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13 hours ago, commando said:

i guess it depends on how many test positive.   but everyone in all the huddles has to have a fair chance of testing positive now.   hopefully it isn't enough of the team to cancel the game.  i was working and didn't get to watch this weeks game (although it sounds like i didn't miss much).   was hoping to get to watch the huskers this week.

He didn't have it during the game - probably got some sidde action for his good performance

Anybody have any info on the false start by 85 early in the game. Was that a formation issues - cause i watched that multi times and didn't see movement...think it was 3rd and 1 which lead to 3rd and 6 we gained 1.5 on the next play - leading to a punt.

6 minutes ago, Fru said:

Rewatched most of it. Offense actually moved the ball pretty well. The fumbles by Luke and AM were killers. This game kinda reminded me of the Wisconsin game last year. O would get a decent drive going, but just couldn't finish. 

 so true - good thought would be probably going to lose this one anyhow.  Need to have those near perfect games now that they are all winnable.  Hoping mistakes don't turn into habits.

6 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

Of the QB position leads the team in rushing yards, it’s going to be a long long season. 

ok - solid point.  Did anybody want or say that our QB would do or should do that? 

If we score 100 points a game it will be a long season for the other team..... if they score 100 points it will be long for us.  I thought typing that might make me fill better - but it didn't.  How about you?

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5 hours ago, runningblind said:

You said it wasn't one he should have caught, but could have. I am saying he absolutely should have as a P5 captain with two hands on the ball. That was the point I was trying to make, and to not just expect only perfect passes to be in the "should catch" category.  

Martinez has struggled for 2 years and 1 game with controlling the pace on passes and this is a prime example.

6 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

That was a pass Warner could have caught, not one he should have caught.  That was high, hot and behind him.  That's on Martinez for throwing a pretty poor pass to a receiver that was that open.

Suprised that this is the first i have heard this take on this board.  I just watched the game for the second time (win or lose i always enjoy the second watching cause my i'm more calm and see somethings that were missed in the live version) the announcers said little about the receiver and a lot about the ball thrown.

7 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

It’s called a quick slant, not a lob slant. 

Call it what you want but quick slants hit you in the numbers not above the head.  You are also missing the definition of quick slant it has to do with the depth of the route and the time that the qb releases the ball after the snap.  That looked like a catcher expecting a low slider inside and getting the high rising fastball.

17 minutes ago, Undone said:

Martinez was 12/15 throwing, which is an 80% completion rate. IMO Warner probably should have caught that ball in the end zone and Adrian would have been 13/15 with one TD pass.

 

People can say that Adrian was mainly just hitting shorter passes, but who cares? 80% completion rate is great.

It would have been nice to see kade catch that ball - but Martinez has no business throwing it that hard from the 4 yard line.

4 hours ago, Undone said:

We rushed for 210 yards yesterday against Ohio State and had 370 total yards. When Wisconsin faced off against the Buckeyes in the B1G title game last year (with a back that is sixth all-time in NCAA rushing yards), they ran for 200 yards against the Bucks.  For comparison in our game against OSU last season, we only mustered 231 total yards of offense.

 

I saw some improvement on offense. They'll probably take this video down soon and I can't make a GIF of it because those GIF making sites require the original video to be like less than 10 minutes, but click play below and it'll start on the first play of our third drive. Cam Jurgens drives his man back and then pancakes him, and then he gives him a little extra 'f you' at the end, love it:
 

 

That's the kind of Husker football I want to see more of.

Very good point - NU dominated the line on that play and tempo would have stayed high. Instead we have to switch qbs and OSU gambles bringing the house followed by a poor snap exchange.

5 hours ago, Cy the Cyclone said:

I learned this was the first game of the season and looked like it for both teams.

 

Defense looked pretty stout against the run.  LBs looked surprisingly decent against the run but slow on coverage.  Good hitting though.  Secondary has no speed and needs a dose of mental discipline 

 

My big question about the offense was where is this running game everyone keeps talking about?  QB draws and scrambles is not a running game.  Actual running backs carried the ball 14 times.   Combine that with a bunch of slow receivers and you have a pretty anemic looking offense.

 

 

I'm sure Tom looked at the stats back in the 90s and deducted the qb run yards

22 hours ago, CAHusker said:

Did you catch Klatts statement about Kade Warner?  He said something on the lines that he is our best receiver, I remember saying out loud, “god no”!  I do think Kade is a good player , and he will benefit from injecting more talent and speed on the field, but he better not be our best receiver.  

Klatt made a bold statemnent that is not true - too much has been put into talent as captains - 2020 captains have more to do with culture then talent.

5 hours ago, Stumpy1 said:

If Frost expects our receivers to block like Osborne's receivers back in the day then we will never have a legit passing game.   I agree that they need to block to help out our running game and the 10,000 sideline passes we seem to throw but we are really limiting our offense as a whole if our faster receivers aren't playing because they aren't the best at blocking.   If we want to start beating some of these better defenses then we will need to start throwing down field and opening things up.  

Nobody said they have to be the best blockers - but if they don't own the concept in practice then next man up - culture wins. 

4 hours ago, seaofred92 said:

Opens Wisconsin -9. Already moved to -10.5

I'm hearing the home field advantage has gone from +3 to +0.5

However officiating has gone from 0 to -7

11 hours ago, UniversalMartin said:

Can I judge him on the past seasons?

If you like to live in the past with different players or players that needed s&c

1 hour ago, Hilltop said:

Nebraska 31

Wisconsin 20

 

Yesterday's game had a different feel to me, especially in the trenches.  Our line play, against the best opponent we will see all season, was very good imo.  That will translate to quite a few wins with the first being next week.

Are you suggesting OSU won't be as good the second time we play them

Stretching the field against OSU may not be possible - if we don't see this by week three then there should be concern.

14 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

I get that, but playing 12 yards off and immediately back peddling, at that point it’s just pitch and catch.   Maybe worth trying for a half or so and see if Fields is on target or line is getting a rush.  But when a QB is 14-15, strategy needs to be changed.   Sell out more on Blitzes and make him throw over the top under pressure to score.  
The coverage Nebraska put out today was just basically saying “we know you are going to score, just do it a little slower”.   That’s not good enough in my mind. 

I totally agree and made the comment to friends that 2e were saving blitz for second half to show them something different.  Surprised we didn't try to jump some routes. My point us that we were just out talented and it showed.  This strategy of 15 off the line will not happen and/or fly the rest of the way.

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1 hour ago, NebraskaHarry said:

I'm very concerned about the DB's. That kind of soft coverage allowed Ohio State to pick Nebraska apart. Roll left. Wide open receiver. Roll right. Wide open receiver. Drop back. Wide open receiver. Mertz threw 17 straight completions last night and Nebraska plays him next week with 2 less DB's for at least part of it. So that should be fun.  

Speed kills and OSU has it - wisky not so much

6 hours ago, deedsker said:

Justin Fields

Nice that we almost made it to page 2 before somebody went there - in the spirit of this thread it should only be NU related

Glad this is working out for him - win/win for both parties

NU is good enough in the trenches on both sides to go 6-2 or 5-3. Little surprised with our secondary and wide receivers- but hopefully OSU is just that good.  Afraid that the big10 will continue to give us the shaft (not talking about opponents players) 

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great story