Things that make me sad (and optimistic)
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December 4, 2006 by
There are a number of reasons to be disappointed with the Husker's performance on Saturday. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is all of the missed opportunities.
Consider:
- NU's offense ran 71 total plays. OU ran 63.
- Of NU's 71 plays, 42 saw the ball snapped on OU's side of the field.
- Of OU's 63 plays, only 14 were snaps taken in NU territory.
- In the third quarter, NU ran 11 plays in Sooner territory before OU had run a single play from beyond its own 15-yard line.
- In the 4th quarter alone, NU had 19 snaps that were in OU territory, while OU had ZERO snaps in NU territory. (That doesn't include the 31-yard pass to Lucky that was from NU's 49-yard line.)
- Of OU's 14 snaps on NU's side of the field, 7 came on their 99-yard drive. One other, obviously, was on the 2-yard run on their offense's first play of the game.
The game was there for the taking, because the plays were there for the making. NU just didn't make them.
"Harry Truman" on the excellent Big Red Board is the source for these stats.
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RU4OU2 Dec 04 06
You forgot the most inportant stat of all
OU 21 and NU 7
darren Dec 04 06
RU,
That one was kind of assumed. But, thanks for the super polite reminder in case I had forgotten.
Enjoy it. See you next year.
renny Dec 04 06
Thanks RU...I forgot.
Just remember that if Texas takes care of business, you don't play in the game at all. Congratulations for winning this year. But don't take it for granted...
I believe (and I have been wrong before. Hell, I'm a weatherman) the topic of discussion is that we HAD the opportunity to make that final score a lot different, and failed to seize opportunity.
You must be a Rex Grossman fan as well.