Savage Husker

Anybody else think they're not having "fun" out there? I think Bo's cell phone prank and Harlem shake needs to carry over to the field. Still need to take care of business, but have fun doing it.

Speaking of "throwing the playbook open"....

 

have we ever faked a punt, FG, double pass, reverse pass, unexpected onside, etc in Bo's tenure? I ask thinking we probably have, but i really cannot recall too much if any, of those plays.

 

I personally think we surely HAVE to be practicing them, right? So, do we save them for a huge game in a huge moment to totally take someone by surprise? Or do we do 1-3 of them per game in OOC (and like Fowler said, "to make them practice for everything)?

 

I'm not some jackwagon thinking we need to run these with regularity, hell...i'd like us to run the ball for 6ypc every game only pass on distinct playaction scenarios and stick to Husker power football. But it seems like Snyder, Miles, Stoops, Osborne, etc always has a few tricks up their sleeve that just leave fans thinking, "man this guy is ballsy and will do anything to keep teams off balance." It is true that if we even did that once or twice a SEASON it makes the opposition a little tepid and more responsible.

 

I liked the write up a lot and after watching the game again, i'm really high on this team. Like has been stated in this thread: i'm not worried about the O really at all, save for simply a more aggressive approach on the Line. I really thought Bando, Gerry, VV, Gregory, Collins, and SJB, and Evans looked better than what we've had out there for a while; just licking my chops til they gel and feel comfortable on game days.

 

Alex Henery against Okie State comes to mind. But I agree we don't do it much.

After the game, Alex revealed it wasn't a called fake. He just took off when no one from Okie State was facing him (he had been coached to do that, so it wasn't completely on his own).

I believe we ran the same fake FG twice and the last time was when the fastest player from Colorado read it, picked it out of the air and took it the distance.

Can't say I noticed it. Not right of the players to do that, regardless if I agree with them. I think Beck does really great things, then he over thinks and his play calling gets the best of him. His playbook is too big. I can't remember the writer but said NU is good at a lot of things, but not great at any one of them. I buy it, and I'll say it again, the option has to go unless they truly dedicate themselves to it. I still want to think this game plan was by design to not give anything away on film and I expect it to get more fun, for us fans and the players. I don't agree with that theory because if you want to be the best, it doesn't matter if they know what's coming, make them stop it. That's what TOs teams were about.

There were some missed opportunities, TMs decision on one particular zone read left 3 defenders for Ameer to get swallowed up by, instead of keeping it and having a lead blocker with huge daylight. Dropped passes. Penalties. (Can someone explain the Jake Long false start? He moved but the whole line was checking and Taylor wasn't even under center quite yet) It was just a horribly sloppy game and I can only help to think "it's all correctable."

#1 QB hurt the first game, not surprising, still has no sense of the pocket. More disturbing is Ron Kellogg warming up, gotta get Armstrong in the mix!

Hard time buying your first point, he was hurt on a design run play. And yes, need our QB of the future getting reps. Or is this Bo's strategy to keep another plan secret?

Move it if need be, my bad.

 

Does it help that they asked him how the landscape of college football would look like if TO kicked the PAT?

Ya if you quote his answer

No excuses

He also said they would have blocked the PAT.

Move it if need be, my bad.

Does it help that they asked him how the landscape of college football would look like if TO kicked the PAT?

Anybody catch him in the booth during the Miami/FAU game? To this day, my Dad is not fond of him, never understood why until after listening to him talk with the broadcasters tonight. What a self centered pr***. Emphasizing that Jimmy Johnson inherited a team that HE recruited, that lead to "the greatest dynasty in college football dating back to WW2 or maybe WW1." Spit my beer out...what?

Most of his quotes were arrogant responses. The dude just patted himself on the back the whole time. Seemed like the person who gets lost in the shuffle and has to make some dramatic scene to get noticed.

What a tool.

Herbstreit never makes any thought provoking statement. He doesn't bring anything to the table that someone else hasn't already said and he doesn't think outside of the box. He just seems pop culture, at least that's the card he always plays.

Little side topic...Pelini and Herbstreit played a couple seasons together at OSU, what's their history?

I feel we are understanding early relationships are huge in the recruiting process because prospects are commiting earlier and earlier. I think we are setting ourselves up for a good year in 2015.

I concur. The ones committing earlier are typically the most sought after and developing relationships with other programs.

