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10 of the 28 are Big Ten schools or 35% someone is missing.... Even the skunk weasels are on the list The absentees aren't suprising.... a good band is important to a winning tradition! Do you think Gene Smith would accept our apology and gift? We would place a lot of importance in getting that tuba back. It's not like our kicker did anything intentionally

I think it sucks that our kicker didn't get to warm up properly That being said I suppose the right thing to do is send an apology note to their AD. We could also send them an old brass tuba as a gift. Maybe their attention craving band could use it. Remember it's not the gift that counts, it's the thought. We should impose some conditions on acceptance of the gift: 1. Halftime be extended by 5 minutes to allow our kicker adequate time to warm up 2. They return the tuba if we beat them in our next meeting. BTW, our band is pretty good too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa_Foundation

I really havent coached for 46 years. Hell i'm only 28 years old. i was being a smartass to someone who pops on here "chuckle chuckle i coached for bla bla years and this and that and yada yada". With all do respect to you of course. And I'm not a defensive genius... who is one these days ? I don't have to be one to see that we have significant trouble on defense. UCLA game was bad and the OSU game confirmed it. I didn't get much hope from Wiscy game. If things don't improve I might really come apart. Wow. Sometimes it helps to melt down. I feel better.

I tend to agree with this the most. I keep hearing that there is not enough talent on defense to stop anyone. I just don't see how this is true. Pelini's first two classes were a little short on talent but not as much as what is showing on the field IMO. There might not be as much talent as one would hope but the "cupboards are not dry." The defense gave up more yards to the Buckeyes then UCF, Cal, UAB, and MSU did. The defense also gave up more yards to UCLA then Rice (not much), Houston, OSU, CU and Cal. Now some of those teams have arguably more talent than the Huskers on defense, but not many of them. Hopefully Pelini can find "It" again, keep the faith, GBR I dont think it's that we aint got talent to stop anybody, but rather we aint got the talent to stop Braxton Miller. Not too many do. Ohio St. did not utilize his full set of skill in that 1st quarter either. When they got down by ten, they set him loose, and our D went "fuehhhhk" This ^^^ I believe, as other posters have stated that Meyer hoped to protect Miller from too many hits early. Once, he figured out that wouldn't work, he turned Braxton loose. It's an indictment of our D that he even thought he could win with the complementary players alone. I was going to mention what you put into italics but didn't want to be too negative. Now that you mentioned it , the Wisconsin game probably gave Urb the idea that it might be a good time to let Miller work on his passing game. The good news is we got at least one coverage sack that I can recall so maybe we fixed something. Sad to think that our defense makes a good practice D but they are really struggling this year.

We opened with a good defensive game plan and intensity. It was Braxton Miller who made the adjustment. We simply didn't have the athletes to stop him, regardless of scheme. In fairness, Braxton Miller is pretty damned good. In other news, UCLA's Brett Hundely who looked so good against us threw 4 interceptions against Cal last week. Not suprised. There is a lot more game film on UCLA's offense now so teams know how to stop them. Our game is a good example of what doesn't work.

That was the change I noticed. Meyer has been trying to get his passing game going which played into our defense the first quarter. Once he turned Miller loose as a running threat it opened up the passing which opened up their run game with their backs. This is going by memory from watching the game live. I don't feel like watching a replay to confirm

I often think about our defense from a few years ago and see how productive of an offense we have now. Combine the two and you have a top 15 team-even with the problems on offense. We still have the same head coach, and we were playing against spread offenses in B12. What's changed? Is it that the B12 teams were more focused on passing and less mobile quarterback centric like OSU and Michigan? Our defense is trending downward year over year but is the fact that we didn't give up more than 600 yards a good sign?

It's getting ridiculous on here. Who are these people posting? They might be Husker fans but being butt-hurt over a tough loss doesn't mean you rip into the opposing team's coach. Class up and post something constructive! We need to fix what is wrong on our team and win. Do that and it doesn't matter how other teams are coached. I wouldn't go so far as to want Urban as Nebraska's coach but he is well suited for OSU. Braxton is a great match for Urban's offense. Unfortunately we got caught in this perfect storm.

