Not sure what you are trying to say here... we are tied at 117 (not good, just so you know) with Tennessee, West Virginia, Northwestern, Purdue, and have dozen more with a half a sack a game. So there are quite a few teams that, after two games, only have 1 sack. I'm sure the quick passing game from Arkansas state didn't help our stats, and to a lesser extent same with Oregon... we haven't really pressured the QBs yet; maybe this week we get a few more? Who knows?
So I guess we can look forward to a bunch of bubble screens this year then - as his last year with Uconn they finished 110th in sacks
As my favorite Ron White punch line goes, "you can't fix stupid".
Thanks Captain Obvious.
Actually, the other poster said the sacks or lack of won't actually matter.
Really? Is that what he said? Pretty sure he was saying Diaco's defense isn't predicated on getting lots of sacks. He likes to keep everything in front of him. How does that translate to sacks don't matter?
His defenses weren't great at Notre Dame outside of the team who played for the National Championship. His defenses at UConn were pretty bad. I know he was the head coach, but I am sure he helped with the game plan. The thing which surprised me is his run defenses were never very good statistically.
I realize Diaco has not Been heavy on the blitz in his career. I was hoping he had changed some. Or Riley would have influence in this respect but unfortunately we are now another Pelini bend don't break defense.
I get it, Sno, as I also wanted more of an attacking defense. What we are seeing is frustrating, for sure, and makes you wonder if we will ever get there.
That team had a bunch of future NFL defenders on it too. I'm not sure we've got more than 1 or 2 on this bunch. We can't keep comparing what national championship talent did to this group of kids. That isn't fair to them or the coaches at this point.
You were positive for a couple of weeks like most while drinking the pre-season Kool Aid. Overall you've been about as negative as it can get about Riley and his staff since day one. We struggle for 2 weeks and already you're ready to jump in the Sound.Winking
I was not against he hire, I absolutely loved that Riley made the hard decision to get rid of a friend at DC and I loved that he wanted to change the defense. Diaco could still be a great hire but I think Diaco has to change a bit also. Its not enough to say well that his how Diaco calls games so why are you surprised? I guess shelling out a large salary would give a little say on how Nebraska wants things not just give out the keys and walk away. That may still happen who knows.
