Nebraska Penalties in Big 12 Football in 2010: A Statistical Look

I thought that perhaps now would be a decent time to display the penalty stats for all Big 12 games to this point in the season, along with some interesting facts listed below that I found during my research.

I don't want to draw any conclusions, but I encourage you to draw them. As Bo Pelini is prone to say, "Have at it."

League games only

             Team                        Opp                         Difference 

NU           57                           29                           -28

MU          39                            46                           7

KSU         42                            51                           9*

ISU          48                            42                           -6*

CU           42                            45                           3

KU           45                            54                           9

OSU         48                           45                            -3

OU           30                           59                            29

A&M        63                            53                            -10

BAY         65                            54                            -11*

TECH       54                            58                            4*

TEX       44                            41                            -3

B12         47.2                         49.8                         2.5    (averages not including NU for illustration)

* Indicates team has played all eight conference games.

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Points of interest

NU: Penalties of 57 is 10 above league average.

NU: Opponents' penalties of 29 is 20 less than league average.

Last three Big 12 games for NU: 28 penalties versus six (avg. of two).

A&M Big 12 games penalties for: 8, 8, 12, 9, 13, 11, 2.

A&M average before NU game: 10.1 per game.

Penalties: NU 16, A&M 2.

Penalties: NU 10, TEX 4.

Please also note that I'm not a conspiracy theorist—just a bit of a whistle-blower.