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4 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said:

I like Frost as coach.  I don’t want him to leave.  I’d rather have Frost.

 

 

Are you sure?  Because it sure feels like Scott stole your girlfriend in high school or something.  

2 hours ago, Hilltop said:

Mike Riley had them beat with a group of misfits that believed.  He blew it but that's beyond the point.  We have enough horses to run with them but right now I don't think our kids believe they can beat anyone.  

Had them beat? When? There is a reason football is 4 quarters and Wisconsin's style of football lends itself to close games with most opponents.  On top of that, last year was not a close game.  One thing that is indicative of a team that has more "horses" than the other team is a game that is close for 2 1/2 to 3 quarters but blows open in the 4th quarter for the team that has more "horses".

20 hours ago, Hilltop said:

I like to live in an optimistic world I guess.  We beat the Crap out of a couple of our opponents but lost due to mistakes.  Fix a couple mistakes and we are right there with Wisconsin...IF the 18-21 year old believe.  Only real difference between us and the Wisconsin kids is confidence.  That's the coaching staffs job.  Very tough job right now but I believe each week could be the week that the corner is turned.  Maybe it's now or a year from now?  Either way, tail gate and have fun and hope for the best.

Uh and maybe the fact they have been running their offensive system for decades and defensive system for at least 5 years.  But, good golly, if you only believe in yourself, that is all you need.

4 hours ago, Okie joe said:

Wonder if Frost thinks this is a “winnable” game?

I wish people would quit misquoting him.  He said it was a "game we can win".  Is he supposed to say we have no chance and can't win the game?

1 minute ago, irafreak said:

Someone needs to call out that blitz

We picked it up.  Farniok got faked out of his jock.

2 minutes ago, BoNeyard said:

Blough showing Martinez how to be a dual threat...........

Lack of football sense again.  When you have outside contain.  You have to keep outside contain.  4 ducks inside his blocker.  Ugh,.

These guys have no football sense.  Common sense is a super power.

1 minute ago, HuskerJax said:

Still really wonder about play calling. 3rd and 4 on a critical drive and you throw a bomb? 

You do know they run more than 1 route and the qb has to decide where to throw based on coverage.  1 on 1 on Stanley is usually something you look for.

On 9/24/2018 at 5:05 PM, 4skers89 said:

I can't see which of our nose guards got demolished but it would have been helpful if their center wasn't allowed to block 2 people on that play.

I think that is Stille.  It looks like he may have screwed up as it looks like we were running a d line stunt where the outside lineman (lined up as lineman) crashed in and the interior two were supposed to circle outside.  He just gets blown back and sheds his block to the wrong side from the ball carrier allowing the center to the second level to block Mo.  Looks like Young was responsible for setting the edge, thus his aggressive move to the outside and over running the RB.  But, this goes to show you that you can't really analyze this if you don't know the call and each players actual responsibility.

On 9/18/2018 at 11:56 PM, husker_fan_from_sweden said:

Would like to see a gameplan in which our guys actually come more prepared than the other team and finally make less mistakes. Colorado and Troy seemed to have a lot of schemes that took advantage of our relative green offense and defense.

 

I wonder when the script flips.

I believe Colorado is on their 5th year with their coach and schemes and Troy is on their 4th year with their coach and schemes, so logically you would think a team on its 1st year with its coach and schemes might be a little more mistake prone and reacting a little slower.

17 hours ago, Landlord said:

 

 

It is pretty weird honestly. The OL play seemed a bit Jeckyl and Hide from the Colorado game to the Troy game. I'm not knowledgeable enough about football to really know why exactly, but whatever Troy did worked far better.

I'm sure Troy saw some things on film that they could exploit through alignment and pressure packages.  Only the 2nd game for these guys in this system.  With the lack of experience, you would have to expect that seeing things for the first time at speed would lead to misreads, confusion, and playing slowly as a result of thinking instead of just knowing and attacking.

19 hours ago, Huskinator said:

Are you really basing the TE usage on this game, or even the first??? 2 games is hardly a barometer to judge a coaching style.... further more, the receiver progression of what was going to be a 4th string walK on qb (gebbia and Witt) does NOT justify how the offense will use a TE.   Good lord 

 

edited to fix grammatical errors as I was furious with the ridiculousness when I first read this thread. 

