Phil Steele says Nebraska will be #17 heading into the season

[Chaddyboxer]

..and some more...

If we drop 2....it is coming from Ohio St. and either MICH or Michigan St.

If we lose to Michigan St....it will be because NEB crapped their pants and didn't play to their potential. OR....Michigan St got plenty of lucky breaks that went their way. Michigan St's defense will carry them this season, yet I see NEB being the #2 Legends Division leader this season...hell, NEB may surprise me and take the lead in the Legends Division, specifically if the Huskers only drop 1 game....

I've stated this months ago and I still stand by my word....this team will surprise some people, but not me. I predict no greater than 2 losses in the regular season for the Huskers. This will be Bo's best fielded Husker team thus far. It's all coming together for this team and I smell great things. Aaand it smells terrific!

Yeah....you're point. I was right = ) That's the prediction for the regular season last year. 2 losses.

I wouldn't count the BIG10 championship game as the regular season.

I've been right more than I've been wrong I believe. = )

And I am saying that NEB will lose no more than 1 game in the regular season next year. I'm committed to that prediction.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

They haven't shown a thing at this point. The new players are just as likely to be worse as they are to be better. We'll see.

How can you live with that kind of attitude

 

[The Dude]

4 total jet sweeps or end arounds before our game???? You are moron.

Is this a serious response? Obviously they showed more than 4 since there were more than 4 on that highlight video, and obviously not every jet sweep and option play they ran last year was shown on that one highlight video.

The point is, your claim that they didn't show any option or jet sweep before they played us is asinine, since they showed a lot. True fact.

If pointing that out makes me moron, whatever that means, I can live with that.

 

[beanman]

Just actually finished the first half because I'm bored as hell at work.

1) It appeared as though we dedicated our front four to stopping the middle run. The ends crashed inside and never once worried about the outside until late in the half. This didn't seem like a bad idea because Wisconsin hadn't shown any type of outside jet sweep or option plays all year.

2) I would bet that BB gambled and guessed Bo would do the above, as a result... Well you know

3) I don't think there was a fake to Monte Ball that Fisher didn't bite on.

4) We showed several times that we were not fast or good enough at linebacker.

5) When we adjusted to Wisconsin beating us with the jet sweep, we started to get up the field a bit more with our DEs. This proved to be very stupid and Wisconsin just mirdered us up the middle.

6) Again I'm going back to the safety play. Stafford had a chance to prove he was draftable. If he comes up and makes the plays that were required and expected of him he would have looked like a star.

You can't be serious. They showed it plenty of times. And other teams (OSU, UCLA) demonstrated how effective getting our guys in space could be. We're lucky Wiscy ran the ball straight up the middle over and over and over and over and over again the first time we played. And we still barely won. Had their offensive coordinator had any imagination the first go-around they would have slaughtered us in Lincoln as well.

 

[walksalone]

We gave up 653 yards of total offense to them, and only lost by 6. I gotta agree with Chaddy, I don't see them walking out of Memorial Stadium with a W.

In spite of their yardage, i agree. I'll also add if Beck doesn't go into panic mode and stick with the run, we would have won.

When he decided to go "Air Coryell", instead of running the ball, thats when the game really got out of control...

 

[EZ-E]

4 total jet sweeps or end arounds before our game???? You are moron.

Is this a serious response? Obviously they showed more than 4 since there were more than 4 on that highlight video, and obviously not every jet sweep and option play they ran last year was shown on that one highlight video.

The point is, your claim that they didn't show any option or jet sweep before they played us is asinine, since they showed a lot. True fact.

If pointing that out makes me moron, whatever that means, I can live with that.

So you tell me to watch a highlight video, you tell me to watch a specific section of it in which you are trying to validate your point and they show 4 of the play you are talking about????

You are going to have to show me more evidence before I concede any type of point besides your word.

Maybe I should rephrase my previous point, IN THE FIRST MATCH UP AGAINST NU, Wisconsin didn't hurt us with any outside running plays such as the jet sweep.

