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  1. What did we learn? I learned that some one needs to wake me the hell up when off-season hype becomes an expectation instead of the crap I watched today. This team looked so terrible it’s mind boggling. O-Line non existent, D-Line was barely a factor, Running game was abysmal, too many penalties. I can’t wait for the day I don’t have to sit there shaking my head at every game we are expected to win because we find a way to crap the bed. It’s freaking South Alabama. This is a Riley-esque game and anyone who thinks difference either has to be Scott Frost or related to him.
    6 points
  2. Hey now Jurgens threw a couple deep balls.
    5 points
  3. I have always admired the Huskers and what the program stands for in all aspects; I'm too old to watch the crap in Knoxville. Can I come aboard and follow the Huskers? Please?
    4 points
  4. 100% correct. However, I’d call that vanilla. Frost hates CU, and I guarantee they will be utilizing 85% of the full playbook this next weekend, ahead of where they left off last year. This man knows how to coach, and all of the questioning of this coaching staff after this game, a game we all knew we could win on talent alone, is ridiculous. They weren’t prepared for this game because they’ve been preparing for Colorado. Now enjoy the Kool-aid and the a$$ whipping they give Colorado next week. Colorado will think they have an easy win. Mission accomplished. I’m going back to my regularly tuned kool-aid channel... games from ‘97 on YouTube. Get your red drink on!
    4 points
  5. The good news is...we are bitching about a win. If this team is good, next weekend will not look like this weekend.
    4 points
  6. It might be time to let the season tickets go. I am tired of the University bilking for thousands of dollars, saying " oh we have a great program" then barely beating Sun belt team. and its been going on since 2004. At some point you say the emperor has no clothes. You say we have a great team then you trot out a bunch of stoners with an offensive line looking they just came out of the biker bar ( literally) and cant snap a ball or push around a 240 pound sun belt D-tackle. In practice they break huddle (Farnioks and all) by saying "pipeline". These guys are as far from the NU pipeline as you are from the Alaska pipeline. Maybe they are talking about the Mary Jane pipeline? Sht I saw better football players on the movie Waterboy. Heres to brighter tomorrows. Good nite yall!
    4 points
  7. According to rumors, he is a drunk that makes great coaching hires.
    3 points
  8. I am also a Tennessee fan who has adopted Nebraska as my second favorite team. And I’ll honestly spend more time watching the Huskers than the Vols this year, as I don’t think I can put myself through all the torture. I went to the Nebraska vs Maryland game in November 2016 because I was on a business trip to Omaha that week. I decided to stay an extra day because I just love college football and really wanted to check out the stadium and the atmosphere. Then I saw you play against us again in the Music City Bowl that year. Your fans were all really nice and I had a great time at both games. Ever since then, you guys have been my number 2 team (I grew up in Knoxville and went to UT, so I really am forced to have the Vols at #1, as painful as it has been recently). I always had a feeling that Riley probably wasn’t going to work out for you guys (not that it took Nostradamus like abilities to see that coming) but I was really excited when you landed Frost. So I probably had too high of expectations for you guys last year in Frost’s first year. But unlike UT, I can definitely see that Nebraska is on an upward trajectory in year 2, and I’m very excited about following you guys this season.
    3 points
  9. oh also, I remember a lot of people were saying the same sorts of justifications of, "oh we were being vanilla saving it for our big opponent) in 2013 against Wyoming/Southern Miss, claiming (with some even offering insider source accounts) that we were saving the good stuff for UCLA, and also in 2007 against nevada/wake forest before our big matchup against USC
    3 points
  10. Holy s#!t. Ed McCaffrey posts on Huskerboard, confirmed!!!!!!111!!11!
    3 points
  11. If I had to fill in the blank in this sentence: "Frost's scheme is predicated by ________." then I probably wouldn't choose "offensive line pulling." I'd go with "the quarterback making the right reads." Really hard to focus in on the reads when your eyes have to go up into the air and your feet have to leave the field to catch a high snap. It's hard to convey just how big of a deal that was yesterday. We might have actually scored an extra 7 points if every snap had hit him in the numbers. I thought the spread of 36 was way too high and didn't think we'd cover that. We also missed a field goal that we should have made.
