JJ Husker

I love the BTN. Not having to PPV 3 NU games a year is well worth the extra $6 monthly it added to my cable bill. Some of the programming is maybe repeated too much and there can be a slight hint of low budget but I'm sure it will get more professional as it comes along. It really isn't fair to compare it to an ESPN. I just wish our local cable provider offered the HD version in our area.

I never advocate changing philosophy in the middle of the season. But I think the 2 gap needs to go. Our guys aren't good enough to run it and it gives too much time for the QB to make a play, because we have no pressure from the front 4. Our secondary isn't good enough in coverage as it is, but when the QB and WR have time to make a play, then that puts more pressure on the secondary. We need to dial up the blitzes and get creative with it. Line up David on the end during some plays and let him rush. Also set our front 4 loose and let em rush the gaps. Crick is at his best when that is what he is concentrating on.

 

We need new guys at LB in place of Fisher. Compton is OK. The LB's are out there thinking and not doing.

 

Honestly, if it is true that guys aren't applying the coaching in the games then find someone who will. That is your job as a leader/coach. You find someone who can get the job done. I feel like the defense is doing what the offense has been doing for awhile now...trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. Plus it seems like they are just going with who has the most experience and knowledge of the defense...which is something I remember us all talking about with the offense with Watson. There are playmakers on this defense so find them and get them out there. That is why coaches get paid the big bucks. I seriously question the whole competition at every position talk we keep hearing about and I have for a couple of years now, but never said anything.

I would tend to agree. The 2 gap looks brilliant when you have a guy like Suh getting double and triple teamed and still making plays. As good as Crick and others on the D-Line may be, they simply aren't THAT good (few are). With the 2 gap system we are not getting any D-Line pressure on the QB. To get pressure we have to blitz and when we face a well coached team with a good QB....well we have seen how that defense works sans a Suh.

We were the only college football team to win 5 national championships in the last 3 decades of the last century (1970-2000)

Only 3 other teams (Bama, USC, Miami*) have won 5 NC's in the last 41 years.

The Big Ten has only won 5 NC's combined in that 41 year period (PennSt 2, OSU 2, Michigan 1- the other 8 members 0)

Sorry, ever since the Callahan era, when I need to force myself into a positive mood I have to go back to that period of time when I became a Husker fan.

It's not bandwagon hopping either. I was born in Nebraska early-mid 60's. I got Johnny Rodgers autograph when he was playing. Went to UNL early 80's. Gave Jamie Williams a ride to Roziers place one night-met the triplets. Would see Remington on campus virtually every other day. Not name dropping or bragging but trying to give some of these youngsters an idea why some of us have so much trouble accepting the adversity of the last 10+ years. Cut us a little slack when we boil over and complain.

I think Pelini should bar Martinez from talking to the media. These pressers are not doing him or the team any favors. On one hand, he and the whole team do need to move on and only concentrate on tOSU. On the other hand it would be nice to see/hear him acknowledge and explain the mistakes that were obviously made. I was not impressed with his curt, say nothing answers and they shed no light whatsoever on what the real problems might be but, in the end, it really is an unwinnable situation for him. There are only 2 possible solution; 1-Get him a personality transplant or 2-Shut off media access to him. And it's not just Martinez. Bo's coaches show is also a total waste of air time. "have to prepare better" "need to make better decisions" "the process" blah blah blah. Nobody is learning anything about this team from either of these 2 guys. I think they show a high amount of disdain towards a very loyal but also highly critical fanbase. I think a lot of the criticism for them feeds off of the attitude they exude. The fans and media can be cruel and stupid at times but I sense Pelini and Martinez would rather neither one existed.

Can your secondary catch passes that are thrown to them? I think you will be alright then.

 

 

It'll be a decent game I hope.

Seriously, that made laugh till I had tears in my eyes. Or....maybe those tears were left over from Saturday's debacle?

Based on how both teams have been playing, I wouldn't say a "decent" game but probably a very close one.

grow up peter pan

 

Wow... Guess I should clarify... didn't go to work b/c I have the option to work at home as well (it's not like I called in sick). Guess sarcasm and humor are difficult to get across on the boards.

 

Just had to post something to my fellow Huskers out there who may be feeling the same. I always stand behind the Huskers and wear my N with pride! Just a more difficult loss than usual for me... that's all.

If you added a forward slash on the front of that N it would become a W. The color scheme is right.... Does that help?

There’s a rumor spreading that we may not be getting those players back for another week or two now. There’s a press conference scheduled for today at 3:30 pm EST to discuss this issue.