Now respond to the other points made in that post. I know one point at a time is a lot for you to handle though.

 

[beanman]

4 total jet sweeps or end arounds before our game???? You are moron.

Is this a serious response? Obviously they showed more than 4 since there were more than 4 on that highlight video, and obviously not every jet sweep and option play they ran last year was shown on that one highlight video.

The point is, your claim that they didn't show any option or jet sweep before they played us is asinine, since they showed a lot. True fact.

If pointing that out makes me moron, whatever that means, I can live with that.

So you tell me to watch a highlight video, you tell me to watch a specific section of it in which you are trying to validate your point and they show 4 of the play you are talking about????

You are going to have to show me more evidence before I concede any type of point besides your word.

Maybe I should rephrase my previous point, IN THE FIRST MATCH UP AGAINST NU, Wisconsin didn't hurt us with any outside running plays such as the jet sweep.

Now respond to the other points made in that post. I know one point at a time is a lot for you to handle though.

You can watch this video. They show the sweep play action many times. They run it up the middle on many. They run a lot of toss sweeps as well. Gordon's highlights are around 11:20, which all occurred before we played them in the championship game. Add that up with the other times throughout the video. When you say, "Wisconsin hadn't shown any type of outside jet sweep or option plays all year." you are dead-a$$ wrong. Sorry. What did Pelini expect Wisky to do? Run up the middle over and over again like they did in Lincoln? That obviously worked well for them. The fact is they showed it plent of times earlier in the year and had mucho success with it both going to the edge and faking that and running straight up the middle. One would think we'd prepare for that.

 

[Chaddyboxer]

4 total jet sweeps or end arounds before our game???? You are moron.

Is this a serious response? Obviously they showed more than 4 since there were more than 4 on that highlight video, and obviously not every jet sweep and option play they ran last year was shown on that one highlight video.

The point is, your claim that they didn't show any option or jet sweep before they played us is asinine, since they showed a lot. True fact.

If pointing that out makes me moron, whatever that means, I can live with that.

So you tell me to watch a highlight video, you tell me to watch a specific section of it in which you are trying to validate your point and they show 4 of the play you are talking about????

You are going to have to show me more evidence before I concede any type of point besides your word.

Maybe I should rephrase my previous point, IN THE FIRST MATCH UP AGAINST NU, Wisconsin didn't hurt us with any outside running plays such as the jet sweep.

Now respond to the other points made in that post. I know one point at a time is a lot for you to handle though.

I believe there was a recent article that stated that Wiscy ran the jet-sweep (or a run to the outside that was similar) only 4 times during the game at home. NEB held those runs to total of 21 yards. So...those runs definitely didn't hurt NEB at all..looks like NEB shut those runs down quite well...

 

[The Dude]

4 total jet sweeps or end arounds before our game???? You are moron.

Is this a serious response? Obviously they showed more than 4 since there were more than 4 on that highlight video, and obviously not every jet sweep and option play they ran last year was shown on that one highlight video.

The point is, your claim that they didn't show any option or jet sweep before they played us is asinine, since they showed a lot. True fact.

If pointing that out makes me moron, whatever that means, I can live with that.

So you tell me to watch a highlight video, you tell me to watch a specific section of it in which you are trying to validate your point and they show 4 of the play you are talking about????

You are going to have to show me more evidence before I concede any type of point besides your word.

Maybe I should rephrase my previous point, IN THE FIRST MATCH UP AGAINST NU, Wisconsin didn't hurt us with any outside running plays such as the jet sweep.

Now respond to the other points made in that post. I know one point at a time is a lot for you to handle though.

Just admit you were wrong and move on.

 

[Treand3]

We gave up 653 yards of total offense to them, and only lost by 6. I gotta agree with Chaddy, I don't see them walking out of Memorial Stadium with a W.

In spite of their yardage, i agree. I'll also add if Beck doesn't go into panic mode and stick with the run, we would have won.

When he decided to go "Air Coryell", instead of running the ball, thats when the game really got out of control...

