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  1. Offseason groin surgery is a must for Husker fans, as well. Because this is basically the result of watching our team:
  2. I can feel the purgatory of the offseason already with the debates over whether we're better or not than Frost's teams.
  3. We were fine at the point where we were on their 26 yard line with 1st & 10. 1:35 left, three time outs. Just seems obvious at this point that coach didn't want them to get the ball back. There's just no way he's so dumb that he wouldn't have thought to call a timeout there at all, just no way. Purdy was basically on fire in this one (at least compared to anything we've seen from our other QB's this season), so I don't think there was any reason to be afraid of having the ball in overtime. But it just wasn't smart to not call the timeout after the 1st down run where we get to their 18 yard line with something like 1:25 left. Most teams would want to throw on that down & distance situation because it's 2nd & 2. But again, can we even do anything like "most teams" given how we've turned the ball over this year? That's kind of what I was saying in my other post: if we hadn't picked up some yardage on the ground to even get us into the red zone on that last drive and had called pass plays resulting in incompletions, this board loses its mind.
  4. This was the clip I was looking for that the YouTube edit guy's video doesn't show. I still think "bad clock management" is debatable on the last drive...but the more I watch that clip, the more I agree that it was bad. When Purdy gets the long scramble to set up 1st & 10 at their 26 with 1:35 left, Wisconsin takes a timeout. Next play, we run power on 1st down and get 8 yards. No way in hell anybody can have any complaints with that; if we pass and it's incomplete there it's 6 straight days of b****ing on here about it. But yeah, Rhule should have taken a timeout after that 1st down run. I'd go back and do that if it was possible. But then on the 2nd down play that follows we run a toss (something we had had good success with) and it gets stuff. If we execute it and get a good gain & the 1st down conversion, maybe Rhule plays it differently. Just don't know. Coach clearly wanted to run power to work the ball closer to the goal line so that the FG would be an easy one for Alvano, and he clearly doesn't want to risk the INT. As pissed as I am about the loss, I think Purdy and the offense was amazing on that drive. Blocking, running, passing was excellent.
  5. Maryland. The turnovers and the inability to get more than 10 points on the board against a pretty average team was pathetic. The Minnesota loss helped the team get motivated to really dial it in starting with Illinois. Which we did. We needed either Michigan State or Maryland to get the bowl game and not getting it just put us into a terrible place.
  6. I thought we moved the ball fairly well, given the opponent. We ran zone read, our QB scrambled at the right times when pass plays weren't happening, and our QB hit guys that were open in the pass game. I can't blame the OC in this one.
  7. This guy's YouTube videos are awesome but they don't include every single play. This was one of Chubba's best plays of the game and goes down as pretty legendary if we had won it: After he picks up the first we're on their 26 yard line with 1:35 to go. But you can't do a play-by-play review of the next couple plays; the video then skips to 3rd & 2 of that series and there's 20 seconds on the clock. That's the series where Rhule doesn't do a great job. Seems pretty clear that he's super worried about them getting the ball back whether we get a TD or a FG. It's probably too conservative, but then again I think it's fair to be worried about throwing it in the red zone because of what happened against Maryland. I was honestly shocked we even tied it up. If we execute the 1st & 2nd down plays of that series well maybe we wind up getting into the end zone. But we didn't.
  8. No, to me it seems like it's only come out in the last week and a half but I could be wrong.
  9. The first missed FG was pretty huge to the outcome of the game.
  10. I kept saying "the longer they're behind, the bigger the chance Mordecai starts screwing up." But he played a clean game and we couldn't tackle him in the backfield. We should have converted that 4th & 1 in the second quarter and gotten more points on the board on that drive. When that didn't happen we just gave up all the momentum. Anyway, Purdy played a really good game. 65% completion, over 100 yards running. He can rifle passes into spaces and anticipate where a guy will be open like the other two QB's cannot.
  11. Here's an analogy. For the past six seasons, we can't even walk. We're crawling. You seem to not be talking about walking or maybe even running slowly. You seem to be talking about competing in a 100 yard dash.
