carlfense
Heisman Trophy Winner
It's not a scheme problem and it's not a play calling problem. It's a good ol' fashioned poor blocking problem. It wouldn't have mattered if we had Zombie Bill Walsh calling plays if the line fails to block.
Why so much pessimism?
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It'sNotAFakeID
All-American
I hope as much as you guys probably do that you're wrong on what you say.
carlfense
Heisman Trophy Winner
Right there with you. Hopefully it was all a fluke. Going to watch the replay tonight and look for more hope.
It'sNotAFakeID
All-American
I watched the replay this morning, can't tell you that my opinion has changed, mainly because I was in the minority in my thoughts (see 1st page)
Axl_sued_me
Starter
Not only am I pessimistic about our offense, I'm also pessimistic about Ahman Green's broadcasting ability. Good gosh
BIGREDIOWAN
Mods
Push all the issues to the side.........sloppy o-line play, QB issues, secondary issues, etc. We still got the W and I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day of the week. If the team can find a way to get the W's, I'm good with that. Granted I'm sick of the offensive issues as well and they've been bugging us for years, but the W is what matters.
HuskerfaninOkieland
Heisman Trophy Winner
Quit. You're trying to interject common sense onto Huskerboard when there's a meltdown going on. We can't have that. When there's a meltdown, all common sense and rational arguments/discussions get thrown out the window. You MUST adhere to the "sky is falling" mantra
Foppa
All-American
Brett Maher could've scored 12 on them...if NU could get some nice kick/punt returns to set him up for it :/
Foppa
All-American
Haha was it just me or did it look like he was trying to hide his chin hair behind the microphone?
Blaze1up
Starter
If it's not perfect people wanna b_tch about it. Heaven forbid you just win the game. Are we spoiled cry babies ? Yeah I care about the game and passionately love the Huskers but I have no complaints over a 40 to 7 ball game. I love it and wish every game would turn out that way, God bless the Big RED !
Foppa
All-American
Love your attitude, wish I could buy into it and smoke what you're smoking...maybe I'd be a 'happier' fan that way. GBR!
roundegotrip
Five-Star Recruit
I felt pretty good about the team after watching the game. Here are some of my thoughts on what I saw.
As for the offense:
The offense is so young, and they're learning a whole new playbook and system this year... of course there are going to be some growing pains. I'd say that given those two facts, we're very likely to see the offense improve over the course of the season. A lot of these young guys both on the line and at the skill positions are very, very exciting players. As for returning players, Taylor looked like he was back to his form from the first part of last season, Rex looked as good as ever, and Quincy Enunwa looked like Maurice Purify v2.0. Some of those option runs were U-G-L-Y but some of the ones that Martinez and Burkhead ran actually looked pretty good I thought. Yes, the O-line needs some serious work, but again they are so young that's to be expected. Overall I was happy with what the offense accomplished. I think that the important thing is to go in with the proper expectations, and instead of fretting about the offenses mistakes, try to enjoy the opportunity to watch all of this young talent develop before your eyes. Most of these guys are going to be starting for the next 3-4 years. It'll be fun to watch them grow and improve.
As for the defense:
The secondary might not be quite as good as it was last year, but the defensive line play reminded me of '09 in terms of style and attitude and aggression. It gave me the warm and fuzzies. With guys like Meredith, Crick, and Ankrah this defensive line is blazing fast. They are going to have a lot of quarterbacks' heads swiveling this season. I'm very excited about Stafford. Much like Gomes and David, I think he is another major JUCO success story in the making on defense. That one hit he laid actually made me get up out of my chair. I had to walk that one off for a few seconds just watching it
The linebackers were pretty mediocre; that's the one group I'm not too sure about it. We'll just have to see if those guys can step up this year, but even if they don't, I still think this is an elite defense again this year.
As for special teams:
There were some good tackles. Abdullah looked great. Maher looked AMAZING. I'm actually wondering if they dressed Henery in Maher's uniform and snuck him out on the field yesterday.
As for the offense:
The offense is so young, and they're learning a whole new playbook and system this year... of course there are going to be some growing pains. I'd say that given those two facts, we're very likely to see the offense improve over the course of the season. A lot of these young guys both on the line and at the skill positions are very, very exciting players. As for returning players, Taylor looked like he was back to his form from the first part of last season, Rex looked as good as ever, and Quincy Enunwa looked like Maurice Purify v2.0. Some of those option runs were U-G-L-Y but some of the ones that Martinez and Burkhead ran actually looked pretty good I thought. Yes, the O-line needs some serious work, but again they are so young that's to be expected. Overall I was happy with what the offense accomplished. I think that the important thing is to go in with the proper expectations, and instead of fretting about the offenses mistakes, try to enjoy the opportunity to watch all of this young talent develop before your eyes. Most of these guys are going to be starting for the next 3-4 years. It'll be fun to watch them grow and improve.
As for the defense:
The secondary might not be quite as good as it was last year, but the defensive line play reminded me of '09 in terms of style and attitude and aggression. It gave me the warm and fuzzies. With guys like Meredith, Crick, and Ankrah this defensive line is blazing fast. They are going to have a lot of quarterbacks' heads swiveling this season. I'm very excited about Stafford. Much like Gomes and David, I think he is another major JUCO success story in the making on defense. That one hit he laid actually made me get up out of my chair. I had to walk that one off for a few seconds just watching it
The linebackers were pretty mediocre; that's the one group I'm not too sure about it. We'll just have to see if those guys can step up this year, but even if they don't, I still think this is an elite defense again this year.As for special teams:
There were some good tackles. Abdullah looked great. Maher looked AMAZING. I'm actually wondering if they dressed Henery in Maher's uniform and snuck him out on the field yesterday.
Foppa
All-American
Have to agree. Loved the passion Abdullah showed, mostly with blocking. Maybe I was excited about his blocking just because no one else would. That was worth a ton and then some in my book. He played position football.I felt pretty good about the team after watching the game. Here are some of my thoughts on what I saw.
As for the offense:
The offense is so young, and they're learning a whole new playbook and system this year... of course there are going to be some growing pains. I'd say that given those two facts, we're very likely to see the offense improve over the course of the season. A lot of these young guys both on the line and at the skill positions are very, very exciting players. As for returning players, Taylor looked like he was back to his form from the first part of last season, Rex looked as good as ever, and Quincy Enunwa looked like Maurice Purify v2.0. Some of those option runs were U-G-L-Y but some of the ones that Martinez and Burkhead ran actually looked pretty good I thought. Yes, the O-line needs some serious work, but again they are so young that's to be expected. Overall I was happy with what the offense accomplished. I think that the important thing is to go in with the proper expectations, and instead of fretting about the offenses mistakes, try to enjoy the opportunity to watch all of this young talent develop before your eyes. Most of these guys are going to be starting for the next 3-4 years. It'll be fun to watch them grow and improve.
As for the defense:
The secondary might not be quite as good as it was last year, but the defensive line play reminded me of '09 in terms of style and attitude and aggression. It gave me the warm and fuzzies. With guys like Meredith, Crick, and Ankrah this defensive line is blazing fast. They are going to have a lot of quarterbacks' heads swiveling this season. I'm very excited about Stafford. Much like Gomes and David, I think he is another major JUCO success story in the making on defense. That one hit he laid actually made me get up out of my chair. I had to walk that one off for a few seconds just watching it
As for special teams:
There were some good tackles. Abdullah looked great. Maher looked AMAZING. I'm actually wondering if they dressed Henery in Maher's uniform and snuck him out on the field yesterday.
