What we learned today

[bshirt]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

 

[sd'sker]

I say fire em all. Hell we are only 8-1, winning the North, projected to a BCS bowl. That really sucks. I think we call the Jets, and get a real coach in here, so we can all be happy. Bo is to stupid to know who is a good coach or a bad coach, maybe we can get Peterson back so there is some direction to this progra, Osborne has done nothing worth a crap. Were down the pooper, time to pull up the turf and close the gates.

We are beginning to sound like Bama fan.

Nothing could be worse. That is the lowest of insults I can come up with.

8-1 fire the coaches :facepalm:

what about, 'we are starting to sound like steve pedersen'?

 

[bshirt]

I say fire em all. Hell we are only 8-1, winning the North, projected to a BCS bowl. That really sucks. I think we call the Jets, and get a real coach in here, so we can all be happy. Bo is to stupid to know who is a good coach or a bad coach, maybe we can get Peterson back so there is some direction to this progra, Osborne has done nothing worth a crap. Were down the pooper, time to pull up the turf and close the gates.

We are beginning to sound like Bama fan.

Nothing could be worse. That is the lowest of insults I can come up with.

8-1 fire the coaches :facepalm:

what about, 'we are starting to sound like steve pedersen'?

Oh c'mon SD. Who is saying or even implying firing the whole staff?

 

[sd'sker]

I say fire em all. Hell we are only 8-1, winning the North, projected to a BCS bowl. That really sucks. I think we call the Jets, and get a real coach in here, so we can all be happy. Bo is to stupid to know who is a good coach or a bad coach, maybe we can get Peterson back so there is some direction to this progra, Osborne has done nothing worth a crap. Were down the pooper, time to pull up the turf and close the gates.

We are beginning to sound like Bama fan.

Nothing could be worse. That is the lowest of insults I can come up with.

8-1 fire the coaches :facepalm:

what about, 'we are starting to sound like steve pedersen'?

Oh c'mon SD. Who is saying or even implying firing the whole staff?

i am not. i was just responding to his 'that is the lowest of insults i can come up with'. i think i came up with an even worse insult.

i think we need to ask 'skersfan' who is implying such nonsense. honestly, i do not know what is going on in this thread. i just wanted to put out what i thought would be the worst insult.

honestly, i would not trade a single person for anyone on our staff right now.

 

[tsimo3381]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

 

[bshirt]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

Well yeah, we win every game always helps "any" scenario. It can also effectively hide weak spots until....you don't win every game. Unless you have someone running the show with a sharp eye and a cold mind.

Hey, I don't think SW is a horrible OC. He's average. That's ok & I'm sure he's a nice guy. I just want better than average performance from our OC. We have the equivalent of a TO on the defensive side so I want the equivalent of a McBride on the offensive side.

Am I asking too much? Maybe...but it can and has been done. Right here in Lincoln.

 

[HuskerNMO]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

Well yeah, we win every game always helps "any" scenario. It can also effectively hide weak spots until....you don't win every game. Unless you have someone running the show with a sharp eye and a cold mind.

Hey, I don't think SW is a horrible OC. He's average. That's ok & I'm sure he's a nice guy. I just want better than average performance from our OC. We have the equivalent of a TO on the defensive side so I want the equivalent of a McBride on the offensive side.

Am I asking too much? Maybe...but it can and has been done. Right here in Lincoln.

I'll take an average offensive coordinator who has our offense ranked 20th in total offense, 13th in scoring offense and 6th in rushing offense that is starting a redshirt freshman at QB, a redshirt freshman at LT and is in the first year with the new "scheme".

 

[Lonestar_Husker]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

No he wouldn't. Some people have, what I believe anyway, an irrational hate for Watson. You can use stats and logic all you want, it will do no good. In some peoples mind Watson just sucks. They will use 2009 as an example, disregarding injuries to the O-Line and QB, true freshman backup QB etc. and when you mention 2008, well, that WHOLE YEAR was a fluke. Watson dropped all those passes to open receivers against Texass. 3rd string QB, no excuse. 25mph wind..no excuse. 12 out 64 plays are passes = throwing it all over the place.

I just laugh now. Perhaps a resume or 2 should be submitted to Bo for OC, because some OBVIOUSLY could do much better.

 

[HUSKER FREAK]

I don't know how much of this was posted here, but if it was sorry in advance. I learned that with the third string QB and alot of Wildcat we can still put up 31 points, and really think that you or the coaches can't really ask for a whole lot more than that. I was and still am some what concerned about the inconsistent play by our safties this year. We have some great athletes there and will more than likely be just fine in the future, but that is where we almost lost to a bad ISU team (they maybe better than some years but they are still bad). With this being said the refs are not going to make this easy for us and we should just accept it and move forward. It is what it is, but we are NE and we don't need any help or favors. IMHO

 

[clone]

Maybe I'm the only one who thinks so, but I think Rhoads played foolishly with the 2-point attempt. ISU had the momentum, and NU couldn't throw the ball. I think Rhoads should have challenged NU to keep up with his offense in OT. And choosing a punter to throw into that wind against our secondary is not a smart play-call IMO.

