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  1. Predictions; Oz goes for over 100 yards. JD and Moore go for over 200 receiving yards. OSU still wins.
  2. I think the huskers will put 35 point on Ohio State. But I doubt that will be enough to win.
  3. i think the MSU game was the turning point for Riley. He incorporated a power running game into his offensive attack and made it a real part of the offense, continuing today with Zig as a featured back. At Oregon State he was all about spread offense, misdirection and finesse. The Nebraska identity is smashmouth football and he seems to have merged that identiyy into his offensive philosophy for the betterment of all.
  4. I think Adam Taylor is going to be the second coming. What happened there? Did he transfer?
  5. Well, last year they were committed to the pass in spite of all the indicators that wasn't a strength for Tommy. When they started running out of a power set, mixing Cross and Jano in with Newby, they started getting wins, I'd like to see at least 60% run/pass mix, but as long as what they are doing is working, they will have my support.
  6. Hey, not too bad on my part If you'd said 5 carries and 1 TD, we'd all be in awe.
  7. Over Over/Under: Tommy Armstrong 1,500 rushing yards Is this serious? The guy has1307 rushing yards in his entire career as a 3 year starter. I'd go under by about 1,000 yards. I wish Vegas put this type of line out there for the taking. O/U 24 TA touchdown passes Under Over/Under Ozigbo, 5+ starts
  8. That's a half story. Example: BYU - 37 rushes, 127 yards (3.4 YPC) Northwestern - 38 rushes, 82 yards (2.2 YPC) Iowa - 38 rushes, 137 yards (3.6 YPC) That stat also gets inflated because of the Purdue game, where we played from so incredibly far behind the entire game. Minus the Purdue game, the run:pass ratio in losses is 48:52 Again... watch HOW we ran the ball. Please enlighten. It's rather simple. Look types of running plays (and when we used them) vs Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, and Northwestern... vs what we did vs MSU and UCLA. Hell, Purdue's rush D was worse than UCLA's, and we couldn't have been more vanilla in the run game against the boilermakers. It's not my job to gather info from your statements. Specifically, what did we do that was different? More importantly, was there more zone blocking? Man? Iso runs? Reads? Fullback? Power? Personnel (21, 11, 12)? Bueller? Don't feel like typing it out on my phone, so here you go. Had to watch that Purdue game again. Turnover's killed us. A long snap out of the shotgun formation and all those interceptions? Why were we throwing the ball all over the field? We had to in the 4th quarter because we were down so many. Our defense gave up a lot of points but the four turnovers were on the offense. They were not stopping the run. Not when we lined up in a run formation. Purdue was dead last in the BIG in giving up 2.8 yards after contact. Why didn't we line up in the I every formation? If I never see the running back standing beside the quarterback again, I would be fine by that. Still, Cross had a nice 9 yard TD run out of that single back formation. But the longest run of the game, 22 yards by Newby, came out of the I formation. We lined up in the I maybe five times. Versus that single back standing beside the quarterback maybe 50. What's that formation called, with two backs, but one lined up over tackle? We ran that more than the I. But still way less than that single back formation with three wideouts We lined up in two back sets much more against MSU. Sigh...
  9. Someone one this board said our rushing game worked against MSU because we were passing effectively. I think it was exactly the opposite. We had an effective running game against MSU that allowed our passing to be more effective. Newby was injured so they featured Cross. Since Cross had not been effective rushing outside they used lots if power sets with Jano in there and a TE. They even used the I formation!!!! Voila, we ran well AND passed well. MSU is no slouch against the run. MSU got torched by Alabama but the held Derrick Henry to 75 yards on 20 carries. MSU held Ohio State to under 100 yards rushing and Ezekiel Elliot had 33 yards on 12 carries. MSU had 12th best rushing defense in nation. We rushed for 179 yards and Cross had 98 yards on 18 carries. Jano had 26 on 4 carries. The board erupted with how the players were finally buying into the coaches system. Nonsense. The coaches had been featuring a passing attack with a QB that isn't the best passer. The runs were being made from passing formations and our OL wasn't dominate enough to open holes. We didn't run well and we didn't pass well, Had we lined up against Purdue in the I formation every play I believe we win that game. The coaching staff finally came around and started calling plays the team could execute. But they hold full blame for losing many winnable games. The reason this board spent much more time addressing the running game rather than the defense is because we could see we had a strong running back corps not being used effectively. The woes of our defense had no easy solutions but the Husker NATION knows Nebraska football. All we had to do is come out and hit them in the mouth. I doubt Riley will accept this lesson, and fully expect him to go back to his pass first mentality. But I hope I'm wrong.
  10. It's not just how many times we ran but whether we lined up in a running formation. Two backs, Jano and cross or Oz, and a tight end, thats a running formation. And it would take someone like Mav to break it all down but my sense is the runs worked pretty good we we came out like that. The misdirection runs, delayed hand offs to Newby and Cross, that didnt work that well. I saw a lot of two back sets working well and I saw Purdue. Do I think Purdue has a better D than MSU or UCLA? No.
  11. Yeah, the power run game worked. Worked against MSU, worked against UCLA. Wouldve worked against Purdue, Illinois, etc. Sigh...
  12. I think I missed a couple of drinking opportunities. Went to the bathroom, what happened?
  13. In fairness to Newby I don't think he's fumbled this year.
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