Greg Burks Becomes Household Name in Nebraska

Here are some stats to fuel the Big12 conspiracy theory fire.

Nebraska has played seven Big 12 conference games this season.
Three of those games (Texas, ISU, A&M) were officiated by the Burks crew.

Penalties in games officiated by Burks' crew...
Nebraska: 32 for 293 yds (16 on offense, 10 on defense, 6 on special teams)
Opponents: 9 for 103 yds (4 on offense, ZERO on defense, 5 on special teams)

Penalties in Big 12 games not officiated by Burks' crew (KSU, OSU, MU, KU)
Nebraska: 25 for 210 yds
Opponents: 20 for 163 yds

276 snaps in a row our defense has not been held by an opposing offensive line or offensive unit. More telling, 378 of the last 379 snaps by opposing teams have not resulted in a hold of any kind.


Big 12 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.