From: johndoe@samadams.inmet (johndoe)
Subject: Re: Big 8 woof
Reply-To: johndoe@inmet.com (Bus error - core dumped)
Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.
	<BxHsE6.2FD@news.iastate.edu> <1992Nov10.075245@mccall.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:39:50 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.075245@mccall.com> scott@mccall.com (Scott D. Davis) writes:
From: johndoe@samadams.inmet (johndoe) writes:
>>i would consider this incorrect in every aspect but the final score.
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>>speculation, of course, but if you saw this game, the thought had to cross
>>your mind when,
>
>Actually, this did cross my mind.  CU has beaten/tied NU the last
>3yrs.  I would guess they wanted to prove something to CU.  And that
>NU called off the dogs earlier vs KU.  But from a stats point:
>			     CU         NU
>First Downs                9         20
>Rushes-yards            22-8     78-373
>Passing yards            136         55
>Total yards              144        428
>Return yards              33         89
>Passing              12-34-3     14-4-0
>Punts                 9-46.9     7-48.4
>Fumbles-lost             4-3        3-0
>Penalties-yards         6-47       7-71
>Time of possession     17:10      42:50
>
>		   KU      NU
>1stdowns	17	26
>rush yds	40-128	62-351
>pass yds	145	182
>return yds	5	40
>pass		11-30-2	8-15-0
>punts		9-35	6-42
>fumbles-lost	0-0	2-0
>penalties	5-42	6-64
>time poss	27:16	32:44

i'm not sure i get what point you're trying to make.  i suppose from a
statistical standpoint, as well as from a scoring standpoint, cu and ku were
pretty equally drubbed by nu.  they rushed for more yards against cu, but
had a much better average against nu.  they passed more times, more
accurately, and for more yards against ku, as well as getting more first
downs.  they punted more times against cu.  and cu had 6 turnovers to ku's
2.  ku ran the ball better, and thus had a much better time of possession.

what conclusions can you draw from all of this about who was dominated more
by nebraska?  none.  what speculation can be made from this (in addition to
having watched the two games)?  i think cu played a better defense than ku
did, and was able to stop nebraska's running game on occaision; ku played a
little more balanced on offense than cu did, and didn't turn the ball over
nearly as much.

what does all of this say about the upcoming game in lawrence(sp?)?  i think
if cu can hold on to the ball, their defense will frustrate ku; if they can
run a little more like they did against osu, then they will be able to move
the ball better than ku was able to do.  if they can't run (and you know
they will try after the debacle in lincoln), they still may be able to pass
against the ku secondary; this was not an aspect of the jayhawks' game that
was severely tested against the huskers.


one final note:  from the lists of players you showed not returning next
year, it looks as though cu should be in some exciting tilts next year:
they apparently get to keep much of their offense, while losing some of the
best players from defense.

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-johndoe