Mavric

When push comes to shove, we gave up 13 points on defense and only 3 after half. Hopefully things will be fixed.

 

Southern Miss had plenty of miss opportunities. The screen pass that could have gone for a td if it wasnt dropped and their wr's dropped quite a few balls as well.

And we missed a lot of opportunities. Almost had a pick that could have been returned for six. A couple more sacks could have stopped drives earlier and maybe we only give up 175 yds.

Ifs and buts...

Huskers sweep their way to a sweep.

Huskers 3, Colgate 0

Hanna Werth leads with 15 kills and 12 digs

Allison McNeal adds 10 kills

Huskers 3, UC-Irvine 0

Morgan Broekhuis leads with 16 kills

Werth posts another double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs

Huskers rolling along.

Big week coming up with games Thrusday (Oklahoma), Friday (Duquesne), and Saturday (Kentucky) at the Coliseum for the Ameritas Players Challenge.

To even get invited to New York, you have to have outstanding stats and be on a great team. RGIII's win last year came from one of the "worst" teams for a Heisman winner in quite awhile:

Top three in recent years with final ranking and team losses:

2011 - RGIII (#12, 3 losses), Luck (#4, 1 loss), Richardson (#2, 1 loss)

2010 - Newton (#1, 0 losses), Luck (#4, 1 loss), James (#2, 0 losses)

2009 - Ingram (#1, 0 losses), Gerhart (#21, 4 losses), McCoy (#2, 0 losses)

2008 - Bradford (#1, 1 loss), McCoy (#3, 1 loss), Tebow (#2, 1 loss)

2007 - Tebow (#12, 3 losses), McFadden (#25, 4 losses), Brennan (#10, 0 losses)

2006 - Smith (#1, 0 losses), McFadden (#12, 3 losses), Quinn (#11, 2 losses)

2005 - Bush (#1, 0 losses), Young (#2, 0 losses), Leinart (#1, 0 losses)

2004 - Leinart (#1, 0 losses), Peterson (#2, 0 losses), White (#2, 0 losses)

2003 - White (#3, 2 losses), L. Fitzgerald (#26, 4 losses), E. Manning (#17, 3 losses)

2002 - Palmer (#5, 2 losses), B. Banks (#3, 1 loss), L. Johnson (#10, 3 losses)

So in the last 10 years, only two guys have won it with more than two losses (RGIII and Tebow); everyone else was ranked in the Top 5. And only six others made the top 3 with more than 2 losses.

You have to be on a top team or have unbelievable stats to be in contention.

So Miss 2nd Half Stats:

Rushing: 25 carries, 93 yards, 3.7 ypc

Passing: 1 completion, 8 attempts, 15 yards

Total yards: 108

Source: Huskers.com Game Stats

Johnny Stanton leads Santa Margarita to 35-6 victory over Jordan.

http://www.maxpreps....past-jordan.htm

Four TDs including a 76 yd TD run. I like it!

Hey Beau -

9 catches for 103 yards and 2 TDs for our TEs and two of them are gone after this year. You'll fit right in.

@'SkersRule

 

"Igetbored216" is not the only one who believes that the play of our D-Line against Southern Miss last Saturday portends bad things to come down the road.

 

I hope I'm wrong but 5 years of coach speak have left me numb. At the end of the day we have still not beaten a team ranked in the top 15 since I don't know when, we continue to lose 3-4 games a year..these are indisputable facts that can't be argued even if you don't like the fact that people point them out.

 

Not all fans fit into the good little box that our peers would like us to, pardon us for being frustrated after another off season of being told how our D-Line is going to be better this year only to come away from game 1 with warning signs and evidence to the contrary.

2 for 2 on Troll posts. Keep up the bad work.

Sounds like broken collar bone so it shouldn't be all year but probably a couple months.

Per Josh Banderas via 247, it's between us, Wisky and Pitt.

Even Lee Barfknecht moved the Huskers to #1. I didn't think I'd live to see the day.

No chance. Minimum of 4 weeks recovery time according to internet search. Most victims even more. The only hope, knee bruise instead of sprain.

 

Positive side, Addulah-Heard-Cross excellent trio.

Who needs doctors when you have the internet?

Under Bo Pelini, Nebraska has played 19 true road games. We've won 12 and lost 7. (68% win percentage)

 

Here are the 7 we lost:

2008 At Texas Tech (they finished 11-2)

2008 At Oklahoma (they finished 12-2)

2009 At Virginia Tech (they finished 10-3)

2010 At Texas A&M (they finished 9-4) this one was a robbery.

2010 At Oklahoma (they finished 12-2)

2011 At Wisconsin (they finished 11-3)

2011 At Michigan (they finished 11-2)

 

Other than the A&M game which was a screwjob by a corrupt conference, every team Nebraska has lost to on the road under Pelini won at least 10 games and 4 of the 6 played in a BCS bowl game. (and both Texas Tech and Virgina Tech easily could have).

 

We struggle at times against overmatched teams at home but we don't lose to any team that isn't a 10 win BCS Bowl level team on the road. UCLA isn't anywhere close to a 10 win BCS Bowl quality team.

