’re going to let people off on linebackers, if they’re not going to play their gap responsibilities, you can’t win.”

We have none of this going for us. If just one player makes a single wrong read then what we have is like the 1st Qt sdsu

 

[Red_Alert]

Dobson!!!

 

[corn train]

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

After Week 4:

Last week's rankings in parenthesis........improvements highlighted in GREEN, otherwise highlighted in RED.

Out of 125 teams....

Total Defense - #108 (106)
Rushing Defense - #84 (72)
Passing Defense - #108 (116)
Scoring Defense - #72 (85)
Sacks - #27 (74)
Tackles for loss - #33 (34)
Opponent First Downs - #118 (119)
Plays of 10+ yards given up - #124 (122)

 

[Red_Alert]

Nice avi, sailor

 

[Red_Alert]

Heard today that Nebraska gives up 10+ yds on 1st down 35% of the time.

LMAO

 

[tometom]

I just read the article on ESPN and came here to post about it.

That part where some of the defenders thought they played well. I guess I know what players can be riding the bench.

BENCHED Ankrah, Randle, Mitchell, and Green.

Two defensive players that need to be on the field Gregory and Baptiste.

I will throw in Cooper, Evans and Moss for the next three. I think Valentine should be in there, and I would put in Collins(he seems to play angry).

Linebackers were expected to be green. No idea which one to put in. They just need to step up and make plays. Just one of them. Which one is hungry? Who wants to be the DUDE?

Banderas, Santos, Rose, Anderson look good and look bad. Has Afalava played? Nathan Gerry has not shown me much, my biggest disappointment but he did not play LB in high school technically.

The last Dback spot, might as well put in LeRoy Alexander since Seisay, Rose, and Jackson don't seem to want to step up.

No wonder the defense blows dead frogs. The only two that want to be out there are Gregory and Baptiste. When the other team has eleven playing against two, it is pretty easy to score.

PS: SDSU benched Zach Zenner to save him for NDSU this week. Imagine a team benching a player that is sort of hurt. Nebraska should keep Taylor benched until Northwestern or until Tommy A. proves he can't be the starter.

pretty much agree with everything you are saying here.

I think Zaire is the best LB right now. He's flying around and doing exactly what we wanted, he's making mistakes but he's doing it at 100mph. I think they have to just let Banderas play, I know you need to fix it this year or your fired, but that kid looks way better than Santos does out there. Gerry should be at Safety, not LB, but maybe given enough time he can be good. Charles Jackson should get a shot at safety in the next game, can't be any worse than what we've put out there.

 

[corn train]

Dobson!!!

DB brought this up directly on USC today, it's getting some face time

 

[Brasky]

Neb has allowed the 2nd most plays of 10 yds or more in the country. (79) Only 0-4 NMSU has allowed more. I'm gonna go cry in the fetal position now.

 

[HuskerInSecLand]

Second place is just not good enough. I have confidence in this team. They will claim the 1st most plays.

 

[blkflagmafia]

2 gap talk from McBride





We have none of this going for us. If just one player makes a single wrong read then what we have is like the 1st Qt sdsu

Exactly! And teams know this

Here some that really funny the strongest person pound for pound lift wise is AA
Next is I think one of the fullbacks or OL

If you don't have strong DL YOU HAVE TO FUCKING ATTACK

 

[blkflagmafia]

I just read the article on ESPN and came here to post about it.

That part where some of the defenders thought they played well. I guess I know what players can be riding the bench.

BENCHED Ankrah, Randle, Mitchell, and Green.

Two defensive players that need to be on the field Gregory and Baptiste.

I will throw in Cooper, Evans and Moss for the next three. I think Valentine should be in there, and I would put in Collins(he seems to play angry).

Linebackers were expected to be green. No idea which one to put in. They just need to step up and make plays. Just one of them. Which one is hungry? Who wants to be the DUDE?

Banderas, Santos, Rose, Anderson look good and look bad. Has Afalava played? Nathan Gerry has not shown me much, my biggest disappointment but he did not play LB in high school technically.

The last Dback spot, might as well put in LeRoy Alexander since Seisay, Rose, and Jackson don't seem to want to step up.

No wonder the defense blows dead frogs. The only two that want to be out there are Gregory and Baptiste. When the other team has eleven playing against two, it is pretty easy to score.

PS: SDSU benched Zach Zenner to save him for NDSU this week. Imagine a team benching a player that is sort of hurt. Nebraska should keep Taylor benched until Northwestern or until Tommy A. proves he can't be the starter.

