Mavric

Totally agree. Only real questionable coaching decision I had in the game. I was on the fence. The problem is the time left. If there was another 40-50 seconds, I'd definitely kick it deep.. If we were only down by three, I'd kick it deep. If we had at least one timeout, I'd kick it deep. But there was only 3:22 left and we were out of timeouts. That means, best case we could expect to get the ball back with about one minute to go and probably need 60-65 yards to get into the end zone. Not impossible but our offense wasn't exactly rolling and we we'd be in obvious passing situations and hadn't handled their pressure very well. And there's a chance that one first down could end it.

... I mean, I guess they can let the Huskers do their scouting for them ....

Mavric (Arizona State, Texas A&M, Mississippi, Georgia, LSU, BYU ) StPaulHusker (Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas A&M, Auburn, East Carolina) NUance (Stanford, South Carolina, Baylor, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Georgia)

Also had five carries for 106 yards and a TD in that game.

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Seventh Possession - 2Q 11:24 1&10 +41, pistol, TE left with trips right - TA hits Allen on a quick out from the slot 2&1 +32, pistol, TE and HB right - zone read look but it's a called handoff. Penetration kills the play 3&1 +32, pistol, TE left - zone read, they again run a double LB A gap blitz but AA picks up the first down. Late hit on Moudy 1&10 +45, pistol, TE right, Allen motions to the left - WR screen to Allen who hesitates and gets nothing 2&10 +45, pistol, TE trips right - play action wheel route to AA incomplete 3&10 +45, pistol, TE left with trips right - rollout right, TA almost throws a pick but it's incomplete.

And those are just how far I've gotten. I'm not all the way through the first half yet.

Yes, If you want to look back and find exact plays we didn't run, you are mostly correct. If you're looking for types of plays, not so much.

Sixth Possession, 2Q 13:42 1&10 -30 - shotgun, doubles both sides - quarterback counter but they get penetration bumping Sterup off his pull so he's late getting to the hold and there is nowhere for TA to go but bounce outside. Had Sterup gotten there a count earlier, it would have been TA against the safety 2&13 -27, pistol, TE left with trips right, Bell motion across formation - play action with Bell going back the other way but their DE gets into Bell and doesn't let him into the route. By the time Bell gets free and catches the pass, the timing is disrupted and he only gets a yard. Bell is injured on the play. 3&12 -28, pistol, HB right - TA gets pressure but if he would have just stepped up in the pocket and reset he would had time. Instead, he takes off right away and gets sacked. The protection was actually not that bad.

Fifth possession - 1Q 0:30 1&10 -1, TA under center, Ace set (two TE) - inside zone left. Cotton trips again trying to double the tackle. No one picks up the LB 2&9 -2, TA under center, Ace set - Looks to me like Bell checked up at the first down marker because the corner was well off but TA still threw the fade. 3&9 -2, TA under center, TE and HB left - This is pic 4 from the OP. If you took a screenshot of our opponents doing the same a couple seconds after a handoff, you'd see the same thing from our defense. We already took our shot and missed so they were expecting run and they got it. AA makes a nice spin on the inside zone to pick up some yards.. Not sure why Foster (HB) blocked away. If he would have led straight up on that safety, AA could have run for a long time.

That basically ends the first quarter. One play was the difference - they went after Rose at CB the play after Davie got hurt and it worked for a 55 yard touchdown. Other than that play, first downs were even, total yards were basically even (we would have been slightly ahead), time of possession was basically even (we were slightly ahead) and neither team had converted on three third down attempts. The play that set the tone for the second quarter was their last play of the first quarter. Their punt pinned us on our one yard line. We were losing the field position battle the rest of the half.

Fourth possession, 1Q 4:31 1&10 -38, pistol with trips left - zone read and the unblocked Calhoun makes the play again 2&8 -40, pistol with trips left - mixup in blocking as AA resets left just before the snap but the line blocks left leaving the DE unblocked. He pressures TA who just throws it up and it gets picked off. Since the entire line blocked left, it appears that AA should have blocked right to pick up the end.

So through three possessions, we've done most of what people seem to claim we should do. We keep trying the running game (although TA probably should have kept a couple times to loosen up the focus on AA). We usually use at least one TE if not two (counting HB and FB). We run play action with good success. We've run a couple screens. But we missed an open receiver and haven't handled their blitz well, though not always the OLine's fault. Thus, three punts.

