Jay Foreman's 4 Keys for a Nebraska Victory over Indiana - October 18th, 4:30 p.m.
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Jay Foreman's 4 Keys for a Nebraska Victory over Indiana - October 18th, 4:30 p.m.
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But I mentioned it, the four things that Nebraska probably needs to do, or not probably, if they do this, obviously it's going to be easy victory. But the first is going to be third down, defense third down. Where Indiana is a sneaky way of is kept their offense on time, on target and churning out yards. Not only short and intermediate routes, but big plays is 54% on third down. So when they've gotten the third down, that's a pretty good clip over six games, 54%. And you've got to think, let's take out the 77 and get all that. First Western is a disciplined defense, whether it's zone or man, and they have their way with them in different shifts and kind of half bootlegs. We used to call them waggle back in the day. I don't know. They probably have some fancy name form right now, but 54%. And so they'll also let you know that they're running the ball conventionally a lot better than people will give them credit for it, right? Everybody thinks they're coming in here and going anywhere and just going to just throw it, throw it, throw it. They got two capable runnerbacks on Ellison and Lawton, and they're big physical guys. They're not very tall, but they're five, nine, both are about 210, 215 run the same ones, a little bit more explosive in Ellison, but Lawton's the hammer where he's trying to get the short yardage. And what that does Austin, it puts that offense and they have five really good receivers and easier situations in third down. And we've seen that obviously for Nebraska when we've been able to run and stay at or ahead of the chains, that's exactly what they've done. And then it also helps that they have two running backs when they decide to go a little bit tempo. So third down is huge. It absolutely is. And I think you nailed the reason that Indiana is so good on it because you talked about seven different players. They can get the ball to as well as Curtis Roark, who is, you know, decent, it's scrambling. So if that's eight guys, obviously you won't have to count for all of them at once. Right. You have five lightning on the field, but still six guys that you have to count for can make a first down from seven yards and in. We talk about getting to, you know, third and manageable, third and five and in third and four. The playbook is absolutely wide open. When a team has two good running backs that yes, run the ball well, but are both at least available out of the backfield. When they have a stud receiver like Sarat, you know, can go make a play at any time. Then for other guys that they get in where they fit in, it's hard to defend because that's where I think teams defensively like to key in on the key playmaker for maybe two, right? If you're getting of up a third down conversion, you want it to be to the third or four, three, the guy that's not used to getting the ball in a moment like that. All the Indiana guys stay ready because they do such a good job of spreading the ball around. You can have your lead guy. You can have your starter, but even the backups that come in know that they're capable of making a play. They have that confidence and stilled in them. So by staying on schedule on first and second downs and by having a bevy of options, it makes sense that Indiana is so good on third down offensively. Yeah. And also the Swiss Army knife, he has a really good number, but he won't play. He won't represent the number tomorrow is number 44. They're tight and hoarding who's it was really good in line blocker, but he's a really good short area of pass catcher as well and it's made some really good plays for them in crucial times. And you just go right back to that Northwestern game. When the game got tight, he caught the touchdown to give him the 10 point lead, which allowed them to get the turnover to win by 17, but he made actually a third down play a couple series before they kept it going to score as well. So look for him to try to be that outlet against this Nebraska pass rush. And the second one of the four is Nebraska needs to average more than 4.2 yards a carry. Why is that important? Why is because you'll be in six or second and six or less. If you continue to do that and average that over four quarters, that means you're able to lessen the number of possession for Indiana, which then favors Nebraska. That means we are controlling the clock. That means we're controlling the physicality. That means our great freshman quarterback is seeing defenses and coverages that he can predict where he need. He can go faster and more efficient and then therefore we're able potentially to score more points. The four or two yards a carry is a little bit higher than normal in a big game like this where you know Indiana is going to try to sell out against the run and make Nebraska drop back and pass and try to lean on their pass rush and their unique pass rush scheme that they do to get tomorrow going. But if you can stymie that with a good conventional run game, 4.2 yards or more, that would be really good for Nebraska. And that would be a step up when you look at Nebraska for the year, averaging just shy of four yards per carry. But if you look at the running backs, Dante Dowdell, 74 carries four and a half yards per clip. Remere Johnson, 36 carries 4.1 per clip and Johnson, just one fewer carry than remere Johnson, but is averaging almost right at 60 yards per carry. So the run game for the most part, if you look at just the top three running backs for Nebraska is all over that 4.2 yards per carry mark. I always say 4.5, but if you think 4.2 gets the job done, I'll settle for that as well. Well, I'm just looking at it when you look at a team and they have gone back to how Rutgers had tried to attack Nebraska and how they were doing things that they were going to try to