re: Bo Pelini's Nebraska defenses in the Big Ten & Youngstown defenses in the MVC

I agree. All of the former players love him and his scheme. Let the tards on here have their fun. We heard the same thing last year when we hired Joe Brady.

Lol dumbass Alabama redneck doesn’t know how to properly post a picture. Embarrassing

I don’t get the whole “different decade” argument. People forget that Bo coached against Urban Meyer (with Tebow) in the SEC as well as Lincoln Riley, Mike Leach, Tom Herman, etc. in the Big 12. It’s not like the guy has never seen a spread offense.


Looking at LSU’s defenses under Bo vs. under Aranda..

Year: national rank (SEC rank)

Sacks:
2005: 5 (2)
2006: 7 (1)
2007: 29 (2)

2016: 42 (4)
2017: 18 (3)
2018: 49 (7)
2019: 30 (2)

Yards per play:
2005: 4 (1)
2006: 2 (1)
2007: 5 (1)

2016: 14 (3)
2017: 33 (4)
2018: 21 (2)
2019: 28 (7)

Points per game:
PPG is an awful stat to compare defenses, with overtime games, special teams/turnover scoring, etc.. points per play would be better but I don’t know of a very good database that goes back to 2005..
2005: 3 (2) (3 periods of OT)
2006: 4 (1) (1 period of OT)
2007: 17 (2) (6 periods of OT)

2016: 5 (2)
2017: 14 (4)
2018: 26 (7) (7 periods of OT)
2019: 31 (8)

Opp. completion %:
2005: 3 (1)
2006: 1 (1)
2007: 2 (2)

2016: 17 (2)
2017: 18 (2)
2018: 3 (1)
2019: 2 (2)

Opp. passer rating:
2005: 5 (2)
2006: 3 (1)
2007: 3 (1)

2016: 17 (4)
2017: 9 (3)
2018: 9 (2)
2019: 10 (4)

TL;DR, when you look at national and conference rankings, Pelini’s defenses were nothing short of fantastic by pretty much all metrics. And stats like yards per play, opp. QBR, etc. tell a story that goes beyond the time of possession argument.

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Lincoln Riley, Mike Leach, Tom Herman, etc. in the Big 12

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Uh. Might want to check those dates chief. He coached at Nebraska for 3-4 years while they were Big XII then they changed conferences... With that said, the point still stands, but of those 3, only Mike Leach would have been coaching in Big 12 at that time (at least as head coach)?

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My point was that it’s funny to hear “but the spread” from SEC folks when the guy coached in the Big 12 for 3 years and had good defenses at a bad program.

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I mean I'm not going to label Nebraska a "bad program", especially when Pelini arrived.

Solich
2000 : 10-2
2001 : 11-2
2002 : 7-7
2003 : 9-3

Callahan
2004 : 5-6
2005 : 8-4
2006 : 9-5
2007 : 5-7

Pelini
2008 : 9-4
2009 : 10-4
2010 : 10-4
2011 : 9-4
2012 : 10-4
2013 : 9-4
2014 : 9-3

The 8 years before Pelini got there they went 64-35 (65%). That's an average 8-5 season, which is just slightly worse than what Pelini consistently put out. Now, since he left? Yes - bad program. Hiring Riley as his replacement was a disaster.

There is also some revisionist history on the talent level at Nebraska. They had the highest recruited talent in their division while in the BXII - without a real close 2nd.

Year - National Rank (B12 rank, B12N Rank)
2007 - #13 (#2, #1)
2008 - #21 (#5, #2)
2009 - #27 (#4, #1)
2010 - #24 (#5, #2)

They were competing against Kansas State, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and Iowa State. The only other team in that division that recruited at a somewhat similar level as them was Missouri and Colorado here and there.

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