Mavric

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https://twitter.com/Thaddeusmoss/status/648564655938519040

That is a rule but the caveat is "still on his feet" Link So when they dive to try to tackle you, they are no longer considered to be "on their feet." Which I've always thought made this a pretty odd rule. Apparently you need Vince Carter to actually break this rule.

Well, we're 3-for-4 so far this year on letting opposing QBs have the "game of their life" (from a passing yardage standpoint) so ........

This had mostly to do with what type of plays Southern Mississippi was calling. Here's my synopsis from another thread:

Link So a lot of people are trying to say that our line is playing poorly and our starting RB isn't very good. Yet somehow we're still 17th in the country in yards per play, 27th in the country in yards per rushing attempt and our actual running game (minus the sacks) is slightly over six yards per carry. Methinks people are being too critical of those position groups.

I haven't done any screenshots for SMiss yet but here's the video: My take: He definitely should have cut up instead of hesitating but it's not as obvious as it looks like from the screen grab posted earlier. The hole didn't start to open up until Newby was past it so it was pretty tough to see. Also, we run too much of this straight forward, slow developing outside zone play. Edit: for some reason I can't get the video to jump to the exact spot. The play is right after the replay.

You're talking about our FG attempt right at the end of the game, right? This is not correct.

I thought the story was Zook was a great recruiter...

- We have no Plan B in the defensive playbook - (Supposedly) "Stopping the run" is only helpful if there is at least some effort to also stop the pass. We are currently giving up 453 yards per game. The last four years it's been 373, 371, 361 and 351. So we're currently giving up more passing yards per game (379) than we've given up total yards per game in the last four seasons. We haven't just gone to the other end of the spectrum, we've gone to the end and off the chart. - The excuse that we've faced passing teams doesn't matter a whole lot when we're #114 in the country in passing yards per attempt allowed. - If we were giving up HALF as many passing yards per game as we currently are, we'd still be a middling #40 in the country. - It's not Daniel Davie's fault. However... - Freedom is going to be a beast - Brown has been impressive kicking. Not only making the five FGs in the first half but had plently of leg on the 50+ yarder that he missed and gets quite a few touchbacks on kickoffs.

IMO, Newby isn't going to get it done in conference play against the DL's of the B1G. He looks for the outside lane, has happy feet, slow to accelerate after a cut and runs high..... I do not think the coach has faith enough in any back to lean on the running back. It seems we only run 2 plays in a row at the most. I've had the same complaints about Newby but I will give him credit that he definitely had a different mind-set on his last few carries Saturday. Really looked to me like someone grabbed him by the facemask and told him to get his @$$ up the filed. On the last few carrier but basically just put his head down and plowed forward until he ran into someone. Now that's to far to the other extreme but hopefully he learns from it.

Did he have to give up an extra year to be at TCU? Not sure he would have redshirted had he stayed. That's unusual for a guy who doesn't do it as a freshman, so we might've lost him by now anyway. This is probably the most successful Husker transfer we've seen in recent years. Good for him. He was actually asked by the coaches to redshirt his first year here and declined. So you are correct that it is very unlikely that he would have done so later on. He would have been out of eligibility last year in all likelihood.

He's the (disappointing/sad/maddening) part for me: There is a lot of talk about "we're built to stop the run", "we won't see so many passing offenses in the B1G", etc. Banker was a DC in probably the most pass-happy conference for the previous 12 years. It's not like he's never seen teams that throw the ball before. The fact that he is unwilling/unable to make any scheme adjustments doesn't speak highly for his ability as a DC. And it kind of shoots down all the "these coaches have experience" and "these coaches make adjustments" arguments that we've been sold for the last 9 months. At least as far as the defense is concerned.