sell out against the run. And then also try to, you know, in a big game, you won't be 4.5, kind of 4.2, you're trending towards 4.5. Thirdly, the number three is Nebraska needs to have four explosive plays, which would be great, right? And the reason why that's important, whether it's runner pass, obviously I'd like to have them all in the past, but if you get anywhere four or more explosive plays, that means you're beating Indiana at their own game, right? And that's what you want, right? And then obviously we can't give up 10. Let's talk about everything being realistic. If we're having four explosive plays or more, Nebraska is not only controlling the clock with the run game, but then also you're able to pick and choose you want to do have explosive plays. And you might ask why four? Well, four is kind of the, to me, the threshold Nebraska needs to get to where you see that offense be very, very efficient. That's all set up by the conventional run game. And then once you have four explosive plays, then we can start turning around, giving it to Dowdell. We can give it to Emmett, then we can mix in Ramirez Swiss Army night, and if we have to get Gabe Irvin and so forth and so on and Bonner and all that stuff with Barney and all the, all the fancy stuff. And so that's where I think Nebraska could really, really turn the tides of this game, come in, beat them up, beat them with situational explosive plays and take the air out of this stadium of 52,000 people. A couple of things on that. First of all is that to me, if Nebraska is going to get four, the way that I would like them broken up, ideally, is just get one quarter, right? That tells me the offense is consistent, that you're seeing it work throughout 60 minutes of football. If you're not going to get an explosive play every quarter, Jay, I want two in the first quarter, set the tone, preferably score on them, show Indiana that you're for real, that you mean business, they can't hang with you. If you go through a drought in either the second or the third quarter, eh, not ideal, but get one across the middle two and then finish strong, right? We know Indiana does that, but it, like you'd say last year, if we're even, they're leaving, right? That's what Indiana does. Your child's first step is a big step towards their future. With first step by college invest, every Colorado child born or adopted on or after January 1st, 2020, will receive a free $115 contribution to their college invest college savings account. Plus, we'll match a percentage of your contributions in the coming years helping you save even more. Enroll today and start your child off on the right foot. Visit ColoradoFirstStep.org to get started and claim you're $115 now. Baskets turn, have an explosive play in the fourth quarter, prove that you're not here to get run over, prove that you're still around in the game. But let me ask you this, Jane, Nebraska's explosive plays haven't gone for touchdowns in a huge clip this year. Is it more important for Nebraska to have explosive plays to flip the field or is it more important for Nebraska's explosive plays to start turning into long touchdowns? Well, I mean, sure, obviously, we'd like to turn, you know, turn that tide, you know, start tomorrow. We've had chances, you know, I mean, my rule even said about, you know, Lloyd, you know, on the fake punt, you get, you know, he's got, we've got to score on that. He's one of the fastest guys in the whole state of Nebraska, let alone campus and the football team. He has world-class speed, so we've got to make that happen. So I think the anatomy of big explosive plays that lead to touchdowns is getting that extra block down the field, right, and having your lineman run down and getting in the way of secondary defenders and when they're rallying and trying to stop that from being a touchdown. And so you don't want to force it, you want to take what you can get. And so, I mean, yes, ideally you'd like those to go for touchdowns, but I like them when you said, you know, once a quarter, I like it, at least one every other possession. That's great. And again, that means that I like less possession for Nebraska. I like a, you know, I call it a white knuckle phone booth type of game. Let's see how long they actually want to play football. I like Nebraska's chances the fourth before you get there before you get there. Is this a big Isaiah Nayer game? Is he the big explosive play guy that needs to get going again? I mean, he can, I mean, a lot of it is going to be predicated on what the defense is allowing them to do. But when he gets his chances, he has an advantage as far as both all our receivers, height weight size speed, have the advantage over Indiana's back, you know, back third or second or third level. I think all of our skill position guys are at or above them as far as the ability to make plays on them, whether it's in space or a space one on one or else zone. So they just got to take advantage of it. You know, we got to get them going. I think he's a good player and the people have been focusing on them. So everybody is like where he's been at, but when you have, you know, deep player ability, people start to focus on you. So I think this is a perfect game for him to break out fourth and final. Sack total. Everybody. Of course, I'd like that with, you know, like Colorado, seven sacks and everybody's, you know, it's sack time, right? I want three and a half or more. Let's just go for sacks or more, but then I want more hits. So sack total fine. I want legitimate hits on the quarterback. What is that going to do? That's going to wear him down in a lesson, the chance of him to take him off and trying to use his legs to really, you know, gut punch the defense. But if we're hitting the quarterback, that means our rush lanes are sound means our coverage is good. And then we'll eventually we'll get the sacks and get them and close it out late. So I like the three plus sack total, but I like the hits on the quarterback. Let's say double that hopefully