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I think you answered why some players are not getting PT cut while others are...depth and injuries.

No way. That would be lamy.

Wow! Good thing that was not inside zone. Foster got blown up.

Yeah, what has that guy ever done for Nebraska?

It is not about mistakes. Ignore that one play and look at the rest of his body of work at PR or WR. The dude does not show he can or wants to do the job as a PR. The punting and punt return game will keep Nebraska out of every close game all season long, as it has in the first two games.

How the hell is Tyjon Lindsey still the #1 at PR? I have been saying since the spring game, he does not know how to get north-south, he puts moves and double-moves on air, and has little vision. There are some issues on this team that will take time to change, but this is not one of them. The failure that we see in the PR game will be owned by the staff.

Yep, and if you look at the upload time for these videos, they are only now getting posted. 1-6 minutes ago.

It could be addition by subtraction. LT play so far has been better this year. However, an inexperienced OL will likely have it's own problems.

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Heat could definitely play a factor, as it was 100 degrees on the field and you have 300+ lbs guys playing every snap of a game (though I guess Conrad was out for 9 plays while Wilson was in there). Troy's DL had the luxury of rotations. I am just stating facts and not using this as an excuse, as I think the OL play was bad last year and I did not expect it to be much better this year (so far I am not wrong). The big problem in the last game was that the game plan going in was to rely on the OL to win you a game, and I do not think they are a capable group. For any game going forward, you have to look at the OL as a giant weakness that you have to game plan around. Martinez's escapability and improv may be heavily needed for success this year.

Does it count that Jaimes started 9 games as a true freshman last year and was arguably one of the best on the field?

What if they schedule a game but no opponent? Will that count as a win?

Very deceptive speed.

I think most (including me) predicted around a .500 record this year. I will say right now I was never satisfied by that, but it was the most realistic. With the success that the staff had before coming to Nebraska, I think some were willing to dream for a faster start to the Frost Era. After the last two weeks, it is clear this will be a process, so as a fan, the best we can do is to stay grounded and evaluate what is in front of us. I like the style of defensive play and that it looks like players have enough ability to play well within the scheme. The problem is there are miscues on critical downs (such as 3rd and longs) that have not got them off the field when they need to be. For the offensive, I will say push. It looked good with Martinez, but that is one game. This game plan against Troy relied on successful play by the OL, and they are the worst group on that side of the ball. ST is bad...coaches need to focus a lot on this (maybe get Lindsay off of PR but I don't know what to do with Lightborn).

There is real potential at every other position on this Husker team, except OL, PR, and punter. I will make a bold prediction that a failure in progress for the Huskers over the next 5 years will be centered around a failure in progress from the OL. Frost's staff needs to be able to actually assess better OL recruits and bring them into the program. I will say that I am not down on Jaimes. We are also hearing a lot about Wilson but just not seeing a lot of PT.

This is a pretty good take. I would put a little more on the LB and say they had a good game but some costly mistakes. The only thing I disagree with is the QB discussion. Frost made it clear in his post-game presser that they designed a really conservative offensive game plan. All week, Frost and Austin were saying the game will rest on the OL's shoulders not the QB. In the first quarter, this played out to be true. Bunch was really only asked to hand the ball off with little RPO. The game plan seemed to be one-dimensional where Nebraska was asking their OL to beat Troy's DL. It did not. Now, Bunch may not be an electric QB, but he was not asked to be. I think Frost took a calculated risk to come out with this game plan. The OL could not do its assignment, and that lead to the offense looking inept.

Yeah, some were complaining about this staff’s recruiting of in-state players early in the year. Several of us expressed patience as it was really early in the recruiting cycle and unnecessary to get too high or too low. I think now is the time they eat a lot of crow.

I think Frost should have contacted Goodell and the NCAA to block players from leaving early for the NFL draft or to transfer from a team. Then, we would have Lee, O'Brien, and Gebbia still, and everyone would be talking about how perfect those three are for this system. Also, would it kill Frost to recruit 2-3 QBs every cycle? I mean, who thinks we need to only recruit 1 QB per cycle anyway? That is a losing strategy. Pile up QBs like corkwood imo. Frost really has no idea how to develop or manage QBs.