That was a long rambling paragraph. Next time I'll provide cliff notes

And Bill Snyder has been coaching longer then Bo has been alive...People comparing Bo to coaches that have been in the game for a long time are not all there...Why don't you guys compare him to coaches that have been coaching the same number of years and compare those and see what you think. I'm pretty sure it won't change your mind cause I'm sure you will come up with another excuse on why Bo needs to go. It was a general statement to all...not just you Paul in WI I wasn't trying to make any comparisons between Snyder and our staff. I'm simply saying that he evidently is on to something that we need to learn from and aspire to, because frankly the state of Kansas has the same geographic shortcomings as Nebraska in recruiting talent and fielding good teams. He's a sharp guy and has obviously learned how to overcome some of the obstacles that are currently plaguing our program. We shouldn't be above evaluating his methodology in order to improve our football program. Afterall, that's how other programs caught up to us when we ruled supreme. I agree with you on that...Snyder is a great coach and it wouldn't bother me one bit if Bo got some lessons from him. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't TO do this? I believe after getting beat up in the bowl games he either approached Bowden or vice versa. His staff worked with TO's staff to beef up our pass defense. They helped identify that we needed more speed. I don't think a young coach could possibly know as much as an older coach. It's better to have a young coach from an energy and fire in the belly aspect.

Brett Bielema talked about how detail oriented Bill Snyder was in an inverview. He gave an example in the first coaches meeting that Bill told them he wanted them to be clean shaven when on campus around the players. He told them disposable razors were available in the locker room in case they didn't get a chance to shave at home. He then proceeded to explain in great detail what he discovered were the best way to use the razors to get the best shave. I think after years of coaching Bill knows everything that must be coached to be successful. He probably has a comprehensive list of things to teach and practice each week leading up to the season in order to properly execute on offense and defense. Weekly preparation for an upcoming opponent is probably quite methodical and well thought out. The focus on details guarantees that the players are well prepared and do not make many mistakes. Bo keeps mentioning sticking to the process, a concept I am familiar with. Focusing on a process allows you to theoretically produce the same results each time. By constantly evaluating the process and improving it, the end result will get better. Another tenet of process based development is that your process becomes refined to the point where one person can be replaced with another. One of the problems I see with process based philosophy when applied to a complex system such as a football team is that talent can mask flaws in the process. When that talent goes away the flaws are exposed- but not before. As a made up example, let's assume Bo's process doesn't include teaching and practicing tackling. Year 1 he has players that already are good tacklers and performance on the field during games is good. In Year 2 the Year 1 players have graduated and the current players don't know how to tackle. The process flaw (not teaching tackling) gets exposed in the first game against good competition. Another problem I see with the process concept is that participants that follow the process are usually judged to be superior over those that don't rigorously follow the process. However, the latter ultimately produces a better end result. The problem with the former is that they are somewhat blindly following the process and they don't always do the correct thing either because the process wasn't adequately defined or they simply didn't have the ability to do it the right way to avoid mistakes. One can argue that is a problem in the process which should be fixed, therefore following a process isn't the problem, the process simply has a flaw. Another somewhat related problem is that processes don't take into account the intangibles. As an example applied to football, let's assume that you have a player that really comes to life on the field during a game but doesn't like practicing. Micheal Phelps is like that. If your process determines starters based on practice performance you may not be starting the best players. The intangible (good game day performer) isn't considerd in the process and makes for a worse end product. I'm not saying our current problems are the ones I used as examples. They are just examples of how a process, applied to a football team, can come up short. I'm also not saying processes are necessarily bad or the wrong approach but I do think they have some limitations. One of the refinements Bo did coming into this season was making sure that the players understood the concepts of the defense. He identified that as a flaw and modified the process. I wouldn't say that we're necessarily seeing improvements because of it but theoretically it should produce a better end product. If you asked Bill Snyder what his process is he would probably give you a blank look. The funny thing is he follows a process refined over many years of coaching. It's in the details that he makes sure are done correctly to prepare his team. If Bill retires it would be worth paying him as a consultant to come in and take a look at our process and give advise. He probably wouldn't understand this whole process concept but just by looking at the things we do in practice, how we prepare for games and giving suggestions on what he would do differently would probably be invaluable. Bo can take those suggestions and use them as improvements or refinements to his process.

