About the film room

Who and what

Husker Film Room is an unofficial, fan-run scouting site for Nebraska football. Each game week, Coach Mac's scouting desk charts the opponent snap by snap and publishes the tendencies a coordinator would want on a laminated sideline card: what they call by field zone and by down & distance, how their backfield sets tip the play, what looks beat them, and suggested calls.

Methodology

• Play-by-play first. Down, distance, field position and result for every scrimmage snap come from official play-by-play and are reconciled to the box score, game by game.
• Film tags second. Backfield set, play family, defensive front, box count and shell are charted from broadcast-angle cut-ups and anchored to the play-by-play row. Every film tag carries a confidence level; we say when an angle hides something (for example, coverage calls or personnel) and leave it blank rather than guess.
• Definitions. Success = 40% of the yards needed on 1st down, 60% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd and 4th. Explosive = a run of 10+ or a pass of 20+. Field zones are measured from the offense's side of the field.
• Replays. The tap-to-replay drawings show the charted formation, ball carrier or target, direction and gain; routes and alignments are illustrative, not tracked.
• Ranks. National ranks are from cfbstats.com, out of 138 teams, so they can differ by a few spots from NCAA ranks in game notes.
• Audit. Each week's numbers are checked claim by claim against at least one independent source before publishing, and corrections are noted on the page.

Suggested calls

Anything labeled suggested call is a fan analyst's suggestion built from the charted numbers next to it. It is not a Nebraska play call and not inside information.

What we never publish

• Game film, video clips or screenshots of broadcasts.
• Official university or conference logos, marks or mascots. All art on this site is original.
• Gambling information of any kind.
• Personal information about anyone.

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial fan site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the University of Nebraska, Nebraska Athletics, or the Big Ten Conference. Team names are used only to identify the teams.