Yep, still heated at him for the lack of awareness in that game.

 

[walksalone]

We gave up 653 yards of total offense to them, and only lost by 6. I gotta agree with Chaddy, I don't see them walking out of Memorial Stadium with a W.

In spite of their yardage, i agree. I'll also add if Beck doesn't go into panic mode and stick with the run, we would have won.

When he decided to go "Air Coryell", instead of running the ball, thats when the game really got out of control...

Yep, still heated at him for the lack of awareness in that game.

So am I. I am still wondering what his thought process was when there was time left to go in the 3rd quarter, down by less than a score, and throwing the ball all over was the remedy. Makes me wonder if he'd just taken a breath, looked more carefully at the situation, and decided to run the ball, how that would have affected the outcome...

 

[Treand3]

We gave up 653 yards of total offense to them, and only lost by 6. I gotta agree with Chaddy, I don't see them walking out of Memorial Stadium with a W.

In spite of their yardage, i agree. I'll also add if Beck doesn't go into panic mode and stick with the run, we would have won.

When he decided to go "Air Coryell", instead of running the ball, thats when the game really got out of control...

Yep, still heated at him for the lack of awareness in that game.

So am I. I am still wondering what his thought process was when there was time left to go in the 3rd quarter, down by less than a score, and throwing the ball all over was the remedy. Makes me wonder if he'd just taken a breath, looked more carefully at the situation, and decided to run the ball, how that would have affected the outcome...

Either he was trying to prove a point or just plain ignorant to what needed to happen. He ended up playing into their strengths, rushing the passer, and not their vulnerabilities, downhill running.

 

[Landlord]

So am I. I am still wondering what his thought process was when there was time left to go in the 3rd quarter, down by less than a score, and throwing the ball all over was the remedy. Makes me wonder if he'd just taken a breath, looked more carefully at the situation, and decided to run the ball, how that would have affected the outcome...

Either he was trying to prove a point or just plain ignorant to what needed to happen. He ended up playing into their strengths, rushing the passer, and not their vulnerabilities, downhill running.

It's remarkably difficult making those kinds of decisions in the moments and elements of an actual, real, live football game. That's what separates actual coaches from the rest of us who have nothing better to do than pretend like we know what we're talking about.

 

[walksalone]

So am I. I am still wondering what his thought process was when there was time left to go in the 3rd quarter, down by less than a score, and throwing the ball all over was the remedy. Makes me wonder if he'd just taken a breath, looked more carefully at the situation, and decided to run the ball, how that would have affected the outcome...

Either he was trying to prove a point or just plain ignorant to what needed to happen. He ended up playing into their strengths, rushing the passer, and not their vulnerabilities, downhill running.

It's remarkably difficult making those kinds of decisions in the moments and elements of an actual, real, live football game. That's what separates actual coaches from the rest of us who have nothing better to do than pretend like we know what we're talking about.

But if you're continually doing something that isn't working, why would you keep doing it, when it inevitably cost them the game?

 

[ADS]

So am I. I am still wondering what his thought process was when there was time left to go in the 3rd quarter, down by less than a score, and throwing the ball all over was the remedy. Makes me wonder if he'd just taken a breath, looked more carefully at the situation, and decided to run the ball, how that would have affected the outcome...

Either he was trying to prove a point or just plain ignorant to what needed to happen. He ended up playing into their strengths, rushing the passer, and not their vulnerabilities, downhill running.

It's remarkably difficult making those kinds of decisions in the moments and elements of an actual, real, live football game. That's what separates actual coaches from the rest of us who have nothing better to do than pretend like we know what we're talking about.

But if you're continually doing something that isn't working, why would you keep doing it, when it inevitably cost them the game?

Especially when he saw what our running game was doing to their front 7. I can't remember at what point in the 4th quarter (early?) we had a nice drive where we ran the toss sweep with Ameer and some guy that went to Kentucky. They had zero answer for that play, but we go away from it towards the end of the drive and it cost us. I understand the heat of the moment, but still if it's working why go away from it?