Our fans show up early so we can watch our kicker warm up Really.

It seems that almost all Buckeye fans acknowledge their transgressions and readily accept responsibility. That's admirable unlike other teams (cough PSU cough). In the unlikely situation that we beat Michigan, I have to want Michigan to win when they play OSU so that we look better. Otherwise it would be better for OSU to win so that there is clearly a good team in the conference. One problem I see with the B1G is that all of the upsets we have hurt our image. Take last year for example. Wisconsin was a good team but OSU and MSU beat them. We beat MSU and OSU but stunk against Wisconsin and Michigan. People probably don't believe the B1G can have that many good teams and since we don't do well in the bowls we get perceived to be overall mediocre. It sucks that OSU can't represent us in a bowl game this year because they could probably beat a good team. Michigan on the other hand could win the conference and represent us in a bowl game. I think you'll beat Michigan this year. Scary thought about Braxton. It looks like we don't play each other next year. That is too bad since we get Taylor back and he is improving. Even with some of the boneheaded mistakes we make on offense I think it is good enough that if our defense was better we could be a top 15 team this year and maybe next year. Our defense seems to be trending downward so a CCG matchup is unlikely next year. I'd ask other people what they think but it seems we are still in meltdown mode.

Welcome. I didn't attend this year's game but want to go to Columbus just to experience the Shoe. Glad you had a good time in Lincoln and sorry for our inebriated fans. We'd rather not have our school represented that way. I believe the ushers will take care of the problem if you report it. I noticed the NCAA running commercials so I think bad fan behavior is getting more attention. If you compare last year's game to this year I think we owe you a curb stomping . Last year you only needed to suffer through defeat during the last few minutes of the game. This year we only made it worrisome for a short time early in the game before you schooled us. We need improvements on D to make it an interesting rivalry. Do you have a couple of spare John Simons that you could send our way? It does seem ridiculous when your defenders ran right by one of our O-linemen. Not sure who he was blocking but there's something wrong going on. This isn't a dig but what are your thoughts on OSU being the top rated B1G school but being ineligible for post-season play? I always want fellow conference mate to do well and represent the conference well in a bowl game so I'm a little conflicted about OSU and the remainder of their schedule. It would have been better if you had this year's success, last year and not be so good this year.

Go have some cheese and crackers and get off of T-Mart's back. Beck's play calling and an O-L that stinks are the problem. That's the end of the story. T_O_B G>B>R I would agree with the OL part. But I don't have a problem with Becks playcalling. This board has been rippping him for not continuing to pound the ball with the running game. We started that game pounding the ball and it was getting us nothing, forcing us into long yardage situations on 3rd down and putting TM in obvious passing situations. And we know how that often turns out. It still comes down to, if a play works everyone loves it, if it doesn't, it was a bad call. I like the way Beck has been mixing things up. And the bottom line is that no matter what the play call, only one guy is throwing the pass. The pick six wasn't caused by the call, it was caused by a ball thrown badly behind the receiver. If he puts it out in front, it's a first down for us and we're still moving. I was thinking just the opposite. I think we threw that same pass a couple of times against Wiscy and was the pass that Bielema had in mind when he made the comment at halftime about floating passes. OSU recognized it and Roby jumped the route so badly I don't think it mattered where Taylor placed the ball. Roby would have gotten a hand on it. At best it would have been an incompletion. An out and up route could have burned them badly if we had identifed tight coverage. True, you do wonder what a pump fake might do there. And while I think TM has sufficent arm strength to throw the out, I will also say it obviously is not his best throw. And there you do have to question Beck about having him make that throw, but it still comes down to if the ball is thrown in the correct spot, worst case is an imcompletion. I didn't see TM drop back on that play, was he locked on the receiver the entire time? TM might have been locked on the whole time but I think it's meant to be a quick throw without time to look off so it probably doesn't matter. It's more important for Beck to realize that it wouldn't work given OSU's personnel and pass defense. Pump fake would have been perfect given how bad Roby was jumping the route. We seem to be discovering a lot about what works and doesn't with our fledgling passing attack. At least we didn't try those short passes to the middle that we ran against Wiscy that were either batted down or TM threw into the back of our O-linemen . The long pass that was picked later in the game was partially TM not stepping into the pass and throwing it short but I believe OSU was playing more prevent defense at that point and shorter passes would have worked. Not sure if that was a bad play call or TM misreading the D or he was trying to save the day. We definitely need the passing to open up the run game but it's taking an exasperating long time to get it right (going back to Wiscy game last year).