    3 points
  12. Was this the Fong “good news”?
    3 points
  13. I'm a broken record, but Chinander has to switch up the alignment of the 3-4 if he wants to be successful. Why would I want both LBs lining up at the same spot 95% on the line of scrimmage? Have to stunt and blitz, overload a side etc. Would you want a front of 3 DL and 2 LB or 4 DL? If you're staying basic then get another DL on there to wreck havoc. Khalil, Daniels, Daniels, Stille would look better than what we are running IMO, especially for the B10.
    3 points
  14. I went back and watched the game 2x and these changes need to be made. Jurgens cannot snap the ball and didn't block that well either. Alex Davis didn't play bad, but JoJo is def a better player. I was not impressed by Carlos, similar to last season. Dismuke was lost out in coverage several times. Will Farniok > Cam Jurgens JoJo Domann > Alex Davis Ben Stille, Deontre Thomas > Carlos Davis Eric Lee, Cam Taylor, Eli Sullivan > Marquel Dismuke
    3 points
  15. The Good Eric Lee - Awesome for him. Highest-rated recruit in the 2015 class but struggled to get on the field. Might have saved the game for us today JoJo - difference maker. Hope he's full-go soon Turnovers (defensive variety) Defensive Depth - We rotated often at every position except corner (and Cam Taylor can play there if needed). Many of the biggest plays where made by non-starters (Lee, Taylor, JoJo - even Sullivan had a couple nice sticks before getting lost on the TD) Wan'Dale - Looks the part. Surprised he didn't get the ball more Mo Washington - Run game is just different with him in there JD's punt return was a highlight of an otherwise forgettable day for him The Bad Tackling wasn't great Honas - only thing keeping him out of the Ugly category is hoping he's still shaking off rust. Looked slow Must be in the NLI for JUCO RBs to fumble in their first game Offense was 3rd & 15+ on each of the first three possessions The Ugly A lot of the offense Mills especially And Martinez Turnovers (offensive variety) Continually running inside when it never worked (was Frank calling plays today?)
    3 points
  16. Eric lee should be starting over either dismuke or williams
    3 points
  17. @huKSer does not know how to spell Kool-Aid. He must now report to the nearest Big Red Reeducation Facility!
    2 points
  18. No idea, but I would guess it's wishful thinking. I did wonder if he was sick during the game though because it was just so out of character.
    2 points
  19. Funny, because I live in that area also, watched the whole CSU/CU game, and I am not hearing the same things. CSU did mostly whatever they wanted on offense, but simply turned the ball over 4 times. That is exactly what Nebraska did against Colorado last year and I don't think any of us felt NU was severly outplayed/very poor. Now Shenault is a large concern, but he will be doubled all game. CSU held him to 3 receptions for 48 yards and 1 score. We'd take that all day.
    2 points
  20. You're trying too hard. Your shtick is better when it's short and biting.
    2 points
  21. As it turns out, turnover margin is kind of important. They are +7 in those two games.
    2 points
  22. The schedule is a little more difficult trading out Maryland for Penn State, but it pales in comparison to the '21 schedule IMO. OU, UM, MSU and OSU.
    2 points
  23. What the hell does that matter? They won by three scores. You won't believe this one either, but in their second game of the season last year they got outgained 565 to 395. They won that one too.
    2 points
  24. https://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/huskers-get-first-commit-of-class-with-florida-defender-sorensen/article_007daa8b-13a8-53e1-a1a5-ee8742832bdb.html
    2 points
  25. I’m taking my son to this game, it will be his first Husker game. Looking forward to it!
    2 points
  26. So Colorado already has film of us doing SUPER SECRET FANCY offense stuff against them, and against other teams all last season. Then we decide to stop doing those things this time, and also decide to play really bad and snap the ball bad and badly not get open and run block really bad, all as a SUPER SECRET way of making them convinced that we no longer do those things, so then they think we're bad, so then they prepare wrong, and then we DO do all the good things and win?