It was interesting to read (i dont know direct quote) how NU is putting more resources into recruiting and that there are no days off. I don't see us having 24 non coaching staff related positions, like Bama, but increasing eyes and coverage is needed to keep up.

At least a 10 win season and a bowl game win will give good momentum to cap '14 and kick off '15

Started really following recruiting just a few years ago, but keep seeing more stories and updates about 2015 recruiting cycle. I don't recall seeing this much action from an NU staff this early in the process, ever. I think we've seen this staff make considerable strides in recruiting the past two years and I like it. As much as the players are learning the "process," Bo & Co is figuring their end out too. We were behind on the times and often waited too long to enter the picture, IMO, things have changed and it's becoming "Recruit early and recruit often."

Thoughts?

Crown and coke or my Nebraska keychain bottle opener

sometimes less is more.

And sometimes less is Moore!

Yes, Ted, that was the joke

Pretty sure there was an article late last fall, when he made his decision to go to UF, that quoted him for saying one reason he didn't return was because he wasn't sure what the team would think/say. Much like everyone else, my thought was and still is, man up and accept your share of responsibility.

He ran away from his problems and still butt hurt and complaining

It kind of sounds like a writer fishing for a story and knowing the right buttons to push

Arkansas St, the OL was a cause of 2 blind side sack fumbles. I hear what you're saying foppa but the majority of his turnovers were result of his play.

Inconsistency is his nightmare. His fumbles when going down need to get fixed. CCG and PSU for sure, although, he made a conscientious effort against Goergia to protect the ball when running. Another frustration is when he scrambles and forces pass, instead of tucking and running, again however, PSU he made an awesome throw to Jamal Turner stepping up on the run and hitting JT cutting across setting up 1st and goal.

He throws too many "I wish had that back" picks right into defenders hands.

Like Bo said, if he can grow as much between JR-SR as SO-JR year, we can expect big things and my frustrations will be after thoughts.

This guy

More telling sign is we just offered another DT...IMOP

 

If the new offer was a JUCO then I think it would be telling about Amin, but either way I don't like our chances here. Need to get Pelon in and close.

It would be foolish to disagree. To me, it seems a little more than a coincidence we offer a new kid the same time there is an update on him. It sounds like the "nice guy" lip service of a kid who has a hard time saying no. Especially how hard we're trying, plus maybe even his coach, if he still has strong ties with Bo/NEB.

More telling sign is we just offered another DT...IMO

I guy making a mistake at 100 mph and is athletic can recover and correct on the fly a lot more than a slower less athletic player IMO. Last year, guys might have known the system, but just couldn't recover or get from point A to B quick enough to make the play.

Watch the pre-snap of Santos during the PSU game where he makes the play at the goal line that causes the fumble. He's looking in at Compton wondering what his assignment is, as ball is snapped, he reacts and makes a huge play.

This Youngstown connection; vince, the stoops', and pelini grew up "friends." If those recruiting tactics are true and there's all this animosity and fallout, where does it stem from? Mike Marrow running softer than a roll of charmin tp and not getting another chance on the field? Barney's kids get to play but Vince's doesn't?

250 yards, two touchdowns and a 31-31 tie after three quarters. The defense folds and gives up two fourth-quarter TDs against UGA. That's hardly Martinez' fault.

 

Also, I seem to recall Taylor scrapping it out several times with Georgia defenders. I don't recall him being "scared."

 

Of course, I'm not trying to pump myself and my team up to win the SEC like Clowney, so maybe if I was I'd see things differently. The guy is a physical freak and has earned the right to talk.

Not trying to nitpick old man, but Clowney is at SC. lol

 

tbh... I was confused about that for about 5 seconds, because why the hell would the guy talk about a QB from a team he played once two years ago?

Same here. I guess we have bulletin board material on the off chance we play them in a bowl game again.

Personally, I think the turning point of the game was AAs fumble. It was a BS call/situation with refs screwing things up, but we gotta hold onto the ball, even if the whistles blown and a ref is running in calling it dead. Umpiring for many years gave me such a different perspective of baseball after being a player for even more years. Never let the official decide a play on his judgement, if you do enough of the right things, officials no longer become a part of the game.

What's our success rate with kids making a pomp and show announcing?

 

0%

Exactly.

What's our success rate with kids making a pomp and show announcing?