I agree with you. Rhodes takes a knee to send into overtime then risks the game, when it was only his too lose, on this kind of play. Unless he feels his team has played out of their minds all game and is sure that his team cannot sustain an offense shootout. Not, not smart IMO.

Also, I think I finally admit that we are not the team that everyone thinks/or wants us to be.

Rhoades blew the call, he should have gone into a second or third OT.

ISU is better than some thought and maybe NU is not as good as some thought.

a little of each.

 

[bshirt]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

No he wouldn't. Some people have, what I believe anyway, an irrational hate for Watson. You can use stats and logic all you want, it will do no good. In some peoples mind Watson just sucks. They will use 2009 as an example, disregarding injuries to the O-Line and QB, true freshman backup QB etc. and when you mention 2008, well, that WHOLE YEAR was a fluke. Watson dropped all those passes to open receivers against Texass. 3rd string QB, no excuse. 25mph wind..no excuse. 12 out 64 plays are passes = throwing it all over the place.

I just laugh now. Perhaps a resume or 2 should be submitted to Bo for OC, because some OBVIOUSLY could do much better.

Good point.

25 mph wind, 3rd string qb, Clones can't stop our running game, 3rd & two.....throw the ball.

But hey, that's just my irrational hatred.

 

[Lonestar_Husker]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

No he wouldn't. Some people have, what I believe anyway, an irrational hate for Watson. You can use stats and logic all you want, it will do no good. In some peoples mind Watson just sucks. They will use 2009 as an example, disregarding injuries to the O-Line and QB, true freshman backup QB etc. and when you mention 2008, well, that WHOLE YEAR was a fluke. Watson dropped all those passes to open receivers against Texass. 3rd string QB, no excuse. 25mph wind..no excuse. 12 out 64 plays are passes = throwing it all over the place.

I just laugh now. Perhaps a resume or 2 should be submitted to Bo for OC, because some OBVIOUSLY could do much better.

Good point.

25 mph wind, 3rd string qb, Clones can't stop our running game, 3rd & two.....throw the ball.

But hey, that's just my irrational hatred.

14 3rd down plays. 6 runs, 3 first downs. 8 passes, 4 first downs. 50/50 either way.

4th quarter: First series after Nile's fumble to tie the game. Helu 7yds, Helu -2yds, Green No gain. They didn't stuff the run there did they.

Second series: Helu 3yds, Helu 5yds, incomplete pass. Punt. After getting stuffed the last series, maybe try something different, oh wait, we were unstoppable running. Right. My bad.

Third series:Burkhead 5yds to NU 42, Helu 2yds to the 44, Timeout 2:16 left in the game. Burkhead 5yds, first down, ball on NU 49. Burkhead LOSS of 1 yd(impossible, could not happen), Green run 6yds, timeout, 51 seconds left in the game. Cody Green incomplete pass then punt. ISU kneels down. OT.

3rd down efficency: 7 of 14 for 50% Passing 7 of 12 for 79 yds. 6.6 yds per pass. 52 rushes for 235yds. 4.5yds per rush.

The wildcob did work at times and got stuffed at times. We are not good enough up front to just telegraph our intentions and be successful.

Haters gonna hate.

 

[irafreak]

3. Watson can't coach an offense.

Really? He coached a hell of a game last week, but can't coach this week. Even though he's only got the 3rd string QB and there's a 30 MPH wind out there.

I agree that Watson is a good coach. Everyone is quick to harp on him when the offense has a tough day because he is a Callahan holdover.

The reason he is a Callahan holdover is because the offense was not Callahan's problem, it was the defense so T.O. brought in a defensive coach and told him to keep what was working(Watson and the offense) and fix the defense.

I challenge any coach in the country to take their 3rd string qb against any team they may play and not be handcuffed and have a vanilla looking offense.

Heh...the ultimate SW apologist post with all the essential responses. Sweet. :corndance

1. Everyone downs him only because he's a Callahan man. Forget this year's SDSU, Iowa St & Texas games. Forget qtrs 2,3 & 4 vs Missou. Forget all of last year. Check.

2. Callahan's offense was great as it was only the defense that sunk Callahan. Forget how the WCO was stuffed like sardines vs every decent defense it faced as it could run wild on the creampuffs and get great yds & pts at garbage time vs the opponent's water boys. Gotta love those stats! Check.

3. No other coach could do better with our 3rd string qb & offense because.....well, because. Check.

SW & Callahan were great....Check.

Forget that we are still 8-1...check!!!!