Bunch had already beat out POB in the spring (thus the reason POB left before the end of spring ball), so he was 3rd string before the transfers.

"Buy in" is not the reason Nebraska is 0-2.  Early turnovers and drive killing penalties that lead to 0-14 and 0-17 starts are the reason this team is 0-2.  Despite what some people think, this team is not talented nor experienced enough to overcome starts like that against anybody in Div. I.

3 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

And we literally lost to last year's Pac 12 doormat at home.

 

If the speculation is that Troy will provide significant relief over Colorado should our second-string QB be called into duty, it might be a recipe for disappointment. 

 

Just saying it's still early for that kind of confidence. 

Some things from this year that might suggest CU is just a little better than last year.

CU 45 CSU 13

CSU is 1-2 also losing to Hawaii 43-34.  However, they beat SEC Arkansas 34-27

Hawaii is 3-0 also beating Navy 59-41 and Rice 43-29.  Navy beat Memphis 22-21 and Rice lost to Houston 45-27.  Houston beat Arizona 45-18.

10 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said:

I would say at the very least the standard is not giving up a game winning drive.

 

And I’d bet all the money that every Blackshirt from 97 would agree with me.

 

And I don’t care what Alabama’s standards are.  I’m not a fan of the Tide.

And yet, just off the top of my head, that 97 defense gave up a td scoring drive to Missouri late in the 4th quarter that could have been a game winning drive had the offense not come back with the miraculous Davison catch from the "kick" to send the game into overtime.

1 minute ago, StPaulHusker said:

Was that game the standard for Blackshirts?

What is the standard?  When did they meet it and when did they not meet it?  Was there ever a season where they met it every game of the season? 

Does Alabama (the best defense of the modern college footballl era) meet that standard every game of the year they play?

You sir have unrealistic expectations.

3 hours ago, StPaulHusker said:

350 yards passing and 3 TD’s.

 

7 play, 77 yard TD scoring drive to give up the lead

 

While it was nice to see them playing faster and the sacks were a welcome sight, they are far, far from Blackshirt standards.

Hmmm....really?  Look at stats for 1997 Blackshirt defense against UCF.  Pretty similar.  People have unrealistic expectations and can't remember history very well.

Man, there are a bunch of idiots on here.

18 minutes ago, Army_Allen said:

Poor clock management. Turnovers. Self inflicted well deserved penatlities killed this game. Not a 19 year old kid who decided he didnt want to play his college career on the bench. Grow up.

Grow up and quit drinking.  Seems to be the life advice you need.

18 minutes ago, lo country said:

We got out played and out coached.  Mistakes on our side cost us that game.  It's as simple as that.....

Extremely hard to overcome a -3 turnover margin.

2 minutes ago, VectorVictor said:

 

That wasn't a stupid play. The kid was making a play for a high ball, and the contact was warranted. 

He didn't make a play on the ball, had he done that, there would have been no penalty.  He just went for the hit.

1 minute ago, Husker66 said:

2017 all over again

GTFO

I don't no how anyone can say that CSU is so horrible and that CU sucks because they only played against CSU.  CSU lost to Hawaii 43-34, but that same Hawaii team just beat Navy 59-41.  Scoring 59 on Navy is not something that happens very often, if ever, even by "upper echelon" P5 schools (Notre Dame anyone).  So, from the only evidence we have, Hawaii is probably a better team (at least offensively) than most people are giving them credit.  CU beat that same CSU team 45-13, so you have to assume they are quite a bit better than the aforementioned Hawaii team.   From a defensive standpoint, CSU's QB threw for 537 yards against Hawaii and only 176 yards against CU.  CU's QB went 22/25 for 338 yard against CSU which is a pretty good showing even against air and that Shenault wide receiver looked like one of the best.  So, anyone saying that this looks like a cakewalk 20+ victory has lost all grips on reality.

8 hours ago, The Dude said:

  

Looks like a bicep.

 

You've been waiting a long time for a fitting moment to pull out that gif, haven't you?

1 hour ago, BIG ERN said:

It's like our situation this weekend. Colorado has played 1 game and we haven't yet. In those cases teams that have played a game already and their opponent hasn't is 3-7. So our chances aren't bad as some are thinking. Granite some teams faced tough opponents, but hopefully we are thought of that at season's end.