triple it. That means we are getting there and then we are messing up their timing on their short to intermediate passing game. Whether it's on first, second or third down, but I think third down pressure is going to be especially key, right? We know that Indiana, like you said, has the 54% conversion rate on third down, but that's a pretty traditional blitz down, right? Especially if they're behind the chains. This is where I think Tony White can help set Nebraska up for success on third down. Mix it in on second, right? If you have a good first down play, don't be content to let Indiana, you know, run it for five yards, right? Send the house. Put them really far behind the sticks. If they're going to get aggressive and try to throw on second and long, make them pay for it. Absolutely go for it. And I think an underrated aspect of it to Jay is what you said last time or two, Indiana not having dealt with an environment like this for a while and especially not with this team. Curtis Roark is going to be on a lot of interviews tomorrow, right? He's kind of been the face of this thing for Indiana so far. That takes mental energy, right? Yeah. He's an upperclassman. Yeah, he's been around the block. How much mental energy he's already had to, um, to use up just for the sideshow, right? That they signed up for, but it's more than a normal week for them. And then on top of that, an Nebraska defense that's a different challenge from any of the other defenses that he's faced didn't have a great game against Tony White's 335 up at Syracuse. You know, he's got something to prove. So given how much time he's already put in during the week, make these hits add up to the, the weight that's already been on his shoulders for the last, you know, six days or however long into the bi week before, yeah, this isn't, uh, what he used to and, and, and Ohio where he was before, this is a big challenge for him. And this is the biggest challenge defensively that he's going to face. And so Nebraska got to make all those assumptions come to, uh, you know, reality tomorrow at 11 a.m. And so you look, it's a different pressure and, you know, the, I truly feel all the pressures on Indiana. This is the first time doing it. This is a spring, could springboard your, your, your program into heights never seen before. Uh, there's pressure internally from the staff. You got to continue to be on this clip to potentially if you're a coordinator or assistant coach to be up for head coaching jobs and, or coordinator jobs. If you're assistant coaching any, any fashion on this staff, and then also, you know, the pressures on, uh, coach SIGs to make everything that he said so far come to fruition out on a national level and, uh, and then also you're, you're, you're, you're, you're going to get a uptick, uh, or team on uptick in Nebraska. And, uh, lastly though, everybody's going to ask about special teams. I think the biggest thing I think, you know, I like a break even on special teams. I have a feeling that, uh, we're going to have a good return against their, their, their punt team. And so, um, that happens, obviously it's going to bolt well for Nebraska, uh, moving forward in tomorrow. It's going to be a good matchup and, um, I look forward to Nebraska pulling it out. That's just the thing. Before I let you go, Jay, I do have to ask how was, how was Nick on the flight and the travel, is he man crushing ever signetty as bad as he usually does? Uh, he hasn't so much. Uh, but, you know, I mean, I think it, you know, look, you got to give a lot of respect for a guy to come in and come from James Madison. I think it's a unique opportunity to come to a, a place in Indiana, uh, that needed SIGs and he, the SIGs needed them. Um, they, they infused some money magically into NIL. So that support was there. Uh, he was able to kind of come in ready, made with some players. And so, uh, no, not as much, but, uh, we shall see tomorrow. It'll be in the sea with this type of, uh, you know, brash attitude if it's going to come down to the players. I mean, they're a good team and they're, you know, you know, well worthy of opponent, but, you know, so is Nebraska and, and, and so forth and so on. One thing I'll say before we go to break, I know you got, got a quick segment at the end. Um, it's a really good listen though, listening to ret, ret Lewis and talked about the inner twinings of SIG netty coming into that program. We went 24 minutes straight of diving into what it has, what hasn't happened at Indiana. It's a lot of it will sound familiar, what needed to happen, how it happened and who's done it and what are the, some of the sneaky, uh, underlying players, uh, that has helped SIG netty get to six and O that we haven't been able to talk about, uh, that potentially me and Nick will talk about from seven and nine out here, six to eight. So, uh, a lot of stuff going on, man. And you know, I'm getting excited, you know, first time kind of going on the road, watching the game and, uh, seeing Nebraska in this position. So I'm pretty pumped up as you should be. Hey, well, 75 minutes, get back ready for show time, get some food in you, get some drinks in you and vibe a little bit. Enjoy it. Enjoy it. We appreciate you guys making the triple here from again, uh, six o'clock, our time, seven o'clock out there. All right. Awesome. Be good, man. No promises. That's Jay Foreman live from the tap in Bloomington. He'll be live with Nick Sainerd here in, uh, just about 75 minutes. We'll go to break wrap up our one of old school right after this, watch old school live on Facebook, YouTube or Twitch, old school with D P and J on 93 seven, the ticket and the ticket FM dot com. At King Supers, an annual boost membership just got even better. Now you can choose from Disney plus with ads, Hulu with ads or ESPN plus on us when you sign up. Plus, enjoy unlimited free delivery, double fuel points, exclusive offers and free items. Sign up for a boost membership today. 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