Sunday Morning Thoughts - Post UCLA

Two items at the bottom of the box score you rarely see:
1. How often do you see time of possession at exactly 30:00 for each team?
2. Official attendance was 44,481. So if there were more than 22,242 Nebraska fans at the game, we can say with precision that Red outnumbered UCLA on their home field. I heard the estimate was 25K for Nebraska fans.

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The defense can be frustrating to watch at times - but keeping teams around 20 points is a winning formula if special teams and offense do their job.
 
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Something that hasn't been talked about is the crispness of the plays on offense. I don't have access to those high-speed chronographs, but my eyes tell me things were developing much quicker and I think it paid off on the defense having to react quicker. And sometimes they would guess wrong.:biggrin:
 
Something that hasn't been talked about is the crispness of the plays on offense. I don't have access to those high-speed chronographs, but my eyes tell me things were developing much quicker and I think it paid off on the defense having to react quicker. And sometimes they would guess wrong.:biggrin:
I don't recall any dead ball penalties. No false starts, illegal procedures, nothing. It was the cleanest offensive game we have played in years.
 
Something that hasn't been talked about is the crispness of the plays on offense. I don't have access to those high-speed chronographs, but my eyes tell me things were developing much quicker and I think it paid off on the defense having to react quicker. And sometimes they would guess wrong.:biggrin:
Very perceptive.