Why Holgorsen can save Nebraska

[JabroniBlvd]

Because scoring points is more important than playing good defense if you want to take a leap in wins. That doesn't mean I want a crap defense, but we've struggled on offense the past 5+ years and have nothing to show for it. We allowed less than 20 ppg on defense the past two seasons, but failed to score at least 30 ppg since 2018 - the same year we last had a 1,000 rusher. We have been pretty good at getting athletes on par with the teams in the B10 minus Ohio St and Oregon. We've lacked identity and just need to spin it around the yard with Raiola and the athletes around him. We don't have to run pure air raid but it is time to open it up and get points on the board.

QUIT playing patty cake with teams who want to limit possessions and win close games! We are getting beat by Illinois (L 4/5), Iowa (L 9/10), Minnesota (L 5/6), Wisconsin (L 9/10) for a reason.

2019: 28 ppg (5-7)
2020: 23 ppg (3-5)
2021: 27 ppg (3-9)
2022: 22 ppg (4-8)
2023: 18 ppg (5-7)
2024: 23 ppg (6-6)

Top 10 offenses:
Miami 10-2
Indiana 11-1
Boise St 11-1
Notre Dame 11-1
SMU 11-1
Tulane 9-3
UNLV 10-2
Texas Tech 8-4
Ole Miss 9-3
Tenneseee 10-2

#GBR

 

[Walleye79]

It will be nice to have DH in a full time capacity through spring and fall practices as opposed to a 4 week crash course towards the end of the season.

 

[nu2u]

In the Big Ten, successful offenses feature a strong OL with solid depth and good coaching. I’m confident that Halgorsen understands this. It will be interesting to see how deficiencies are addressed going forward.

 

[Clevinger]

Because scoring points is more important than playing good defense if you want to take a leap in wins. That doesn't mean I want a crap defense, but we've struggled on offense the past 5+ years and have nothing to show for it. We allowed less than 20 ppg on defense the past two seasons, but failed to score at least 30 ppg since 2018 - the same year we last had a 1,000 rusher. We have been pretty good at getting athletes on par with the teams in the B10 minus Ohio St and Oregon. We've lacked identity and just need to spin it around the yard with Raiola and the athletes around him. We don't have to run pure air raid but it is time to open it up and get points on the board.

QUIT playing patty cake with teams who want to limit possessions and win close games! We are getting beat by Illinois (L 4/5), Iowa (L 9/10), Minnesota (L 5/6), Wisconsin (L 9/10) for a reason.

2019: 28 ppg (5-7)
2020: 23 ppg (3-5)
2021: 27 ppg (3-9)
2022: 22 ppg (4-8)
2023: 18 ppg (5-7)
2024: 23 ppg (6-6)

Top 10 offenses:
Miami 10-2
Indiana 11-1
Boise St 11-1
Notre Dame 11-1
SMU 11-1
Tulane 9-3
UNLV 10-2
Texas Tech 8-4
Ole Miss 9-3
Tenneseee 10-2

#GBR

I miss the days where Nebraska didn’t need to constantly be saved.

 

[Charlie Marlow]

He demands a high attention to detail. Hopefully that rubs off on the rest of the program. Also, I think a lot of people don’t understand that he (and Leach) had more tough and physical teams than a lot of other air raid teams out there