Defensive Stats - and other silliness

Carolina Husker — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:01:17 -0000

"Five Big 12 teams are ranked 91st or worse nationally in pass defense. Colorado is No. 91 (245 ypg), Texas No. 98 (261 ypg), Nebraska is No. 103 (269.7 ypg), Texas Tech is No. 105 (272.7 ypg) and Missouri is No. 109 (293.7 ypg). … Kansas is sixth nationally in pass offense (347 ypg) but 102nd in rushing offense. The Jayhawks are last in kickoff returns. In seven returns this season, Marcus Herford is averaging 9.3 yards. Kansas was seventh nationally in kick returns last season, led by Herford, who averaged 28.7 yards per return and was named the Big 12's special teams player of the year. … Iowa State is 115th nationally in net punting (26.0 ypp). … Texas A&M is 114th in rush defense, giving up 235.5 yards per game on the ground. "

I found this discussion on rivals.com and it got me to thinking: "If , at the end of the year, were able to statistically separate those teams who played against the "spread" and those teams which did not or very seldom - you will find those that played againest the "spread" more often or not, will all be rated very low and appear to be lame defensively.

I will bet that a team that wins the mythical defensive title (finishing #1, etc. ) will be one of those teams NOT playing against the spread - especially in the Passing statistical areas- regularly.

A new method for evaluating defensive statistics needs to be generated in order to compare apples to apples.

Any thoughts on this?

Is this correct or am I missing something?

Carolina Husker — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:26:41 -0000

I found the following information on the Husker Media Notes - I assume this is a release from the Nebraska SID.

Joe Ganz had a career-long 32-yard run in the first quarter. The 32-yard run by Quarterback Joe Ganz had a career-long 32-yard run in the first quarter. The 32-yard run by Ganz was the longest by a Nebraska quarterback since Jammal Lord had a 66-yard run in the 2003 Alamo Bowl against Michigan State.

Am I wrong or didn't Eric Crouch have a longer run than that in the Missouri game, you highlight run that we show in every highlight reel? What am I not seeing here?

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Defensive Stats - and other silliness

Is this correct or am I missing something?