Thinking back to Oregon while Chip Kelly was there, their fast paced high octane offense would do two things. Defenses would get so strained (lol) by the pace and versatility of the offense they would wear down. Offenses would be so flustered by how quickly the game felt like it was spiraling out of control, they would start acting out of character and end up compounding the problem.
This was against high flying pac10/12 offenses! Now we’re about to get our own Nebraska flavored version, and this time the important competition is the Big10 West.
I know it’s easier to remember Stanford’s blue collar mentality grinding it out and imposing their will against Oregon but in reality, this was the exception.
Here are some wins that follow the above blueprint.
2009 #4 USC 47-20
2010 #9 Stanford 52-31
2010 #24 USC 53-32
2010 #20 Arizona 48-29
2011 #18 Arizona State 41-27
2011 #3 Stanford 53-30
2011 #9 Wisconsin 45-38
2012 #22 Arizona 49-0
2012 #23 Washington 53-21
2012 #18 USC 62-51
2012 #16 Oregon State 48-24
2012 #7 Kansas State 35-17
I look through the list of ranked wins, many of them were against pretty darn physical football teams. USC, Wisconsin, KState, Stanford so please put to bed the notion that this fast paced offense won’t work in the Big10.
So next, did Oregon recruit better in that time than Nebraska can with all of Phil Knights shenanigans?
Oregon’s Rivals recruiting rankings:
2006-49
2007-11
2008-19
2009-32
2010-13
2011-9
2007, which was a little skewed because of 29 commits, had zero 5 stars and 12 4 stars is the only year that jumped out to me. These are realistic results for Nebraska. 2010 and 2011 seem like more of a result of success which I’d say if we experience similar success we would be there as well.
So what’s the point of all of this?
I think the Big10 West is in for a surprise. Frost has proven he can run Chip Kelly’s system with his own Nebraska spice to it beautifully. These results prove we don’t need to ‘get lucky’ from a recruiting perspective to get there. Given how down (and downright slow) the Big10 West is, I’m confident good times and 40-50 point conference victories are on the horizon.
This is really exciting.
This was against high flying pac10/12 offenses! Now we’re about to get our own Nebraska flavored version, and this time the important competition is the Big10 West.
I know it’s easier to remember Stanford’s blue collar mentality grinding it out and imposing their will against Oregon but in reality, this was the exception.
Here are some wins that follow the above blueprint.
2009 #4 USC 47-20
2010 #9 Stanford 52-31
2010 #24 USC 53-32
2010 #20 Arizona 48-29
2011 #18 Arizona State 41-27
2011 #3 Stanford 53-30
2011 #9 Wisconsin 45-38
2012 #22 Arizona 49-0
2012 #23 Washington 53-21
2012 #18 USC 62-51
2012 #16 Oregon State 48-24
2012 #7 Kansas State 35-17
I look through the list of ranked wins, many of them were against pretty darn physical football teams. USC, Wisconsin, KState, Stanford so please put to bed the notion that this fast paced offense won’t work in the Big10.
So next, did Oregon recruit better in that time than Nebraska can with all of Phil Knights shenanigans?
Oregon’s Rivals recruiting rankings:
2006-49
2007-11
2008-19
2009-32
2010-13
2011-9
2007, which was a little skewed because of 29 commits, had zero 5 stars and 12 4 stars is the only year that jumped out to me. These are realistic results for Nebraska. 2010 and 2011 seem like more of a result of success which I’d say if we experience similar success we would be there as well.
So what’s the point of all of this?
I think the Big10 West is in for a surprise. Frost has proven he can run Chip Kelly’s system with his own Nebraska spice to it beautifully. These results prove we don’t need to ‘get lucky’ from a recruiting perspective to get there. Given how down (and downright slow) the Big10 West is, I’m confident good times and 40-50 point conference victories are on the horizon.
This is really exciting.
