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1 minute ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

Is he out or was it just a break for him to give his arm/shoulder a rest?  I can't tell from the posted tweets.

1 minute ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

Is he out or was it just a break for him to give his arm/shoulder a rest?  I can't tell from the posted tweets.

It was reported that he hurt his shoulder

Martinez made some great throws in the 1st half. I don't think we can win without him unless Smothers runs often and hits the short passes. I also think it is a guaranteed loss if AM plays with a hurt shoulder.

Pretty good half considering the first play of the game. AM concerns me for the 2nd half. If he is too hurt to run we lose. The option was hurting Wiscy, and AM's scrambling is the only way we can throw

Strange place to put in Smothers

Is 0 hurt for Wisconsin?

1 minute ago, BoNeyard said:

That’s his speciality. Keep doing that. He’s run first, pass second.

I would like to see AM take off every time he can get 5 yards. Make Wiscy respect his running, and everything else will open up. I don't care if AM has 40 carries.

How much of the run D is because of no JoJo?

Great tackling

Why do you try to knock down a huge back with a shoulder tackle?

The middle of the field was wide open for Martinez to run.

Special teams ... but Frost says they are good

Just now, Big red surfers said:

No TD. 

2nd & Goal, I hope we go power

Two very impressive throws

Didn't Frost just tell us how good special teams are?

I am guessing that one of the problems with the Huskers is the lack of on field correction and repetition. Maybe the great athletes that don't play can't make the corrections by watching their mistakes on film and trying again at the next practice? When I played, it helped to have someone immediately correct me, and then repeat the effort until I had it right. Maybe this is the cause of our kicker problems? Do the kickers get to practice with the in game long snapper and holder, or do they just kick from a tee? Something must be wrong with the way the team practices, there are too may great players on the bench and too may dumb mistakes, all with no improvement over four years.

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It seems that Frost needs Speed for his offense to function. In 2018 with Ozigbo, Washington, Spielman & Morgan all was good. In 2019 after Washington left the end of the season was a huge failure. This year is more of the same. Are there any youngsters that Frost can get on the field to salvage this season?

Is there any truth to the rumor that AM had the flu? 

But that wasn't a BIG team on Saturday, and the S. Alabama defense was horrendous in 2018. I expected the offense to score at will. Very unsettling.

1 hour ago, brophog said:

 

I thought we’d cover it during the game. We were up 28-7 about to receive the ball and two turnovers later it’s a ball game.

I am with you. I thought we would steamroll them at that point.

13 hours ago, Gorillahawk said:

Am I the only one who thought our offense as a whole looked aggressive on the first drive and then they looked timid from there on out. Frosts play calling got extremely conservative and so did our play. Not to mention I think we ran more “power” plays today today then all of last year. It’s almost like he kept it super vanilla as not to show anything for next week. The few times he called things other than power or zone it seemed to work ok. USA’s defense didn’t have to think as there was almost no counters, nothing to make them think the ball was going one way just to see it go the other. I think Frost was keeping things close to the vest which made our offense look like trash

I thought the same thing. No mis-direction, and the tight ends disappeared. I was thinking AM was having a bad day, and Frost just shut it down and ran clock. 

4 hours ago, teachercd said:

The good news is...we are bitching about a win.

 

If this team is good, next weekend will not look like this weekend.  

This is the encouraging part. The offense had 2 turnovers, special teams added a 3rd, we rushed for under 100 yards on 44 attempts, our QB could not find the open man, and when he did, he usually missed the throw. Despite all that, our defense and remaining special teams easily won the game for us. The game was never in doubt, and at one point we were up by 21, and could have driven a steak through their heart if the offense was not so terrible. It looks like it will take a few games before the OL is ready. I have no idea what happened to AM, but I trust the coaches will correct it if there is not an injury. I hope he is not having more shoulder problems.

17 hours ago, brophog said:

 

I don’t remember much of that, either, but I can say you really can’t pull if you can’t control the middle of the LOS and that was a massive problem all day. I’d have to go over the game to answer that better, but their NG really made things difficult for us, regardless.

Didn't their 1st string NG get hurt and leave early? It is sad if the 2nd string NG from a Sun Belt team that finished near last in defense last year can dominate the interior of our line. 

Did Green play? I didn't hear his name called.

16 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

I don’t disagree, but calling for Martinez’s benching is a bit much. 

I am remembering TM playing injured. It would have been much better to let him sit and heal. I have no idea what was going on today, but the freshman phenom from last year was not playing today. If AM is hurt, I prefer to play a healthy QB.

Something better change on offense, or we will get blown out next week. If AM is no better than today, Luke M. needs to play.

98 yards rushing for Nebraska, on the good side, we held our opponent to 88.