Savage Husker

If that isn't writing off I don't know what is. Okay. I'll play. First, no one is writing off Dillman. But the odds are stacked against him that his best 2 years of HS football came during his first 2 years of HS(assuming he played HS football as a freshman). While he seems athletically gifted, that doesn't make him an instant relevant option at QB. I have no doubt that he will be given a chance to show what he can do at QB. As far as Steinkuhler is concerned, I believe it was his choice to play defense. And there is absolutely zero proof that he would have been any better of a OT than a DT. 0 The main reason I brought him up was that he was our last legit 5***** recruit, realizing Kevin does not have the five star rating anymore with 247 proves that an injury can hurt anyone's rankings, we know this. However, (knocks on wood) getting a guy to sign on the dotted line come signing day who was once considered a candidate for being the NUMBER ONE prospect for the 2015 class out of high school at the QB position (Sports Illustrated words not mine) and discrediting the guy for not playing the past two years is a refusal to see the big picture. http://www.si.com/high-school/2012/03/06/kevin-dillmanrecruiting He was getting offered as a TE like Nick O'leary at FSU, not sure about Auburn. Wouldn't shock me if it were similar. Also, things are MUCH different than they were when he was first a 5-star recruit. He was already behind as a QB and was already being considered for a position switch. There is a reason we are pushing very, very hard for Lamar Jackson. If you have a true QB that you think is a "5 star", you don't recruit LJ as actively as we have. Nor do you practically go radio silence with the kid.

Link or reference please? It was in fall camp I think. Look it up. I believe it was Pelini himself. Honestly though, I read and hear so much stuff I couldn't begin to track it down any easier than you. I recall hearing/reading the same thing. Bo was pretty blunt about the QB competition and dropped that line. Some plays he'll look like a first string QB, others he'll look like a 3rd string.

How about Tommy keeping the ball on the zone read more often and not making it so predictable that it's the Ameer show? MSU crashed hard on Ameer every play, even if Tommy gets a no gain or minimal gain, keep the defense honest. Dantonio is the only coach since McNeese St to follow their gameplan and it worked. Take Ameer away and force Tommy to make decisions. Combo that up with gawd awful OL play and we're toast. There is nothing the coaches could call that would change what the players did on the field. How many dump passes did Tommy miss? How many out routes did he skip? There's now three items on the list of things Husker fans can count on...death, taxes, and Alex Lewis penalized 3-4 times a game. Leaders aren't just there to make sure people get their reps in and work hard at practice. That offensive unit needed to call each other out when mistakes were being made. Tommy waited too long to chew out Mark Pelini. He should have chewed out the whole dang line. The WRs should have chewed out Tommy. Ameer should have chewed out the team. It's OK to yell at eachother on the field/sideline, if you aren't mentally tough to be called out when it's needed, then they'll continue to lose these games. With that said, I love the no quit attitude of the program. We saw that in 2012 when we had 3-4 comebacks. It's the identity of the program and I love the heart that they have. Sparty's Cook had the "finish" mantra this week, welp Sparty, you didn't finish well and you barely escaped. I question the toughness of that team and their ability to close teams out. I can't wait until we play them again this year. Kinda sucks they have to wait two weeks to get this sour taste out of their mouths, I see them overcoming this and destroying Northwestern. Having a week to heal up will be good though too.

Nebraska- 34 Sparty - 30 Rushing - 283 Passing - 211

Almost tore my nephews knee apart wrestling around after McNeese St game hopped up on crown and cokes. MRI came back just a bad sprain (thank the good Lord). With that said, I'm taking a break from mixing hard drinks, bud light for me.

NU - 48 Illinois - 13 Rushing Yards - 387 Passing Yards - 211

Agree. But that play might be what led him to run it so much from then on. Yep. Beck finally figured out how to trust his senior leader after another TA mistake. Hopefully, TA learns from this. Honest question: when we fumbled the ball on a rush, and had two key sequences where we handed the ball to Abdullah three consecutive times and failed to get a first down, did you question Beck's insistence on running the ball? The way we moved the ball on the ground, I didn't once question Beck's decision to call a run play. I'm not sure I've liked Beck's trickery in previous games, but even the reverse excited me and liked the timing of it. Just needed one more block and that play may have gone the distance.

Yeah, what RedRex said...unless you play EWU Eagles in the playoffs, then the gloves come off

Didn't want to hijack LOMS highlight thread he just created, first time I saw the fight and Pelini reaction to roughing passer call...that was a tame yelling that Pelini had in comparison to others, plus 91.5k fans yelling louder than any other point in the night. Bo is loud already, and if he's like me...I talk louder when my surrounding is louder, then no s*** Bo is going to be yelling louder.