    2 points
  27. Bingo. The offensive line played poorly, some receivers struggled to get open, some receivers did not do a good job helping Adrian extend plays when things broke down, Dedrick Mills didn't read or hit his gaps overly well, turnovers, penalties, and Adrian clearly tried to do too much a few times. There's really no excuse for any of that. I could understand a modicum of it given that it was week one, but that was not a great football team they played. Probably not even a good one at this point. They should've done a much better job executing the game plan that they did have. Perhaps what's most disconcerting to me is that Frost made it seem like this was not the same offense he saw during all of fall camp. So, there are a lot of ways to look at that, and the sky certainly isn't falling. But, I think it's fair for all of us to feel and say that we expected a bit more than we saw. Big kudos to the defense today. Massive improvement from recent years and 14 of the points they gave up came off of turnovers by the offense.
    2 points
  28. When the new guy took over trying to make a profit off us. I'll pay $1/month if we can go back to more than 15 posts per page. Good god this is awful.
    2 points
  29. I rewatched part of the gamed last night. Jaimes pulled on one play and was blown up by a linebacker. I was thinking how can that possibly not result in the LB getting planted on his a$$. It was Jaimes that almost got planted. I can see why Jurgens is considered a good blocker because he can position his body between the defender and presumably where the running back should go and he's good at keeping the defender from getting around him. Like the rest of the OL, he gets no push which appears to be related to how they are taught to block. They squat with a wide stance and not much forward lean allowing them to move laterally but doesn't allow them to get a push and sometimes they have difficulty not getting pushed back. It's almost looks like they are blocking for pass protection. The announcer said we weren't getting a push but it seemed like our guys weren't trying to move the LOS as much as finessing defenders out of the way. At the goal line after 1 or more failed running attempts they fired off and moved people back and Mills was able to score.
    2 points
  30. I think we will be better off with W. Farniok and a full game of Washington. I was hoping that Raridon and even Sichterman would get a chance to see if they could help or not.
    2 points
  31. I've said numerous times, in the past I thought we were vanilla by plan, then multiple games in I realized that's all we had. No surprises, no new wrinkles, nothing but the same crap we showed in game one year whatever (2007-2017). Frost is an innovator. No way the most boring game plan I have seen in years was his designed plan. Granted the O didnt play in the 2nd half, but the limited series in both halves was like ground hog day. Penalties, going away from what worked, TO's (INT/fumbles etc).....High snaps didn't help. 3 new OL didn't help. Neither did the play calling. They put like 30 guys in the box and we didn't try anything to get them out. Deep routes, 2 back sets, misdirection, delays etc....They brought the house every time. I don't know if we had an answer or simply chose not to show it....IMHO, AMart was off and the staff knew it, but stuck with him. He looked tentative to run, almost worried to take a hit. Playing "scared" comes to mind. In a preseason presser he said he'd run 40 times a game if Frost asked him to. Put on the weight to take the hits that Frost's scheme demanded. But yesterday, he never lowered a shoulder, showed any wiggle....he was pedestrian. Something has got to be up. Or maybe I'm just hoping that's the excuse. I watched a lot of football yesterday. We did not look like a lot of the top 25 teams. Oregon and Auburn were two of the fastest teams I saw play. And they hit like runaway trains. They, and other teams, passed the eyeball test. We had flashes, but not consistency. We are getting back, but it will take a while.
    2 points
  32. I was pleasantly surprised by Sullivan, that kid is a sure tackler, no arm tackles, he gets in there, wraps up and brings the ball carrier down.
    2 points
  33. That's what happenes when our supposed improved offense in it's second season under Frost pisses down it's leg unfortunately. Hopefully we get it fixed this week and it was a first game jitters and we come out on fire and just put our boot on the fluffaloes necks.
    2 points
  34. Was hoping this page would get more active now that the season started. I'll chalk today up to the poor win from the football team. Anyway, the ladies are looking real good. What I am coming out of it now that game 2 is over: The two Freshman (Knuckles and Kubik) are playing as if this is their 2nd year. Really impressed. I was scared to see two freshman take over our two best Seniors that left the program. I believe we won't have to worry about that. Kelly Hunter is now a grad assistant and they had her up in the booth. She mentioned that having shoes hard to fill when being new is actually good and challenges the freshman. Kubik does need to correct her stance when in the back row while being served, but I am sure she will adjust. Davis, Sun and Sweet looks like they really worked and improved during the off season. Coach Cook mentioned that Davis needs to fix some consistencies, but you really couldn't see them in this game. She was full out. Sweet didn't have the hic-ups that I saw last year. Hames is looking good to. Her feet are set and setting the ball very well to the ladies. I do think her and Schwarzenback need to work with each other a bit more. Seems that Hames wasn't getting the ball high enough on most of the sets to Schwarzenback. The only thing I can see the front row needs to work on from tonight's game is blocking. Most were either missed or the bounced to out of bounds. Was worse tonight than game 1. Would like to hear what your thoughts are.
