What is most to blame for Nebraska's two losses?

[I am I]

Turnovers. That’s all 

[Hayseed]

Tie goes to the receiver and Washington fumbled. They also got one on us, there was no pass interference. Poor officiating again.

[MyBloodIsRed16]

33 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

This probably isn't the thread for this, but was that REALLY an interception? 

 

This is the first time I've had to talk about this with people other than in the rows in front of & behind me, and to either side. So forgive me if this has been covered here.

 

Also, I have not seen the broadcast or a replay.

 

But in the stands, and on the big screen, it looked like simultaneous possession.  Lamar grabbed the ball first, but only an instant before the WR. And they had mutual possession as they hit the ground (play is dead). At that point, it looked like both had the ball. Which means the WR gets possession, because a tie goes to the offensive player. 

 

I didn't see how that was a legit INT.  Was it legit?

I kinda said "hmm"  when they called it an INT.  But they gave it to him.  If the QB puts a little more stank on it, its a TD

[Hayseed]

It's hard to tell if they called lousy plays or the players did it wrong. The penalties from overpursuit are killing us. Barry getting expelled was HUGE.

[huskerfan92]

Other- Shawn Watson

[BIG ERN]

Through 2 games we have 21 penalties & 6 turnovers...a lot of the other things people mentioned, but without bonehead plays we sneak by and are 2-0. 

[StPaulHusker]

Coaching and preparedness are to blame.

[Saunders]

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What is most to blame for Nebraska's two losses?

 

Nebraska

[Maized & Confused]

The storm is to blame for only having two losses... it could've been three. Not entirely being facetious after seeing Akron beat Northwestern last Saturday. 

 

While there's numerous reasons for the losses, the biggest reason comes down to one play involving a number fifty-three and a number forty-four taking out a difference maker.

[cheekygeek]

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[Dbqgolfer]

11 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

I actually think we are 0-2 due to bad timing of some unfortunate events. 1- our home opener gets cancelled due to weather/lightning. This prevents us from getting first game crapola out of the way with an Akron opponent who we likely could’ve still beat while committing turnovers, bad penalties and first game jitters of some young players, notably a true freshman Starting QB. So instead we get to experience these things against a better more determined CU opponent and we fail to overcome. 2- then some dirty sob from CU twists our QB’s leg, taking him out for the end of the game , when we desperately needed him, preventing a much better chance of actually coming back to win that game. 3- This injury also takes AM out of the Troy game and requires us to go into game 2 yet again with a QB who hasn’t taken any CFB snaps and who, quite frankly, is nowhere near the athlete AM is. He did not have the same playbook at his disposal for reasons that should be obvious and the coaches chose to go with a more conservative game plan that gets blown up in the first quarter due to falling behind early. The storied first to second game jump does not occur for various reasons and we drop another game that only one week earlier appeared to be a game we should’ve won. So here we are 0-2 instead of 3-0 or 2-1.

 

Now, like you said, the things that can be laid at the feet of HCSF is the failure to burn clock late in the CU game, special teams play that inexplicably has cost us field position and a lack of points due to missed field goals, and a host of really bad penalties. It’s tough to put too much blame on the coaches for the stupid penalties and maybe these do belong more to the players but discipline is typically dependent on coaching so they get it. But really we are 0-2 due to series of unfortunate events largely out of their control. Young rebuilding teams rarely are going to weather these types of things. So here we are. It will get better as long as AM is able to play and stays healthy. We are in for a long year if we have to rely on anyone else in the QB room. But yeah I think everything on your list contributed except for maybe lack of talent. Lack of depth yes, but not a lack of talent from our intended first string players. One guy could’ve been the difference in both games. That’s not an ideal position to be in but that is where we are.

 

Edit- I failed to mention the circumstances of the fall 2 man QB competition that resulted in our intended number 2 QB Gebbia taking his ball and going home all while denying our real backup meaningful fall snaps which could’ve been useful since he was needed so early in the season. It’s really nothing that can be blamed on anyone but it happened.

This sums everything up perfectly.

[Redfromdayone]

It's gonna take 2 or 3 years to get this thing up to speed. Mike Riley screwed Nebraska football big time!

[BIGREDIOWAN]

To me it comes down to two things: 1. Turnovers and 2. Penalties. These two things have been a problem at Nebraska for YEARS now and always seem to hang around and won't go away no matter who the coach has been recently. I can't remember if those were issues with Callahan when he was here, but they've been issues since the Pelini regime. I was expecting those to be cleared up more than they are at this point, but it seems like the team resorts back to what it's done in the past during stressful situations. It's going to take ALOT of reps to break this muscle memory fixation the Huskers seem to have for penalties and turnovers. 

[irafreak]

I agree with several things here but would also add red zone inefficiency.  Missing chip shot field goals and having to settle for field goals is just too much to overcome if you're also going to lose the turnover battle.  Giving up 24 points and 253 yards should win you a lot of games.  I have just hated most of the red zone playcalling.  Far too predictable, run, run, pass...

[The Dude]

Nebraska maybe lacks talent, but not compared to Troy and Colorado.

 

I think turnovers is the #1 reason by far. Maybe a few coaching errors in a distant 2nd.