Froget that we are the 20th ranked team in yds/game....check

Forget that we are the 13th ranked team in pts/game....check

I am not saying we are the best offense in the country, the stats speak for themselves. We were poor last year in offense also not debating that but in the end all that matters is this year and the record.(8-1) We should've won the Texas game and it was not poor playcalling it was a combination of turnovers and other mistakes that cost us that one.

A couple of close games that should not have been close is not a reason to call for a guy's head. In the end we won and I would be interested to see what you would be saying if we had beat Texas and were undefeated. You would be singing praises to the whole staff, including Watson.

No he wouldn't. Some people have, what I believe anyway, an irrational hate for Watson. You can use stats and logic all you want, it will do no good. In some peoples mind Watson just sucks. They will use 2009 as an example, disregarding injuries to the O-Line and QB, true freshman backup QB etc. and when you mention 2008, well, that WHOLE YEAR was a fluke. Watson dropped all those passes to open receivers against Texass. 3rd string QB, no excuse. 25mph wind..no excuse. 12 out 64 plays are passes = throwing it all over the place.

I just laugh now. Perhaps a resume or 2 should be submitted to Bo for OC, because some OBVIOUSLY could do much better.

Good point.

25 mph wind, 3rd string qb, Clones can't stop our running game, 3rd & two.....throw the ball.

But hey, that's just my irrational hatred.

14 3rd down plays. 6 runs, 3 first downs. 8 passes, 4 first downs. 50/50 either way.

4th quarter: First series after Nile's fumble to tie the game. Helu 7yds, Helu -2yds, Green No gain. They didn't stuff the run there did they.

Second series: Helu 3yds, Helu 5yds, incomplete pass. Punt. After getting stuffed the last series, maybe try something different, oh wait, we were unstoppable running. Right. My bad.

Third series:Burkhead 5yds to NU 42, Helu 2yds to the 44, Timeout 2:16 left in the game. Burkhead 5yds, first down, ball on NU 49. Burkhead LOSS of 1 yd(impossible, could not happen), Green run 6yds, timeout, 51 seconds left in the game. Cody Green incomplete pass then punt. ISU kneels down. OT.

3rd down efficency: 7 of 14 for 50% Passing 7 of 12 for 79 yds. 6.6 yds per pass. 52 rushes for 235yds. 4.5yds per rush.

The wildcob did work at times and got stuffed at times. We are not good enough up front to just telegraph our intentions and be successful.

Haters gonna hate.

This isn't a full picture here. You take one series where they stopped the run 2 out of 3 times...you didn't take into account which runs were called. If I remember tonight when I get home I'll check the tape and see which plays were called because the wildcat was working well almost every time it was called but that backdoor counter worked maybe once but we saw it repeatedly. Now maybe shawn saw something and one guy just missed a block so he called it again and again hoping to take advantage of something that was there but just couldn't execute...in which case try something else. Watson has done ok this season. I haven't seen the perfect game called yet (thought the Holiday Bowl was pretty good last year) but he still makes calls that just make me shake my head. Am I a little hard on him. Probably but I'm just a fan.

 

[Lonestar_Husker]

I guess my point is that we can't be one dimensional. The 90s are over and I don't see any team dominating that way ever again. We can't point to where we are going to run and count on blowing everyone off the line. The 3rd and 2 play was there, Cody did not make a good throw, I think that's one where he bounced it to Kyler, I could be wrong, it certainly isn't the first time and won't be the last. I'm just of the opinion that he is a good coach at taking what is being given. Alabama is a good power running team, but how effective would Ingram and Richardson be if McElroy could not throw at all and every team loaded up the box with 9 players? Also, if one thinks that Bo has zero input on the playcalling, well, I would bet on that person not knowing of what they speak. Jeez, he's down to the 3rd string QB on a very windy day and busts out the wildcob to maximize the tools at his disposal. I'm glad it was saved until needed. Hard to gameplan for something you haven't seen.

I think he takes too much heat for an offense that is relatively successful. I keep hearing about 2009 as a reason why he sucks, yet I can't use 2008 to illustrate he's not as bad as many think.

ESPN has the whole game, play by play, down and distance by quarter, in text. We had five 3rd down plays in the 3rd quarter. 4 out of 5 were passes that resulted in 1st downs. Two 3rd and 6s, one 3rd and 3, one 3rd and five where Rex ran for 1yd, and a 3rd and 12 where Cody hit Kyler Reed for 29yds. To say that ISU was not stopping the run is simply not true. Now, they weren't stuffing every run, but we wern't running up and down the field either. I would like to have seen Rex toss one from the wildcob, just one, because there was a big play to be had there. He is(was)an adequate passer. He played QB for Plano. Hard to throw with gloves, and if he took them off for one play, it would've been a tipoff that something was up. ISU started to creep up when the wildcob was called. A big play was there for the taking.