For those tired of hearing about Nebraska. I’m one of you. There’s not a team, even IU, where id root for Nebraska against that team. Sorry..
One reason we shouldn’t fear Nebraska that’s noted in many previews is that thought that mark whipple, their new OC, really just benefitted from having Kenny Pickett in a very down ACC.
but the real reason is the huge pickup that is Casey Thompson! I mean come on, he threw for 2000 yards (uh ok) at Texas.
much like diving into the 2004 football season at Purdue, let’s look at the passing yards allowed ranking of each of his opponents, then yards and td/int by Thompson in that game.
44 Kansas state 17-23 170 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Texas won 22-17
40 West Virginia 4-14 29 yards 0 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 31-23
81 Kansas 30-43 358 yards 6 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 57-56
11 Iowa state 2-6 2 yards 0 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 30-7
65 Baylor 23-38 280 yards 2 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 31-24
36 Oklahoma state 15-27 179 yards 1 TD 2 INT
Texas lost 32-24
109 Oklahoma 20-34 388 5 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 55-48
86 TCU 12-22 142 yards 1 TD 1 INT
Texas won 32-27
119 Texas Tech 18-23 303 yards 5 TD 1 INT
Texas won 70-35
123 Rice 15-18 164 yards 2 TD 1 INT
Texas won 58-0
41 Arkansas 5-8 57 yards 0 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 40-21
14 Louisiana 4-5 41 yards 1 TD 0 INT
Texas won 38-18
So he threw for 1049 yards 16 TD 2 INT against three teams rated 81st or below in pass defense, then in his 9 other games 1064 yards with 8 TD and 7 INT. What a pickup lol. I can see what all the hype is about now. By the way everyone outside of Nebraska in the Big Ten West was ranked in the top 46 in pass defense with an average ranking of 29th!! He even had a couple games where he sucked against shit pass defenses.
I can’t remember a more glaring indicator in all my time following college football that a team was going to perform so differently from expectations.
do media people even try? I’d be much more excited if my school picked up Jack plummer.. he was much better than this guy. Nebraska is going to finish 4th-6th in the division.
One reason we shouldn’t fear Nebraska that’s noted in many previews is that thought that mark whipple, their new OC, really just benefitted from having Kenny Pickett in a very down ACC.
but the real reason is the huge pickup that is Casey Thompson! I mean come on, he threw for 2000 yards (uh ok) at Texas.
much like diving into the 2004 football season at Purdue, let’s look at the passing yards allowed ranking of each of his opponents, then yards and td/int by Thompson in that game.
44 Kansas state 17-23 170 yds 1 TD 1 INT
Texas won 22-17
40 West Virginia 4-14 29 yards 0 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 31-23
81 Kansas 30-43 358 yards 6 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 57-56
11 Iowa state 2-6 2 yards 0 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 30-7
65 Baylor 23-38 280 yards 2 TD 1 INT
Texas lost 31-24
36 Oklahoma state 15-27 179 yards 1 TD 2 INT
Texas lost 32-24
109 Oklahoma 20-34 388 5 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 55-48
86 TCU 12-22 142 yards 1 TD 1 INT
Texas won 32-27
119 Texas Tech 18-23 303 yards 5 TD 1 INT
Texas won 70-35
123 Rice 15-18 164 yards 2 TD 1 INT
Texas won 58-0
41 Arkansas 5-8 57 yards 0 TD 0 INT
Texas lost 40-21
14 Louisiana 4-5 41 yards 1 TD 0 INT
Texas won 38-18
So he threw for 1049 yards 16 TD 2 INT against three teams rated 81st or below in pass defense, then in his 9 other games 1064 yards with 8 TD and 7 INT. What a pickup lol. I can see what all the hype is about now. By the way everyone outside of Nebraska in the Big Ten West was ranked in the top 46 in pass defense with an average ranking of 29th!! He even had a couple games where he sucked against shit pass defenses.
I can’t remember a more glaring indicator in all my time following college football that a team was going to perform so differently from expectations.
do media people even try? I’d be much more excited if my school picked up Jack plummer.. he was much better than this guy. Nebraska is going to finish 4th-6th in the division.