Interesting info. I didn't realize our losses were quite that "good".

I'm hoping at "worst" we suit him up but only play him if needed. Resting for a couple weeks would be a much better option, IMO.

There was a story on Omaha.com that was posted earlier today that talked about that. Martinez audibled to the route, but since the way the formation was set up Turner couldn't cross the line without it being a penalty. Taariq Allen didn't move just to be certain. Great play that sort of reminded me of the play against Wisky where we went trips to one side, the two outside men ran hard button hooks and the inside guy ran a flag. CBs bit on the hooks leaving the Safety having to travel a long way to make a play.

Pretty impressive by both Martinez and Turner:

As soon as Jamal Turner identified Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez's audible, he turned toward the sideline and locked eyes with his position coach.

The third-down call midway through the first quarter was originally a run, but Southern Mississippi stacked the box and exposed a vulnerability downfield. Martinez saw it, and signaled toward Kenny Bell to go long.

 

Trouble was, the initial design had Turner aligned between Bell and Taariq Allen in a way that he couldn't cross the line of scrimmage before the pass was released. Against the rules. He knew it. So when the ball was snapped, he was statue-still. Allen did the same, too, just in case.

 

Full OWH Article

I must have been starving for Husker football. Watched the game live yesterday, watched it on DVR this afternoon, now switching between the replay on BTN and the Bo Pelini show ...

What did Bo have to say about our defense yesterday?

I was going to post in the "What did we learn" thread that I watched the show and learned ... nothing.

Basic coach-speak all the way around. He said several times that we had a lot of things that we needed to improve upon and we're no where near where we need to be. Nothing specific.

I doubt Michigan drops below us - especially from the guy who voted them #1. Oops.

Probably one spot at best.

Couple things here.

 

1. Our HS farm system under Osborne was producing talent specifically tailored to the Nebraska system. We've changed systems so many times over the past decade the HS's have become very diversified.

Good point. We used to be one of only three or four major programs running our style of offense and we were obviously having the most success with it. After switching to the WCO, we were competing against almost everyone for the same athletes.

I must have been starving for Husker football. Watched the game live yesterday, watched it on DVR this afternoon, now switching between the replay on BTN and the Bo Pelini show ...

We had 10 receivers catch the ball. As much as i would salivate to see Jordan play this year, it isn't going to happen. Kenny Bell and Enunwa are locks, and Jamal was electric and should have 5 touches a game at least. Our tide ends have great hands, and our back up WR's at all positions are just fine. I love the kid and know he will be great, but with what i saw on saturday, no reason to pull it.

Are we recruiting receivers from Alabama to join our RB from there?

If we learn how to defend mobile QBs then this game wont be close

I was thinking the same thing when I first looked at their box score but now I'm not sure how mobile he is. Obviously you have to be decent to score on a 72 yard run but Rice did about everything as wrong as they could - they gave up three 70+ yard runs. After that, he had six other rushing attempts for minus-four yards. I'm sure there were at least a couple sacks in there but that part doesn't exactly look scary.

Of course, if you can hand it to a guy going for 200+, you don't need your QB to do too much.

Alabama blitzed Michigan almost relentlessly. Curiously, so did Michigan State last season. Both teams beat the Wolverines. Must be a coincidence.

I wonder if JP knows about this

I'm usually not a big fan of lots of blitzing but if a team isn't going to make you play honest, take advantage of it.

I think our main problem is the tendency toward a "bend but don't break" philosophy. We like to keep two safeties deep - although they do come up hard when they read run. I think a better thing to try first - without a wholesale change in personnel - is simply to play one safety deep and bring the other - Stafford - up closer, thinking run first. Play Cover 1 (one safety playing center field) until they prove they can beat you over the top a couple times.

Our biggest problem, IMHO, is that we get too spread out against the spread. Cover two over the top with at least three CBs on the field and only one LB in the box. Five lineman to block five defenders with two running options is a numbers game we're bound to lose.

Keep the regular down four plus two LBs so you have six in the box. Assuming there are at least three WRs, three corners play man-to-man with Cover 1 over the top. You'd have to play with the alignment of your 11th defender (Stafford) and one LB depending on who their 11th player is - second RB, TE or WR. A second RB or TE makes it pretty easy to bring more defenders closer to the box. A fourth WR is tougher but you've got to give somewhere. One way or another, Stafford would be lined up just outside the box - ready to attack the zone read but probably having to pick up some pass coverage on a straight drop-back.

Haha, I used to think the same thing. But read my short post above. Ive learned a lot about sports gambling from some really smart people (although I don't plan on getting into that anytime soon, lol)

 

(The initial line is set by a bunch of experts that work for the sportsbooks and try to do their best to gauge the way the action will fall. They usually do a really good job, but guessing what line will get the best action on both sides is a pretty inexact science so that's why you see the lines often move a point or two right after they come out)

I'm by no means a gambling expert but, from what I understand, you are correct. Hard to believe but correct.

Apparently UCLA scored three times on 70+ yd runs. I know our D is a work in progress be we can't be as bad as that. UCLA also returned a fumble for a TD. I'd say if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot repeatedly, we should be good to cover.