The Huskers' win against Colorado will go well beyond the stat sheet for the Matt Rhule era.
Nebraska football has its fair share of moral victories over the last seven years and a record number of one-score losses.
A loss to the Buffaloes wouldn’t have derailed the goals of the Huskers' 2024 season. Matt Rhule would still have a clear path to his typical year two performance. In hindsight, the 2018 Colorado game feels like it set the tone for the entire Scott Frost era. In the record books, this game will go down as a win against a team struggling to make a bowl game. The moral victory, though, feels like this game will set the tone of the Matt Rhule era.
It was a tale of two halves for the Husker offense, which managed 213 yards in the first half before getting just 121 in the second half. The offense was also 3-for-6 on third down in the first half, which led to two touchdowns. In the second half, Nebraska went 0-for-6 on third down, which led to a lot of work for Brian Buschini . I felt like the playcalling was too conservative in the second half.
This week, I’m excited to debut a new stat I’ve worked on over the offseason – Game Score. It’s an “arbitrary” metric, but I think it’s a fun way to evaluate offensive performance in both box score stats and player EPA.
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