Nebraska OC Marcus Satterfield Says His Target Is 4-6 Yards Per Play, Which Would Be One of the Worst Offenses in College Football

It has been a banner week for offensive coordinator press conferences in college football. Yesterday, we had Alabama OC Nick Sheridan indicate that Bama's receivers are coached to practice fadeaway jump shots during plays and today, Nebraska OC Marcus Satterfield seemed to have absolutely no idea what a good number of yards per play would be for his offense to be averaging. In fact, he seemingly just guessed a range that would include some of the worst offenses in college football.

The only offenses in the country averaging fewer than four yards per play are Stanford and Kennesaw State. Six yards a play gets you into respectable territory, but Satterfield gave himself quite a good range to work with there.

If you asked a random college football fan what number of yards per play a good offense should have, I'm not sure what percentage of them would be able to give you a great answer. But I would have expected that an offensive coordinator making $1.4 million a year would have a bit more perspective on that topic. Maybe head coaches need to just stop letting coordinators talk to the media. They don't have the same level of media training as head coaches are forced to have and clearly, there isn't any good that can come from putting them in front of a microphone.

Nebraska is averaging 18 points a game in Big Ten play with just 21 points total in its last two games and a trip to Ohio State on the schedule this Saturday. Maybe Satterfield and Co. will be able to achieve his goal of four yards per play against the Buckeyes.