I'm singing a new tune after this one. The Northwestern game was a big disappointment for me, I just am not one of those "a win is a win" kind of guys. I judge the game of football far deeper than that, and there are such things as ugly wins. This Michigan game though, it was a great win. I said all week that it would tell me a lot about this team and the direction of the program. It did. Congrats to the Big Red and Bo Pelini. I thought this game was huge for us. We took it head on, attacked, made Robinson really struggle, and really put a good beating on a very decent team. When Denard got hurt, we really turned on the heat on defense, a defense that was already playing lights out! The Northwestern game and the Michigan game were very dominate performances for the defense. Blackshirts well deserved. Injuries are a part of football, every team deals with them. Michigan clearly didn't have a very good backup plan. When you have a QB like Denard who is more susceptible to injury with the things he does, a capable backup should always be a priority. They clearly had not prepared that Bellomy for what he was going to experience. Kudos to Bo and the team for really turning up the aggression and getting after them even harder. We could have laid back and allowed that kid to find a rhythm but we didn't give him a chance. It was a solid game plan, solid execution.
The offense may have had it's lowest scoring output, but really we all know what this offense is capable of. Taylor played well. Limited his mistakes. If we needed to score more, I think we could have, but once the game was going our way, we put our trust in our defense and played a sound game offensively. Really feel bad for Taariq Allen and I wish him a quick recovery. It would have been nice to have him out there, he would have been probably the 11th guy to catch a pass that game. If I saw the stats right, 10 different players had receptions. That is impressive. This offense is capable as long as the gameplan is solid. It's getting better and I really don't have any worries about the offense against the rest of the schedule.
I think Nebraska wins the rest of their games. I think we win the Big Ten Championship and on to the Rose bowl. Things are looking good after this win and I think the team is finally playing together, and gaining some confidence in one another. Let's not take the foot off the gas. We know exactly what to do to beat Michigan St.. We handed them their a$$ last year, we can do it again. Go Big Red! Great victory Saturday.