Third possession - 1st Q, 8:22 1&10 -25, pistol TE left - zone read that Calhoun again plays well and makes the tackle. Might have been able to keep. 2&5 -30, pistol with split backs, trips right - WR screen to Bell. Good pursuit but Bell gets some yac for a first down 1&10 -36, pistol TE right, Bell motion to trips left - WR screen to Bell, good yac for Bell 1&10 +40, pistol HB right - sprint option right but we don't leave anyone unblocked. B. Cotton tries to block Calhoun but he strings the play out and gets the tackle on AA. I would guess Cotton should have left him alone so TA could pitch of Calhoun and AA would have room to run 2&9 +39, pistol TE right, motion out of trips left - outside zone right but the pursuit is good and there isn't a hole 3&8 +38, Cotton false start 3&13 +43, pistol HB left - This is pic 1 in the OP. #44 was lined up at left DE (opposite Cotton) so Cotton looks outside when no one immediately shows on his side. However, on a long developing play and both the HB and AA block left, #44 has time to twist all the way across the center and gets there after Cotton looks away. Really should have been AA to stay home and pick up #44. TA has to scramble and gets about six yards but we have to punt.

Second Possession - 1st Q, 12:32 1&10 -34, shotgun, TE left - Zone read that Calhoun plays well. TA probably should have kept as Calhoun was square but closing down and made the tackle on AA 2&8 -36, shotgun, doubles both sides - playaction, pass complete to Janovich out of the slot 1&10 +48, shotgun, TE left - playaction, TA pressured but gets it out to Westerkamp who makes a great diving catch 2&4 +44, pistol HB with trips left - zone read but MSU runs a double LB A gap blitz. Just the perfect call against that play 3&6 +46, pistol, doubles both sides, AA motions to trips right - This is pic 3 in the OP. MSU shows blitzing seven but the rest drop out and they only bring two. Streup has a guy head up on him and a guy outside at the snap. He properly looks to the inside guy first but then #44 stops and by that time #43 is past him. With no back to help, the QB really has to be ready to throw this ball immediately. He might not have any receivers that looked to help him out either but it just needs to be thrown over someone's head and out of bounds. So we kept trying AA but they played one well and had the perfect call the second time. We ran play-action twice with good results and then didn't handle a blitz look.

First Possession: 1&10, +30; TA under center with TE & HB right, Bell in motion - fake the give to Bell, Power G with Cotton pulling but he trips on Moudy 2&10, +30; Pistol TE right - Inside zone left but Cotton gets pushed back and the hole closes 3&11, +31; Shotgun with doubles each way, TE motion right - rollout right, Moore is open on an out for a first down but TA short hops it to him So we tried AA twice, once with one TE, once with two but didn't get anywhere. Called a play and got a receiver open that would have been a first down on a relatively easy pass with little pressure but TA misses the pass.

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Jon Nyatawa ‏@JonNyatawa 2h2 hours ago Also with Armstrong at QB... Bell/Westerkamp have combined to average 7.3 yards after the catch. The rest of the #Huskers WRs: 2.9 yac

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Dan Hoppen ‏@danhoppen 4h4 hours ago Neb QBs are 47-73 (64.4%) when throwing to Kenny Bell and Jordan Westerkamp this year. They're 35-85 (41.2%) when throwing to anyone else. Jon Nyatawa ‏@JonNyatawa 2h2 hours ago Tommy Armstrong's completed 46 of 70 throws (65.7%) to Bell & Westerkamp. Just 22-for-56 (39.3%) when targeting other #Huskers WRs

So ....... all whites?

This is really a response to QMany's status update but I needed more space. Not that I'm blaming the loss on AA and we could play the what-if game all night but it's pretty crazy how much different the game could have been if our best player doesn't fumble inside their 10. Not even allowing for the possibility of a first down or TD on 3rd down or giving up field position the might have taken away their FG but what does the game look like if we even get three points there? When we score the first TD it would have been 27-12 where you definitely kick the PAT instead of going for two to make it 27-13. The next TD makes it 27-20 and the last TD ties it. From there, who knows what happens as they may have done things differently needed to score instead of protecting a lead but that would have made things a lot more interesting.

Playing in two fantasy leagues. Playing against Demaryius Thomas in both leagues.