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In conference I have been to: 1. Ohio state, huge crowds, mostly friendly, great bar scene, and full stadium. 2. Penn state, middle of no where, but huge following and a huge tail gate, didn't do any bar stuff but I am sure they have a decent selection. Been 2 x once right after paterno was fired, and 2 seasons ago and it was freezing, but the fans are rock solid and have never had a negative experience so far. Lots of fun. 3. Wisconsin: awesome college town, awesome bars, awesome game day experience, except the fans were rude and unfriendly. Now also had some great experiences with most fans, but sadly that 25% defineatly soured the expierence. And if you go beer in a boot is a must and the cheese curds are unreal. Bonus they have an awesome farmers market around the capital building that's top notch. 4. Maryland: home state stadium, nice and close to 3 very cool cities, DC, Baltimore and Annapolis. Lots of airports to come into, and hotels a plenty. Because of that there are lots of things to see and do. Tailgating is pretty good considering the lack of football history for success, probably will be packed for a nebraska game due to itial excitement, small stadium and lots of east coast skers fans. 5. Rutgers, tbd this year. Will let you know.

We really haven't needed to use him, except maybe to wear down M state. As far as using him and AA, there also hasn't been a need to show that wrinkle right now, and the team prob hasn't put those plays into the pregame prep for any of the three games.

Tommy will struggle against much better opponents. I hope you make a lot of money from your magic crystal ball. How about we wait until we see him play a few of these better opponents before making any projections of certain doom.

I don't think there's a lot of truth do this. Calhoun helped him out with his throwing motion/mechanics, which never really became great. Most of his growth came from his improved understanding of the offense and ability to make reads, adjustments, ect. I doubt Calhoun goes over the playbooks of every QB that comes to see him. However, it makes little-to-no sense to carry a TE coach when we hardly utilize the TE in this offense. You're going to use your QB. I don't care that a large percentage of college programs don't have a dedicated QB coach, that's their problem. It doesn't have to be ours as well. Might as well gain an edge where you can. So to that point, I do agree with you. I thought that it was understood that our TE coach (cotton) is also responsible for the tackles as well, while the center and guard position are under the OL coach (garrison). Which makes sense because the OL accounts for the highest percentage of players on the offense. If anything Beck is the one who should be the QB coach, as the QB is basically the OC on the field, which is how the current set up for coaches is. And Armstrong is still a young QB, who currently has 9 TDs to one pick. Our offense for the most part has been extremely productive for the first 3 games. As far as the TE seam passes being overthrown, it's one of the hardest technical throws for a young QB. It is often overthrown because it's harder to perceive distance and speed vertically than horizontally. Also QBs want to lead the target, while also trying not to under throw and hand the defense an easy INT. Source: I stayed at a holiday inn express

i call bullsh#t.........we used this excuse for piss poor play last year against patsies.....we play down to the level of competition almost always......we are not that good....and damn sure poorly coached, even Pelini admits that. You can call it whatever you want. But we also beat Georgia last year after the piss poor games against patsies. We have 2 games so far. One we rolled and everyone was in shock how well the game went, then we walk into a trap game unprepared as a team and make mistakes that make the game closer than it should have been. Had just the pick six been a td we are talking about a completely different game. You will continue to find any excuse to cut down the team and the coaching staff, but at the end of the day and the season his coaching credentials are among the best out there. He wasn't handed a Ferrari like TO or Solich, but instead a mustang with a blown gasket and bad brakes. The amount of positives he brings to the the program far outweigh the negatives. Give me an example of another coach who dealt with what Pelini has and produced better results?

This was a trap game from the get go. We crushed FAU, we look past the little team to Fresno state and bAm we are in a fight for the game. We won, we play next week, and we are still undefeated, that's all that matters.

I hope they work, but we still muffed a punt and FAU dropped some INTS. The punt would be us receiving their ball kicked to us, so I doubt it was the same kind as ours, and was probably a beat up punters ball that is more soccer ball than football.

Apparently their servers are all screwed up, I tried to watch the game yesterday at work on the app and the wouldn't even let me use it. Something about me not having the BTN approval, which I checked with comcast and they said they were good on their side. Stupid apps

In all the excitement of the game, I completely forgot the new rifle balls. It will be interesting to see if they make a difference. Great point. Also, the information gleaned from the tracking devices in the balls, and if any of it will be released to the public/media. I really like the whole idea of the new ball, as long as it continues to help the team break offensive records.

When NU ran the old I-formation, the I-back would be about 7 yards behind the LOS. This allows that I-back to see the hole or make necessary cuts. This also allows the back to take a couple steps forward so he is hitting the hole at a higher speed.In the I formation, there was a FB lead blocker though too. That fullback always cleared the lane for the I-back. You could be right though about maybe hitting the gap at a higher speed and it probably does help with vision a bit. I always prefer a running back not make cuts behind the LOS, much like a runner like Cross, but either way I can't knock what we are doing because Abdullah does very well. I was just curious about it.With zone runs and zone blocking, it's up to the RB to see the hole, make the one cut, and hit that hole. That's what Ameer does so well. Cross can't make those lateral cuts, so his plays have to have specified holes for him to hit. Cross is a good straight ahead runner with power, but his can't go lateral, stick a foot in the ground and then hit that hole. Where do you come up with the whole Cross can't go lateral? Just because his strength is down hill style running doesn't mean he is not capable of outside the tackle running.

Haha the football thing, it will be interesting to see if that does play a factor in our TO numbers this year. But shhhh there are people that will never belief a football could cause handling issues.

Agreed knapp, we need to score more points than the opposing team, that is the goal that is important to winning.

Shark: it seems like TArm plays within the game plan, knowing that the game plan is going to accommodate the situation and make adjustments, where as TMart seems to try and take control and score on any given play. Which I think in turn effected the play calling of beck, and hampered us during the last 4 years. I feel a lot better about both Beck and Armstrong, but also want to see us against Fresno and Miami before getting too giddy about the offense.

For some reason I read that like it was a jeopardy player choosing a topic. Anyways it's nice when we can tailor our offense to get the most out the players we have on the field, at the end of the game, putting plays in that your athletes have a high probability of success is or should be the goal. TL:DR- suck it Trebek, I agree.

Agreed, but I still think our return game is a work in progress, and they trying things in practice that we won't see until later in the season, maybe Miami or mich state. I just can't fathom that the coaches will continue to see the results and not change something, especially after they said during camp they put an emphasis on it.