SoonerShay
12/2/2010, 01:55 PM
Lets just take out those absolutely pathetic non-conference teams they played this year, though I'm sure W.Ky, Idaho, SDSU and Washington are formidable opponents. We are going to only look at conference games played, even though we did not play exactly the same teams this year. I will be transparent with the numbers.
NU fans keep making a big deal about rushing defense and how suspect we are in it.
We are ranked second in the conference in rushing defense behind A&M - http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category01/sort01.html
NU is ranked 6th. We have allowed more yards per carry at 4.38 to 3.95, and 1 more rushing TD 8 to 7.
NU has the #1 passing defense in the league, we are ranked 3rd. They best us by 50 yards per game. NU has a 103 efficiency rating and OUrs is 105. We have allowed 1 less TD, have 2 more interceptions, allow less yards per attempt 5.4 to 5.6, and face over 10 more attempts per game 38 to 27.
http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category02/sort02.html
We are the best passing offense in the BIG12, we have faced numbers 2 through 8 in the conference and ISU at 10th. NU will be the worst pass offense we face, KU is dead last in the conference and we didn't get to face them this year. NU faced 12 through 5 (minus 11th which is NU) then skipped to 2nd which is okie state.
Last year they were getting over 7TFL per game, this year they are at 4TFL per game. We are down from 7TFL to 6TFL per game. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/offense/split07/category21/sort01.html
Sacks and Sacks allowed - NU had allowed 11 sacks this year, 2nd in conference to osu. We have allowed 12 sacks this year 4th in conference. Except NU has attempted 163 passes and we have 371 attempts. Every 14 attempts they give up a sack and every 30 attempts we give 1 up. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category20/sort01.html
They have 20 sacks to OUr 16, this number doesn't tell a whole lot really. Both teams are all over the board. Like NU got to Gabbert 6 times and us 0, but they got to Gilbert 0 times and we got him 3. Biggest difference I see, is we didn't get to face KU who gives up the most sacks in the conference.
Scoring defense - NU is 2nd at 18.8 per and we are 3rd at 21.4 per. We all know we have given up 3 kickoff return TD's and a pick 6 this year. Without those scores we actually would be #2 in the conference instead of NU. I can't say for certain though because NU could of also gave up a pick 6 or fumble recovery for 6. They haven't given up any special teams touchdowns though. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category09/sort01.html
In summary, NU will be the best rush offense we have faced this year ahead of Baylor. We will be the best pass offense they have faced ahead of osu.
NU will be the worst passing offense we see this year, they have faced 4 worse rushing teams than us already.
OUr secondary isn't really that far from theirs, yet perception tells us they have a shut down secondary but we don't.
OUr scoring defense might actually be better, but perception makes it seem as though we give a ton of points and they hold teams to field goals.
We have the #1 scoring offense in the conference, tied with osu. NU is 5th.
NU will point out we faced TT, Baylor and osu the last few games. I will point out they faced Colorado and Kansas, the 2 worst scoring defenses in the league. They only managed 20 against KU somehow too. I didn't see the NU/A&M game but we all know A&M needed 3 goal line stands and a James Hanna dropped TD to hold us to 19. NU had 6.
NU fans keep making a big deal about rushing defense and how suspect we are in it.
We are ranked second in the conference in rushing defense behind A&M - http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category01/sort01.html
NU is ranked 6th. We have allowed more yards per carry at 4.38 to 3.95, and 1 more rushing TD 8 to 7.
NU has the #1 passing defense in the league, we are ranked 3rd. They best us by 50 yards per game. NU has a 103 efficiency rating and OUrs is 105. We have allowed 1 less TD, have 2 more interceptions, allow less yards per attempt 5.4 to 5.6, and face over 10 more attempts per game 38 to 27.
http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category02/sort02.html
We are the best passing offense in the BIG12, we have faced numbers 2 through 8 in the conference and ISU at 10th. NU will be the worst pass offense we face, KU is dead last in the conference and we didn't get to face them this year. NU faced 12 through 5 (minus 11th which is NU) then skipped to 2nd which is okie state.
Last year they were getting over 7TFL per game, this year they are at 4TFL per game. We are down from 7TFL to 6TFL per game. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/offense/split07/category21/sort01.html
Sacks and Sacks allowed - NU had allowed 11 sacks this year, 2nd in conference to osu. We have allowed 12 sacks this year 4th in conference. Except NU has attempted 163 passes and we have 371 attempts. Every 14 attempts they give up a sack and every 30 attempts we give 1 up. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category20/sort01.html
They have 20 sacks to OUr 16, this number doesn't tell a whole lot really. Both teams are all over the board. Like NU got to Gabbert 6 times and us 0, but they got to Gilbert 0 times and we got him 3. Biggest difference I see, is we didn't get to face KU who gives up the most sacks in the conference.
Scoring defense - NU is 2nd at 18.8 per and we are 3rd at 21.4 per. We all know we have given up 3 kickoff return TD's and a pick 6 this year. Without those scores we actually would be #2 in the conference instead of NU. I can't say for certain though because NU could of also gave up a pick 6 or fumble recovery for 6. They haven't given up any special teams touchdowns though. http://www.cfbstats.com/2010/leader/25354/team/defense/split07/category09/sort01.html
In summary, NU will be the best rush offense we have faced this year ahead of Baylor. We will be the best pass offense they have faced ahead of osu.
NU will be the worst passing offense we see this year, they have faced 4 worse rushing teams than us already.
OUr secondary isn't really that far from theirs, yet perception tells us they have a shut down secondary but we don't.
OUr scoring defense might actually be better, but perception makes it seem as though we give a ton of points and they hold teams to field goals.
We have the #1 scoring offense in the conference, tied with osu. NU is 5th.
NU will point out we faced TT, Baylor and osu the last few games. I will point out they faced Colorado and Kansas, the 2 worst scoring defenses in the league. They only managed 20 against KU somehow too. I didn't see the NU/A&M game but we all know A&M needed 3 goal line stands and a James Hanna dropped TD to hold us to 19. NU had 6.