Go have some cheese and crackers and get off of T-Mart's back. Beck's play calling and an O-L that stinks are the problem. That's the end of the story. T_O_B G>B>R I would agree with the OL part. But I don't have a problem with Becks playcalling. This board has been rippping him for not continuing to pound the ball with the running game. We started that game pounding the ball and it was getting us nothing, forcing us into long yardage situations on 3rd down and putting TM in obvious passing situations. And we know how that often turns out. It still comes down to, if a play works everyone loves it, if it doesn't, it was a bad call. I like the way Beck has been mixing things up. And the bottom line is that no matter what the play call, only one guy is throwing the pass. The pick six wasn't caused by the call, it was caused by a ball thrown badly behind the receiver. If he puts it out in front, it's a first down for us and we're still moving. I was thinking just the opposite. I think we threw that same pass a couple of times against Wiscy and was the pass that Bielema had in mind when he made the comment at halftime about floating passes. OSU recognized it and Roby jumped the route so badly I don't think it mattered where Taylor placed the ball. Roby would have gotten a hand on it. At best it would have been an incompletion. An out and up route could have burned them badly if we had identifed tight coverage.

ditto , good call Thanks and congratulations on the win! If we can get our defense straightened out we'll give you a better game next time.

Ditto

Did OSU mistakenly doctor the tape they sent to the league to make it look like he was playing "got your nose"? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/10/04/big-ten-michigan-state-eye-gouge.ap/index.html?sct=cf_t2_a12

And two BTN guys picked us to win. Andy Staples will probably post a feature article about us on si.com tomorrow to make it a perfect trifukya. He wrote about OSU! http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/andy_staples/10/05/ohio-state-urban-meyer-walkthrough/index.html?sct=cf_t11_a0

And two BTN guys picked us to win. Andy Staples will probably post a feature article about us on si.com tomorrow to make it a perfect trifukya.

We're screwed. So did the BTN guys

This. I saw a LOT of McBride'esq defense against Wisconsin. Put a man on a man, and send the rest. Bottle'em up and hit the qb, over and over. I hope we see more of it, because I always liked that philosphy. I have this feeling and I've been hearing rumblings that NEB will be blitzing more against Ohio St to try and rattle ole Braxton Miller. I hope so. I am not a huge fan of trying to contain him and making him throw...this gives him all day and then when a lane opens up, he takes off. Blitz him and blitz him more, make him throw the ball under pressure and keep hitting him. Get this guy rattled. I wouldn't be suprised if OSU uses the same strategy against us to stop Taylor. Unfortunately, I think it will be more effective against us. Miller is so flippin ellusive. BTN was showing MSU's Gholston trying to stop him. Gholston is a good player but as long as he was locked up with an offensive lineman Braxton could easily run around him. I think they showed Braxton going inside and outside of him. It's almost like you have to tackle him before he gets started. He's going to be a real problem for us. The good thing is that all of the juking and such makes him prone to injury like the hyper-extended knee. I was watching the MSU game to get an idea of how to stop him. Looked like the injury was about the only thing that did.

Here's some useful information from buckeyeplanet guys probably worth passing along. Visiting Huskers: 1) Don't park curbside by student housing in an effort to save $8 to $10. Find a lot open on game day or a parking garage. 2) If someone yells "O-H" the correct response is "I-O" not "[censored] YOU!" 3) During the OSUMB Ramp Entrance, Across the Field, Script Ohio, and playing of the National Anthem, advise your band that this is not the time to be playing The Eyes of Texas are Upon You. Within two miles to the north, south and east of the stadium are tens of thousands of drunk students partying in or around their houses. Tens of thousands more people come to those houses to party for games. I would guess that 98.7% of the issues encountered by opposing fans occur when they walk through the housing around the stadium before and after the games. Night games increase the issues exponentially. So, to any Nebraska fan that is concerned about this, all you have to do is park west of the Olentangy (like I said previously) and don't wonder around student housing after the game and I can almost guarantee you that you won't run into any problems. Regarding campus, everything will be fine as long as you don't go east of High St. From what I hear, lots of friendly Buckeye fans in the bars that are in that safe zone. I've noticed, opposing team fans get treated better the more they know about football, and the less they are talking smack. Before the game, I would recommend hanging north of the stadium. Riverwatch Towers tailgate or Varsity Club tailgate (both on Lane Avenue). Food/drink/music and giant TV screens to watch other games before the 8:00pm kickoff. Friendly, mostly adult/alumni type crowd. From what I've gathered some important things are: 1. Don't wear a blue shirt. It's related to some kind of rivalry I'm dense enough to wear my blue World Gym Columbus, OH t-shirt to a game (if it wasn't NU playing). BTW, a good gym if you're looking for a place to work out. I was able to pay for a day usage if I recall correctly. I have no idea why they think a UM person would show up for a NU-OSU game. 2. Their O-H I-O cheer is sacred. Don't disrupt it. 3. They don't like arrogant fans. These guys must have rubbed them the wrong way

Just to clarify. We could be talking about 3 different kinds of trains. 1. Amtrak. You can take from Lincoln/Omaha directly into downtown Chicago, Union Station. http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak I've taken Amtrak from Lincoln to Chicago. Not a bad trip, just a little long. Seats are comfortable enough to get some sleep. It looks like there is one train that leaves on Saturday from Omaha and Lincoln and gets in at 2:50 pm. If it is a night game you can get off at Union Station walk a few blocks east and take the CTA purple line up to Evanston. If it's a noon game it might be a little awkward. You'd have to stay overnight on Friday and take Friday off from work. 2. Metra. Trains that run from Suburbs into Downtown Chicago. I believe most routes end at Oglivie Station. http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map.html If you have friends that live in the suburbs you can take the Amtrak, walk across the street from Union Station to Oglivie Station and visit them. When coming into Oglivie it's useful to know which street you want to head toward since the exits are marked by which street to exit on. The nightly routes are spotty so if you want to party until 1:00 but need to get back to the burbs, you might have to wait until 5:00 or 6:00 before the next train. 3. CTA. The bus service also goes by this name. Runs local routes throughout Chicago. Been a while since I took this but I believe you need to purchase a card to get on and off. There are vending machines at the station so keep some cash handy. http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/systemguide/default.aspx You can get from Midway or Ohare airports on it. http://www.transitchicago.com/riding_cta/airports.aspx If you scroll down to the downtown map here and zoom in you can see where the purple line is relative to the Oglivie and the Union Stations. Don't doze off if you need to take the Red line since you could end up in South Chicago. http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/brochures/ctaSystemMapBrochure.pdf If you get drunk and disoriented and can't find the CTA line, running short of time or whatever, you can always hail a cab and tell them to take you to Oglivie or Union Station. Most likely their english won't be very good but they'll get you to those destinations. Omaha to Evanston looks like 7 1/2 or 8 hour drive so theoretically you could get up early early in the morning and make it to a noon game. If you can do it, the better option would be take off work early on Friday drive and stay overnight. That's what I usually doing going the other direction. Sleep in a little on Saturday and be ready for the noon game. It's a drive I've made too many times. The windfarms in western Iowa are fascinating, otherwise get used to looking at corn and soybean fields (and it's Iowa). There is the Iowa 80 truck stop, apparently the worlds largest if you believe their sign. Food's not bad there. Gas in Chicago is more expensive so fill up before you get close. Here's information on parking and transportaton to the campus http://www.nusports.com/tickets/gameday-info.html People in Chicago do have a thick accent. Try not to laugh. Also, they can be abrasive and rude so don't be shocked, it's normal. In case you haven't figured it out yet, Midwesterners aren't quite the same as people in the Great Plains states. Now I'm getting excited for this game. I need to get a ticket.