🔮 W W W w W L L l L W L l🔮 = 6-6. How many of the teams that are ahead of the Huskers do they play for each category? What is the record if we assume they win v. loswr teams and lose v. highwr teams? This is weird, but I am enjoying this part of "college" football, but am having a hard time caring about ACTUAL college football.
Glad you asked because I did look at this while compiling the data. The number of teams ahead of NU that are on the Huskers' schedule by position group:
DB: 3
DL: 5
LB: 4
OL: 3
QB: 2
RB: 2
WR: 2
In a theoretical world where you never beat a team with better DBs, the Huskers would have the edge in six of nine conference games, and we're already assuming three wins in nonconference play. So, if it was only about DBs, you have 9-3+3 for 9 wins. Now do that for every position group and average the total and you get 9 wins.
I wouldn't project NU for 9 wins, but this is still a useful way to view this with four months to go before actual football. If we roughly agree the d-line is 8th in the Big Ten, the real kicker is NU has to face five of the d-lines better than it this year. But on the o-line, also 8th, NU only has to face three ranked ahead of it.
Non-Serious specifically where Michigan State and Washington rank the Nebraska's opposite. where does their defensive line rank compared to our offensive line etc.
Quarterback, running backs and receivers depend on the offensive line for their success. Wade needs to get the job done, move his guys up from eighth.
🔮 W W W w W L L l L W L l🔮 = 6-6. How many of the teams that are ahead of the Huskers do they play for each category? What is the record if we assume they win v. loswr teams and lose v. highwr teams? This is weird, but I am enjoying this part of "college" football, but am having a hard time caring about ACTUAL college football.
Glad you asked because I did look at this while compiling the data. The number of teams ahead of NU that are on the Huskers' schedule by position group:
DB: 3
DL: 5
LB: 4
OL: 3
QB: 2
RB: 2
WR: 2
In a theoretical world where you never beat a team with better DBs, the Huskers would have the edge in six of nine conference games, and we're already assuming three wins in nonconference play. So, if it was only about DBs, you have 9-3+3 for 9 wins. Now do that for every position group and average the total and you get 9 wins.
I wouldn't project NU for 9 wins, but this is still a useful way to view this with four months to go before actual football. If we roughly agree the d-line is 8th in the Big Ten, the real kicker is NU has to face five of the d-lines better than it this year. But on the o-line, also 8th, NU only has to face three ranked ahead of it.
Non-Serious specifically where Michigan State and Washington rank the Nebraska's opposite. where does their defensive line rank compared to our offensive line etc.