  12. I get it. You're taking your frustration of losing the game out on a stranger on the internet. 1st & 10 from the opponent's 12 yard line in this one. We throw on first down and it's an incompletion. Last week, it was 1st & goal on their 7. We throw on that play for an incompletion (and obviously Rhule claimed Chubba decided to throw instead of run). So then in this one, 7 seconds in the game from their 12. For most teams, you want to see another play, I wouldn't ever disagree with that. But, we're a bunch of complete f***-up's. I highly doubt a run play gets into the end zone from their 12, but anything is possible. If we pass, it's pretty similar to calling the pass on 3rd & goal last week; you've got the same QB who threw a dumb pick from basically the same exact spot on the field in the same basic situation the week before. Now the stakes are lower there because it was tied whereas against Wisconsin if you don't come up with 3 points the game's over. So yeah, the situations are similar. They're not identical, but they're similar. Coach was probably gun shy about turning it over. I wanted to see another play also, just saying that for like the third time now.
  13. I have to just point out fans' propensity to focus on what happens in the second half of fourth quarters while simultaneously forgetting about failures that happened for the first 3.5 quarters. Our momentum went downhill when we didn't convert the 4th & 1 in the first half. And then we couldn't shut down some of their short throws, and we couldn't tackle Mordecai in the backfield. Maybe we punch it in on short yardage on goal to go, or maybe they stop us. For me it's just a huge problem that this offense can't even average 5 points per quarter. We should be putting up 20 points in regulation with the athletes we have, IMO.
  14. I agree, Moiraine. I also wish it had gone that way.
  15. This is a legendary tier of bulls***, lol. I haven't drank enough for this.
  16. I agree with everything you said but just have to point out that last week our staff was aggressive in trying to score 7 instead of 3 and we screwed up big time (with the same QB that was playing tonight) and we all lost our s***. Please don't tell me that you won't even acknowledge this. This is a safe space.
  17. What skill position has shined? Well, let's see. Here are our injuries: -Gabe Ervin -Rahmir Johnson -Marcus Washington You want Chadwell's scheme, right? How is what we did tonight appreciably different than Chadwell's stuff? We ran option, we ran zone read. We run a bunch of stuff out of the "I" (which lifelong Husker fans generally are really happy about). We needed Chubba's game that he had tonight against Michigan State & Maryland and we're 7-4 right now. Hell, make it 8-4 if he had played like tonight against Minnesota.
  18. Can't understand the point you're trying to make. I was referring to Purdy. Apparently Purdy has had an injury basically all season. To my eye, Chubba Purdy is exactly the kind of QB that works best for this offense. Like, exactly the right guy.
  19. Obviously we're all mad about this, but just to play devil's advocate: everybody was so mad about not getting the field goal last week in basically the same situation...right?
  20. Yes, I know he was hurt earlier in the season. Another thing about this game was that it was hella bad luck for us to get the game where Mordecai didn't melt down with turnovers. So unlucky.
  21. Chadwell doesn't bring anything more to the table for this season than what we've had. We finally put in an actually good QB who does pretty well and doesn't make a ton of dumb mistakes. He runs zone read, option, scrambles...how much more "Chadwell" can it get? The problem was not establishing the run in the second half. There's no "What did we learn" thread to actually talk about the game so I'll just put this here: Purdy really rifles the ball in there. He looks like an actual QB when he winds up and throws the ball. Where in the actual f*** has that been all year long?
  22. Unbelievable that Purdy comes out and plays so well and we learn that he wasn't in the mix earlier in the year because of injury. Like, the most Nebraska thing to happen. Guy throws for 65% and rushes for over 100 yards. We just didn't establish the run in the right ways in the second half. For me that's really the bottom line. The defense played fine overall and Purdy had great stats. Just couldn't dominate the line of scrimmage in the second half. If Purdy had started healthy against Michigan State or Maryland we probably win both of those games by 7+ points. I just can't stand the constant dynamic of "we can actually win this game" and then just blowing it. F***.
  23. The constant f****** dynamic of "I think we can actually win this one" and then blowing it is just beyond old.
  24. Wouldn't be a game without a false start by Prochazka.
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