Huskers93-97
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For s#!t's sake. Even Frost is publicly saying things are behind schedule and the program is not where it should be.
Northwestern Takeaways
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Mavric
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You mean the Maryland team that put up 35 points and averaged 6.6 ypp against Penn State?
And put up 45 points and over 10 ypp against Minnesota?
You men the Maryland team that has an Alabama recruit playing QB?
Yeah, please tell us more about reality.
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Huskers93-97
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Reality
Penn State 0-3
Minnesota 1-2
Maryland is really tearing up some tough teams there. Combined 1-5
Mavric
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Ah, yes. Discount anything that doesn't fit your narrative and only promote what does. Good times.
Huskers93-97
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Actually that is fact. Sorry you only like facts that fit your narrative.
Would you generally describe teams that are 0-3 and 1-2 as good teams?
I remember some of the pelini years destroying some powder puff teams early on and then thinking we had a badass team. Then finished 9-4 after the real competition began.
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Mavric
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Huskers93-97
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Sorry you are wrong. You are seriously going to look at statistics put up against 2 bad football teams and say those stats are evidence Northwestern is good?
That is literally why teams like UCF did not make the playoff in 2017. The wins and blowouts and stats meant nothing because the competition was s#!t. Don't even start by saying they beat Auburn in the bowl game. The same Auburn team that wasn't motivated to be there because they felt they should have been in the playoff.
Huskers93-97
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Northwestern Schedule. This team could finish 7-1 and it wouldn't mean much to me. That has got to be the easiest schedule in the big ten.
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Hilltop
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Northwestern has the 38th ranked toughest schedule in the nation. Great argument smh...
Huskers93-97
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Pre-season ranking? Cause no way in hell that is the case with current results. They have 1 ranked team.Northwestern has the 38th ranked toughest schedule in the nation. Great argument smh...
I think I found the website you are quoting. Looks a little bogus to me. Their strength of schedule last week was 52 and jumped to 38 this week even though pretty much everyone on their schedule is losing every week. Looks legit.
But hey it shows Nebraska as #1. So that must mean we are the best 0-2 team in the country?
Better way to look at this. Look at the Northwestern schedule I posted. How many of those teams would be favored in a non conference P5 game? Wisconsin is the only one.
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This is exactly my point. It will become clearer with more games, but that's what advanced stats do. Everyone can't play everyone, but what we can do is figure out how much better/worse your defense does than others playing the teams on your schedule. And with enough games being played, that can account for teams with extra easy/difficult schedules. If Maryland actually really sucks and gets totally shut down the rest of the year, their average will drop and it will be shown NW holding them to 4.1 or whatever YPP wasn't that great. But considering only the literal worst offenses in the country averaged 4.1 YPP last year, and that Maryland has 2 games much higher than that against P5 schools, I think it's safe to say it's impressive without waiting for the end of the year.
What I was doing looking at YPP given up by NW vs. YPP by others is a crappier version of that. But it actually has some data to back it up, unlike the claims that they're bad just because you think they're bad. How about this - I bet every single team NW plays averages less per play against NW than their season average by a full yard. You can only prove yourself against who is on the schedule, and that would easily do it. Comparing it to their averages there's no "but they were bad offenses" excuse - this is holding them to even less than they normally get, whether their normal production is good or bad.
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UniversalMartin
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Let me say first off that none of us have all the facts as to what Frost is up against in his efforts to improve the Huskers. What I am saying is it seems that he is missing out on potential quality players from the transfer portal that may well help in his quest to bring his team back to national recognition. Perhaps he has made efforts to convince some of these players to come to his program with no success. The other possibility is that he is so locked in to certain players that he has neglected to consider players that may give his team a better chance to win on a consistent basis. Case in point....Joe Burrow and quite frankly the QB who beat his team last Saturday.....a transfer that the Northwestern head coach had the vision to bring into his program and has so far proven to be a positive addition to their team. Here is some "thinking outside of the box" that I would submit....... Go find a quarterback who can play the position in a consistently positive way either in the transfer portal or by whatever rule abiding means are possible and coach up his starting and backup quarterbacks to switch to positions that would most benefit the team and quite frankly their own long term self interests. Both Adrian and Luke are terrific athletes and valuable to the team but I am suggesting that they would be far more dangerous to our opposition and more marketable to the NFL if their athletic talents were utilized at perhaps running back and or receiver. I do believe Frost is the right choice for the Husker's and again none of us have all the facts when it comes to his challenges and efforts. These are just some thoughts and are given with only the best of hopes for our beloved Huskers.Wistrom Disciple said: