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    Players that aren't fulfilling their responsibilities

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    couple things from the game that I couldnt stand....

     

    1. When you play man to man in the secondary like Bo likes to do you better get pressure on the QB. Hundley sat back there for 5-6 seconds at a time and ate us a live. At least if you blitz hes got to get rid of the ball quickly putting pressure on their QB to execute under duress rather than execute without pressure. Hes going to be an NFLQB for God sakes dont let him sit back there likes its a summer 7 on 7 camp.

     

    2. Offensive play calling was brutal. When there is a 20MPH wind and your straight in to it why keep passing the ball rather than chewing up the clock with a 2 score lead. Needed to keep the chains moving and shorten the game. Imani Cross was just sitting on the sidelines when I thought he could of been huge getting us thru that 3rd Q. I thought Beck did a poor job calling the game. Not only did he make poor offensive calls but i thought it was very safe and passive. Rather than trying to increase the lead it looked like he was calling plays to try and protect the lead. The only time we really tried to go down field was off of turnovers. If I remember correctly we scored very quickly after those turnovers.

     

    That is all.

    Know the Foe: Brett Smith

    in Husker Football

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    Former WYO quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels looked pretty decent last night: 21/36 (59%), 300 yards, 2 tds, 2 ints (the last one wasn't really his fault). I wasn't aware that he transferred to Vandy. Interesting move.
    He must've got tired of battling the second coming of Jesus aka Brett Smith for the #1 QB spot. Probably a smart move on his part to transfer.

     

    after this week that deserves a +1

    Who has a big day?

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    Taylor and the RB corp. I think we get close to 300 as a team and wouldnt be suprised if we surpass 300. I dont think Beck will really open up the playbook until UCLA. I expect a pretty vanilla gameplan with a whole bunch of pounding the rock

    Know the Foe: Brett Smith

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    "According to the depth chart, seven Cowboys are set to start in their first Division I football game in Lincoln"

     

    "Still, it must be a bit unnerving to depend so heavily on a group of players that have never played in front of 30,000 fans, let alone a 90,000-capacity sea of red."

     

    Whoa....

    Wyoming @ Nebraska - GTS (from WyoNation)

    in Husker Football

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    I've been a member over at WyoNation (Cowboy football board) since our game in 2011 and I've gone back there these last few weeks to see what's up with the Cowboys. They're pretty high on their team, and they don't think it's going to be a huge blowout. Some excerpts from their prediction thread: icon_post_target_unread.gifby BeaverPoke » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:24 pm 31-28 wyo B-Smith goes off and people start taking notice.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby aranderson » Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:27 am 38-30 Nebraska. I really hope we win but this being my no blinders guess. I don't wanna be a complete and utter homer with my score.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby one-smooth-poke » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:17 am It is the first game of the season. I think the Bug Eaters are still hurting over the Wisconsin game. I have some neighbors who are big NU fans....they are all talking sh#t...all I have to do is say, "this is gonna be very similar to Wisconsin." They get ANGRY... We are having a "joint" bbq on game day. Wyo fans at my house, NU fans at theirs. LOL..it will be fun. Like most on here, I bleed brown and gold. If Smith runs the the offense, the receivers catch the ball, its gonna be ugly for NU. Wyo 38 NU 21. I do believe Martinez is way to confident, arrogant, and overlooking the Pokes. He is a big sh#t talker, especially for having so many fumbles and int's. If the Pokes offense gets stalled, its gonna get U-G-L-Y. Could be 45 to 28. Either way, the Pokes beat the spread. I am actually putting money on the Pokes to win. This could be the year.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby BeaverPoke » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:42 am I really do not see Wyo getting blown out, but Wyo has got to limit the 60+ yard runs by Nebraska, and force Martinez to make bad decisions. A couple plays throughout the game could decide this thing.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby YankPoke » Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:47 pm Without those brown and gold blinders on, I think that the poke offense will definately score on a mediocre Husker d, but the Huskers pull away in the fourth for a 38-31 victory. With the goggles on, the Huskers d gets shredded early and Wyo pulls out to a 21 point lead in the first quarter, only to slow down and have the Huskers come back and make it a close 35-31 Wyo victory.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby OrediggerPoke » Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:00 pm 44-30 Nebraska Brett Smith with 350 yards passing. Herron with 150 yards receiving. Nebraska with 300 yards rushing.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby CowboyNV » Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:02 pm I've seen over 50 Wyoming openers, and although I bleed brown and gold, I have a hunch this one gets ugly in the second half with Nebraska exploiting the Cowboy defense and our lack of depth. Pokes keep it close the first half (21-10) but the final, 48 - 10 Nebraska.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby seattlecowboy » Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:27 pm I look for Wyoming to cover the 28 points but this game will still get away from them in the 2nd half. Final Nebraska 49 Wyoming 28
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby The Virginian » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:45 pm Given that both teams have good offenses and both teams have questionable defenses, I'm sad to have to give the nod to the Huskers 42-24. I'm afraid our defense is going to get blown out and our offense won't be able to keep up with the Husker's O.
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby BeaverPoke » Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:52 pm I get that some Pokes fans don't think that we will fine which is fine, but I don't see how Nebraska is going to blow us out or shut down Brett Smith, or beat us worse than Texas did last season. This high powered Nebraska offense is so turnover prone. Martinez is a huge fumbling and interception machine, did people forget about that?
    icon_post_target_unread.gifby JimmyDimes » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:12 am Even though there are question on the D, there aren't many on the O. I think this O is good enough to score points. And the D will be good enough to get some stops and force some turnovers. First game and the Pokes are out to prove the skeptics wrong and that last year was a fluke. Pokes 28 The team in red 27
    So there's a lot of optimism out west. Three of those posts were by the same guy (BeaverPoke) and he's in the minority with his predictions, but only a few guys are predicting a Husker blowout. I get that they're Wyoming fans, but there are some disturbing numbers if I'm a Poke: 2012 Wyoming Stats Rushing Offense - 99 Passing Efficiency - 30 Total Offense - 70 Scoring Offense - 72 Rushing Defense - 117 Pass Efficiency Defense - 108 Total Defense - 106 Scoring Defense - 97 2012 Nebraska Stats Rushing Offense - 8 Passing Efficiency - 42 Total Offense - 26 Scoring Offense - 28 Rushing Defense - 90 Pass Efficiency Defense - 9 Total Defense - 35 Scoring Defense - 58 The strength of our defense matches up very well with the strength of their offense. They don't have much of a running game at all, meaning we can pressure with four and cover them well enough with the secondary to rack up a few sacks.

     

    HA! Jokes on them by about 900 Saturday night!

    Marcus Newby

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    Doesn't mean much for him this year. But I'm glad he qualified as least he doesn't have to go the JUCO route. Gray shirt? Red shirt? Maybe someone else who knows more about this could clarify...
    He can't grayshirt if he takes a scholarship this semester. Grayshirts technically pay for school their first semester and can't have any contact with the team. He will probably redshirt, unless there are a ton of injuries at the LB position.

     

    Thank you!

    Marcus Newby

    in Husker Football

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    Doesn't mean much for him this year. But I'm glad he qualified as least he doesn't have to go the JUCO route. Gray shirt? Red shirt? Maybe someone else who knows more about this could clarify...

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