    2 points
  35. Not wanting to be overly critical of your take here but it's a bit funny because last year a lot of fans complained that we didn't have a big body in at nose tackle. Speed isn't usually a quality that you demand of a big nose tackle in a 3-4.
    2 points
  36. Well aren't you a delight to have on board.
    2 points
  37. I haven’t watched the televised game, but live: 1. Our defense looked great until the pass happy, prevent defense started (still got a couple picks). Defense flowed well edge to edge on a mobile qb and sweeps for the most part (compared to aj bush last year as a similar frame of reference). 2. Wasn’t impressed with Mills. He packs no more punch than Washington and doesn’t have as good of vision. 3. I was hyping up Wandale before the game and all the people around me knew who he was by the end of the game. As advertised. Would recommend. 4. Cam struggles with snap placement. We all saw that. 5. Martinez looked like a confident player who didn’t understand he wasn’t having a good day. Sometimes the best thing to do is let someone else have the ball and let them make a play. 6. Stoll is a beast. Should see 5-7 passes a game no matter what. 7. Dline looked ok and seemed to free up the backers to do their job most of the time, but nothing really stood out. 8. LB looked pretty good. Mo is Mo. Davis looked huge and fast but wasn’t always in position on his assignment. Miller looked good when I saw him in. JoJo is an animal flying to the ball and should be on the field more. Honas still exists. I only saw Nelson on three straight plays late in the game, but he looks quick and is a big kid. Hope he sees more third down pass rush playing time. 9. Dismuke still seems to be lost in coverage or is slow. I am constantly unimpressed by him which is sad because: Cam Taylor, Lee, and Sullivan (limited time I saw him) all looked great. All three seemed to be better in coverage or getting to and filling the hole in the run game. I never watched Williams before his injury. 10. Jorgensen had a tough spot to fill, but looked shaken moving around before/after attempts and kickoffs. Hope he gets more confidence if he has to continue on all duties.
    2 points
  38. I learned South Alabama is much better this year. That doesn’t mean squat in terms of Nebraska, we still should win easily. But this was one of the worst teams in the country last year and they played hard today. If they can mix up their fronts like that, execute on the screen and option game...I mean they got a few things that may work for them against their level of competition. They didn’t just mail it in and collect their check.
    2 points
  39. Two words to describe him: Game Changer
    2 points
  40. I'm going to be blunt with my assessment: that looked more like a 4-8 team than a top 25 team.
    2 points
  41. Rocky Top is the best college fight song.
    2 points
  42. 1) Other than the missed FG by a backup kicker, the special teams were solid. Wandale had a couple nice kickoff returns, the kickoff coverage team didn’t let up any big returns, and Armstrong averaged 45 yards per punt (flipping the field once, and pinning them deep another time or two). 2. Other than Deontei’s penalty in the first quarter, I didn’t think there were super costly penalties which changed the momentum of the game. Maybe Wandale’s illegal motion (which was questionable) which negated a long catch and run. 3. Not sure if you have watched many other Big Ten games this weekend. Purdue lost to Nevada. Minnesota went down to the wire against a FCS school. Northwestern couldn’t do anything on offense against Stanford. Currently, Iowa is only up 10-7 at half against Miami (OH). NU is far from the only conference team struggling this weekend.
    2 points
  43. I'll take it, my high school has several Huskers fans, Military kids stationed at Fort Campbell
    2 points
  44. No i coach HS ball and didn't watch much today. I'm sure it wasn't pretty but there is no way it was the crap that has been going on for the Orange. I want the Huskers to hammer the BIG 10 West!
    2 points
  45. Someone was ripping on Martinez for not acting like a team captain in the game thread. Well, here you go. This is how captains react.
    2 points
  46. That I need to ignore preseason hype, full stop.
    2 points
  47. One thing I love about CU and Iowa fans, is they routinely tell Husker fans to “Stop living in the past.” Yet they cling to 62-36, and Nile Kinnick like their lives depend on it.
    2 points
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