Aaron Williams

[Pennsyhusker]

One thing that needs to be addressed is the definitions of pressure and sacks. I will agree Nebraska needs to get more sacks. I will disagree that they don't put pressure on the QB. I think people define pressure with sacks because that is the only measure. But if you look at the number of times QBs threw the ball away or threw incomplete because they threw earlier than they wanted, you will see there is pressure being generated.

Exactly. Case in point: on the first and twenty and second and twenty plays by Oregon at the end, their QB rushed his first throw because Kevin Maurice bull rushed his man back to the QB, and on the second throw he was flushed from the pocket

 

[jedihusker]

Exactly. Case in point: on the first and twenty and second and twenty plays by Oregon at the end, their QB rushed his first throw because Kevin Maurice bull rushed his man back to the QB, and on the second throw he was flushed from the pocket

Also the 4th down play, Oregon's final offensive play, was great pressure from the line without an actual sack. It was pointed out elsewhere that one of our DBs fell down, and an Oregon wide receiver was running wide open. I have yet to go watch the play and see the DB fall down, but regardless, the QB was under pressure so quickly on that play, it didn't matter. He was almost immediately forced to move, and while he actually gained a few yards and wasn't sacked, the pressure may have kept the play from being a huge pass play and instead made it just a meaningless short run on 4th down and long.