Good work. Was at the game and yet to watch the broadcast or many highlights. JMitch deserved a penalty for his action in the scuffle, but dagumnit he has heart! I love it!! Thanks!

Haha asked the right fan base. Done.

Get her a university job!

3 of the last 4 are POS's, but I respect the hell out of RGIII, Bradford, Tebow. And have nothing against Leinert, Palmer, Dayne, Jason White, Crouch, Weinke, Troy Smith, and Ingram. Not to get ahead of myself, but Ameer on national stage with a mic in front of him would be GREAT.

I moved back to Omaha 2.5 years ago from living in WA since I was 5. The most common response when telling someone I moved back? "Why would you move to Nebraska?" I never once got the feeling that Nebraskans think they're better than anyone else.

Beck should have not called that 1st down pass where Tommy ended up throwing an INT. We were gashing them for 5-7 yards a pop on the ground, it was a no brainer to pound the rock all night, and no need to pass on a running down with the success we were having. It was one example of him out thinking himself. I did like the idea of the reverse, even though it was a no gainer, just one block away from going big. It was set up well by jet sweep and other motion plays earlier. I loved the wildcat, great to see again. Kenny Bell blocking was fun to watch, #1 was jawing with him after KB blocked him out of a play, and KB was KB, that was when I saw him jaw with the Miami sideline. Great to see our top WRs be as involved in their blocking game as the passing game. And oh my goodness, KBs TD...so wide open, being at the game watching it live, you could see him come out of his cut and he was all alone. Good route running. Overall, I really liked what Beck and the offense did last night, it was fun to watch. Miami obviously didn't watch the mcneese st film because I believe our biggest weakness on O is forcing Tommy to throw 30x a game. With Miami talent, they should have loaded the box and forced us to air it out. That's bad coaching/game planning on Al Golden. Obviously I'm OK that they didn't, it was awesome to see Ameer do his work. Defensively, we will continue to struggle with crossing routes and RBs out of the back field, we will continue to get gashed, but I don't think we will see another team with that speed all season, except for Melvin Gordon. Miami did their damage on quick routes getting their WRs in open space. When we force the QB to sit in the pocket for more than 2-3 seconds, we look great. I miss Avery Moss. Gregory can't be our only feared pass rusher, we need our other guys to step up and force pressure when Gregory is double teamed. I believe as the season progresses and we get into conference play, someone will step up, I'm excited to see who that is. I'd be even more excited to see the whole unit have their share. I'm afraid to drink the Kool-Aid because this program has been dr. Jekyll mr Hyde, but I like what I've seen so far from the team as a whole. Tommy continues to grow up, WRs are stepping up, OL is hungry - needs to stay hungry and nasty. It's not easy covering RBs, but need our LBs to step up. Defense always seems to bare down as season goes on, so I'll be optimistic. One more week, one more win. Take care of biz early with Illinois, get the backups in, and rest the starters. GBR

Wasn't a fan of the booing, especially pregame, but I get it as they walked off the field, total classless. I sat above as they walk in/out...you can't call what Miami represented last night as "swag." It's total lack of respect for opponents, the game, fans, and themselves. I won't lump every player, but the vocal majority of that team is clueless to their actions. There's a reason those nitwits flipping off fans were getting booed at the end of the game, and a few of their other teammates met in the middle. I just wish we didn't open the game by booing them, that's all.

Nice.

From reading transcripts, interesting comment by Sean Callahan at the big red breakfast this morning. Lamar Jackson in town this weekend and "still looking for a QB in this class." A few different ways to read that, I have no info, but anybody have something new to offer?

Totally understand the skepticism but that's every recruit, even the three that signed aren't commits. The juice is worth the squeeze to hold out on this kid. He seems to have his head on straight, I'm cool with him doing his thing. We call his bluff and recruit someone else, what's the tune if he does bolt? RBs have become a dime a dozen, I'm OK with sitting on an elite RB on the chance we can land a lesser acclaimed kid.

Nebraska - 44 Fresno St - 17 Rushing - 311 Passing - 264

I don't think I met one Nebraskan, Pro-Bo or not, that has expected this season to have the type of "hype" this writer tried to build. Don't confuse optimism with "hype." Every year there is reason to have hope, there is reason to talk about the growth and the new kids. No coach in the program has boosted hype. No player is quoted about being bigger than what they are, beyond an expected level. No national writer has promoted Nebraska to be a powerhouse. I spent a week before season started in WA state and buddies asked what people's thoughts are on the season. I told him the general feel I get is no one expected much. The person that asked me is a huge WSU Cougars fan, he expected their team to win 8 games this season. Them going 8-2 the rest of the way after dropping their first two to crappy teams is like 1%. Even perennial crappy teams hold out for hope. Bottom line, this writer is creating another storyline that people buy into.