Interesting quotes this morning

[da skers]

This is by far the most telling:

Power plays were far less fruitful. UTC linebackers often ran free to make tackles because NU linemen weren't reaching them.
On Nebraska's most basic isolation play, for example, Hardrick and guard Andrew Rodriguez are supposed to double-team the tackle and chip off to the linebacker. But Hardrick and Rodriguez often shoved the lineman so far down the line of scrimmage that the linebacker simply ran around the scrum straight to Rex Burkhead.

"Three times we had double teams and linebackers ran through the A gap," Cotton said. "That's on us. We're busy blocking the B gap and nobody's blocking the A gap. That was a disappointment. We got a lot of work to do in that area. I don't know what it was. But it's got to get fixed."

http://www.omaha.com...ensive-line-mad

Great........Barney doesnt know what it was, this sounds promising. :sarcasm

Seriously barney you have the oline and that's it, and it took you looking at film to see that our most basic play was being blocked incorrectly? How hard is it during the game to take the players and tell them to maintain A gap responsibilities? This guy is something.

Gee, where's Garrison, Stai, etc in your insightful comments?

Talk about a hypocritical statement. Beck gets a free pass bc he is a first year coordinator according to you, but you want the OL blame to be distributed to all our OL coaches, including... wait for it...wait for it...two first year coaches.

Talk about a fabrication. Show me "one" time where I said Beck gets a free pass all year long. You're sorely mistaken.

So your implying that if things go badly with the Oline it's only due to Barney but if it really improves it's due only to Garrison or Stai? Why in world wouldn't they all be considered when judging the Oline?

Because the common uninformed person could assume Barney made the line suck all by himself when he was the only coach. So. . if they become all world it was do to new influences. Of course...this isn't entirely true. . and included zero consideration for new variables...but a thin argument could be made.

And we all know that secretly you have a man crush on Beck. :corndance

 

[C N Red]

This is by far the most telling:

Power plays were far less fruitful. UTC linebackers often ran free to make tackles because NU linemen weren't reaching them.
On Nebraska's most basic isolation play, for example, Hardrick and guard Andrew Rodriguez are supposed to double-team the tackle and chip off to the linebacker. But Hardrick and Rodriguez often shoved the lineman so far down the line of scrimmage that the linebacker simply ran around the scrum straight to Rex Burkhead.

"Three times we had double teams and linebackers ran through the A gap," Cotton said. "That's on us. We're busy blocking the B gap and nobody's blocking the A gap. That was a disappointment. We got a lot of work to do in that area. I don't know what it was. But it's got to get fixed."

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110905/BIGRED/709059862/1001#poor-blocking-makes-husker-offensive-line-mad

I have a great idea. If the D-lineman can be blocked so easily then how about just using one lineman to block him and let the other get out on the linebacker???? Yoshi, you block down on the D-lineman, Andrew, you pull around and pick up the LB, or vice versa, it really doesn't matter if the DL is so easy to block!!!!!

 

[bshirt]

This is by far the most telling:

Power plays were far less fruitful. UTC linebackers often ran free to make tackles because NU linemen weren't reaching them.
On Nebraska's most basic isolation play, for example, Hardrick and guard Andrew Rodriguez are supposed to double-team the tackle and chip off to the linebacker. But Hardrick and Rodriguez often shoved the lineman so far down the line of scrimmage that the linebacker simply ran around the scrum straight to Rex Burkhead.

"Three times we had double teams and linebackers ran through the A gap," Cotton said. "That's on us. We're busy blocking the B gap and nobody's blocking the A gap. That was a disappointment. We got a lot of work to do in that area. I don't know what it was. But it's got to get fixed."

http://www.omaha.com...ensive-line-mad

Great........Barney doesnt know what it was, this sounds promising. :sarcasm

Seriously barney you have the oline and that's it, and it took you looking at film to see that our most basic play was being blocked incorrectly? How hard is it during the game to take the players and tell them to maintain A gap responsibilities? This guy is something.

Gee, where's Garrison, Stai, etc in your insightful comments?

Talk about a hypocritical statement. Beck gets a free pass bc he is a first year coordinator according to you, but you want the OL blame to be distributed to all our OL coaches, including... wait for it...wait for it...two first year coaches.

Talk about a fabrication. Show me "one" time where I said Beck gets a free pass all year long. You're sorely mistaken.

So your implying that if things go badly with the Oline it's only due to Barney but if it really improves it's due only to Garrison or Stai? Why in world wouldn't they all be considered when judging the Oline?

Because the common uninformed person could assume Barney made the line suck all by himself when he was the only coach. So. . if they become all world it was do to new influences. Of course...this isn't entirely true. . and included zero consideration for new variables...but a thin argument could be made.

And we all know that secretly you have a man crush on Beck. :corndance

Heh, I'd have a man crush on Daffy Duck if that's what it took to replace SW/Gilmore.

GBR!!

 

[JTrain]

Thats exactly the thing. Game 1 of a new offense - it can only improve from here.

http://huskermax.com/games/2004/westernillinois04.html

 

[Blaze1up]

Beck ran a very vanilla offense for a reason much like a preseason game. He's holding back for a sneak attack. The mans not dumb.

 

[NUpolo8]

Thats exactly the thing. Game 1 of a new offense - it can only improve from here.

http://huskermax.com/games/2004/westernillinois04.html

Yep tons of similarities.

Christ on a cracker this board is nuts. I'm reminded of 07 when everyone was doing victory laps because, even though Nebraska was the laughing stock of college football, they were right about Callahan.

 

[notgoodatmath]

 

[wildman]

This is by far the most telling:

Power plays were far less fruitful. UTC linebackers often ran free to make tackles because NU linemen weren't reaching them.
On Nebraska's most basic isolation play, for example, Hardrick and guard Andrew Rodriguez are supposed to double-team the tackle and chip off to the linebacker. But Hardrick and Rodriguez often shoved the lineman so far down the line of scrimmage that the linebacker simply ran around the scrum straight to Rex Burkhead.

"Three times we had double teams and linebackers ran through the A gap," Cotton said. "That's on us. We're busy blocking the B gap and nobody's blocking the A gap. That was a disappointment. We got a lot of work to do in that area. I don't know what it was. But it's got to get fixed."

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110905/BIGRED/709059862/1001#poor-blocking-makes-husker-offensive-line-mad

I have a great idea. If the D-lineman can be blocked so easily then how about just using one lineman to block him and let the other get out on the linebacker???? Yoshi, you block down on the D-lineman, Andrew, you pull around and pick up the LB, or vice versa, it really doesn't matter if the DL is so easy to block!!!!!

It's not that the DL is so easy to block. It's done to open up the hole even wider than normal for Rex or Martinez to run through. Once you have the lineman on his heels you can shove him where ever you want with ease then the other Olineman can peel off and get a linebacker to help keep the hole open. If done right the hole will be big enough to drive a truck through, allowing the ball carrier to reach secondary without being touched.