I agree to be honest I wanna see Tommie play against the illni our October slate is easy compared to November let Taylor rest it was refreshing to see beautiful deep passes screen that worked and ball placement where wr can run with it

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Neb has allowed the 2nd most plays of 10 yds or more in the country. (79) Only 0-4 NMSU has allowed more. I'm gonna go cry in the fetal position now.

Relax Brasky.....that is just the bending part.

The breaking part only happens 4 times a year

 

[HuskerinBig10]

Nebraska is a Top 20 offense and a Bottom 20 Defense.

Standings current as of September 29, 2013.

Source: NCAA® National Rankings



B1G Total Offense rankings

Team...............yards............B1G ranking............NCAA ranking

Indiana..............547.3.................1.......................9
Wisconsin...........518.0.................2......................13
Ohio State..........501.2.................3......................17
Nebraska............496.3.................4......................20
Northwestern.......483.3.................5......................30
Illinois.................478.5.................6......................35
Penn State..........461.3.................7......................45
Iowa..................447.4.................8......................48
Michigan.............409.3.................9......................65
Minnesota...........343.0................10.....................102
Michigan State......340.8................11.....................103
Purdue................301.6................12.....................116


Maryland.........................................................18
Rutgers..........................................................63


B1G Total Defense rankings

Team...............yards............B1G ranking............NCAA ranking

Michigan State......188.8.................1.......................1
Iowa...................265.6.................2.......................7
Wisconsin.............272.6.................3.......................8
Penn State............285.0.................4......................11
Ohio State............304.0.................5......................18
Michigan...............311.0.................6......................21
Minnesota.............391.0.................7......................61
Purdue.................413.6.................8......................79
Northwestern........426.8.................9......................88
Illinois..................432.0................10......................92
Indiana.................463.3................11.....................106
Nebraska..............463.8................12.....................107


Maryland............263.8.........................................6
Rutgers.............331.5........................................28

 

[Red_Alert]

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

After Week 5:

Last week's rankings in parenthesis........improvements highlighted in GREEN, otherwise highlighted in RED.

Out of 125 teams....

Total Defense - #99 (108)
Rushing Defense - #86 (84)
Passing Defense - #98 (108)
Scoring Defense - #57 (72)
Sacks - #34 (27)
Tackles for loss - #37 (33)
Opponent First Downs - #121 (118)
Plays of 10+ yards given up - #116 (124)

 

[HuskerinBig10]

B1G Total Offense rankings

Team...............yards............B1G ranking............NCAA ranking

BAYLOR..............779.5.........................................1

Indiana................535.0.................1.......................9
Wisconsin.............518.0.................2......................15
Nebraska..............501.2.................3......................19
Ohio State............492.8.................4......................20
Northwestern.........474.0.................5......................32
Illinois..................457.2.................6......................40
Penn State...........451.0.................7......................44
Iowa...................416.8.................8......................62
Michigan..............397.0.................9......................75
Michigan State......355.0................10.....................100
Minnesota............332.7................11.....................106
Purdue................301.6................12.....................117


Maryland.............445.6........................ ...............47
Rutgers..............422.8........................ ...............56

UCLA.................561.8........................................4
Wyoming..............516.2........................................16
Southern Miss........303.6.......................................116



B1G Total Defense rankings

Team....................yards............B1G ranking............NCAA ranking

Michigan State..........203.8.................1.......................1
Wisconsin.................272.6.................2.......................6
Iowa.......................290.0.................3......................11
Penn State...............325.2.................4......................18
Ohio State...............326.2.................5......................19
Michigan..................311.0.................6......................21
Minnesota................383.8.................7......................55
Purdue....................413.6.................8......................77
Northwestern...........426.8.................9......................87
Nebraska.................445.4................10.....................98
Illinois.....................449.8................11.....................102
Indiana...................452.6................12.....................104



Maryland............333.8........................................22
Rutgers.............376.8........................................71


UCLA................354.8........................................34
Southern Miss.......379.8........................................53
Wyoming.............427.8........................................86
New Mexico State....578.5........................................123/128

 

[HuskerinBig10]

After Week 5:

Last week's rankings in parenthesis........improvements highlighted in GREEN, otherwise highlighted in RED.

Out of 125 teams....

Total Defense - #99 (108)
Rushing Defense - #86 (84)
Passing Defense - #98 (108)
Scoring Defense - #57 (72)
Sacks - #34 (27)
Tackles for loss - #37 (33)
Opponent First Downs - #121 (118)
Plays of 10+ yards given up - #116 (124)

YAY, Nebraska moved up in plays of 10+ yards given up. Cracked the top 120. Pass the Koolaid

 

[Jack_John_Mark]