It's kind of an identity crisis we have at offense. And not necessarily for bad reasons.
1) We have a QB who can actually mechanically and footwork wise throw the football. He can also run the ball.
2) We have incredible depth at the RB position. Some are power (Rex and Imani), some are speedy (Ameer and Braylon).
3) We have receivers that can actually catch the ball. We'd be doing them injustice by having that amount of talent and then not using it at all.
I'm fine with the offensive scheme, the way we abandoned the run late in the game is not acceptable, however. It's a learning process, and sometimes you just get hit in the mouth. I'm not happy, I'm disappointed. It's hard to see the good with what transpired on the field.
But I hope they take something from this game and move forward. There's still a lot to accomplish this season.
It shouldn't be a learning process this long. Saben took a couple beat downs from Nebraska and learned fast. Now he uses McBride's defense and a power running attack.
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Agreed. Enough with the "Learning process". Throw it out and go back to what worked in 90's. Power Option Football. No one did it better. With TO's addition of speed on defense in the 90's it was perfect. Good teams could stay close until they were worn out by middle 3rd qtr, then the NU offense rolled.There must be 40 programs who have way more experience and run "the spread" better than NU. GIVE IT UP. This is and has been so sad and was very preventable.
Mistake #1: Not replacing Osborne w/ Turner Gill
Mistake #2: Solich was a good second choice, but should never have been fired by that knucklehead AD because he lost 3 games?? (think Callahan)
Mistake #3 (and the tanking of the program for 12 and still counting years): Knucklehead AD brillient decision to bring in Callahan and WCO.
Mistake #4: Board not realizing soon enough that they needed to fire AD
Mistake # 5: (sorry TO): Hiring Pelini - what the heck was his tie in with past NU success. Blackshirts were McBride's legacy - Pellini was there what, one year?? What the heck was the Congressman thinking?? His sideline rant should have been the excuse for TO to save face and dump this gum smacking guy.
Mistake #6: Considering recent mild progress signs of success.
Throw it all out, hire Gill and watch the results in about 2-3 years