 

If this was the Ohio State team from last year I would pick them in a heartbeat to win this game. Now I don’t even know if we’ll be able to get the ball across midfield. This offense of ours is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen. MSU blitzed the hell out of us and our inept OC couldn’t make adjustments to save his life. I expect you guys to blitz Miller and take advantage of our poor OL as well. The buckeye O-line was patting the MSU D-line on the back as they went by. The coaching staff has no clue what’s going on. Our defense is good and is what will keep us in this game but our inability to move the ball will cost us a win in Lincoln.

I wouldn't worry too much about your pathetic offense in this contest as it is a match made in heaven for our pathetic defense. I watched both OSU-MSU & Neb-Wis games this past week. Your QB Bauserman looked just about as bad our QB Martinez throwing the ball. I don't think either of them could hit the broad side of a barn at 15 yards. Neb is not going to throw the ball unless they have to. Hate to give ya pointers but if I was the DC at OSU, I would put 8 to 9 in the box and force NU to throw. And if I was OC for you guys, I would air it out deep on offense. If you threw a hail mary every play you would burn our secondary 30-40% of the time. Unless things change drastically for one of these teams, this could be a very ugly war of futility. Would not surprise me if neither team scores double digits.

Eh, Muschberger was all over Wilson's penis. But regardless, the better team won

Wilson earned his Mushy bj. That's what should happen when a team gets out played and out coached in every facet of the game. There sure were no positives about NU for him to talk about.

Shave my balls with a 4" Jointer/Planer from Sears.

Have Muhammad Ali perform Lasik surgery on BOTH my eyes.

Totally freakin ludicrous to say this one's on Beck. If you're going to blame an OC for not being able to outscore 48, well I'm not sure how to respond. We are (or were) a top tier college program. If our QB cannot throw the ball better than Martinez did tonight, the problem goes much deeper than the OC. If you must blame a game element or a coach, I suggest looking very hard at the defensive side of ball. Our DB's are not only not very good, they are approaching horrible. And, our D-Line looks like they are pulling plow blades behind them when they are in pusuit of any opposing QB who is not in a wheelchair. We lost a lot more than anyone realized when Suh and Prince left.

I'll make this simple. If your D can't stop your opponents O, your O needs to stay on the field. What part of the first quarter did you miss? TM is DIRECTLY responsible for 21 points going to Wisconsin. But Beck keep having him pass even when he was clearly rattled. Capishe?

 

Makes complete sense. Run 3 times for 6 yards and punt. Bring the D that is getting punished right back out on the field.

So what's worse for the team, going three and out and putting the opponent on the 25 again, or throwing a pick and putting them on the 45? That's not counting the mental breakdown that occurs.Martinez can't pass well. He can't find open receivers well. His throwing motion is garbage. Throw to open the run even when he's already thrown two picks? If they're stacking the box, how about calling an option? Maybe even to the long side of the field so you have more room. Maybe run to the sideline, or a power run, or an option fake.How about something that might confuse them, instead of putting Martinez in the shotgun and hoping he forgets he's Martinez?

Since you want to keep it simple, I'll try. I don't believe Beck had much choice in the majority of the situations where we HAD to pass. If we run on 2nd & 15 or 3rd & 18's, the result comes out the same. This thing spun out of control at the end of the first half. 2 minutes left and we go into hurryup to try to get some points. Run the ball and clock runs out-no points. Throw the ball with Martinez and all hell breaks lose. Only time we possibly had a choice was 1st play of 3rd quarter. And you have to be thinking that Wiscy is expecting anything but a pass. So it looks bad in retrospect but only because Taylor throws like a girl (sorry girls). If you really want to blame something, blame the recruiting that left Nebraska without a QB that can throw when he has to. Besdies that, the other team was better. Much, much better. Period.

Becks does have some culpability. He could have rolled him out, play action, anything other than dropping in the pocket. Anytime Taylor drops straight back in the pocket is a great time to go to the fridge cuz nothing good is going to come from it.

The bright side is... we may get to play Wisconsin again, and the second game will be the one that really matters. Remember how devastating the Texas loss seemed last year? Well nobody gave a sh#t about it by the time we were up 17-0 on OU.

 

Outside of Wisconsin, the B1G sucks this year. If the team doesn't shut down emotionally, we can beat Iowa and play Wisconsin again, hopefully with a much-improved defense and an OC who's learned from mistakes.

Unfortunately, I somewhat agree. IF we don't shut down, we could have to play them again. But, this is where we differ; I don't want to play them again this year. No way we improve that much in about 8 weeks. Only hope would be that they come in WAY over confident and we discover a QB who can throw the ball when forced to.

Tired of all the belly-aching on the other threads? Are you the glass is half full type? Then this is the place for you to post what you felt went right or was good in this game. Here, I'll start it off;

 

-The better team won the game (isn't that the way it's supposed to be)

-We can't blame the loss on officiating

-First time in a long time Musburger didn't drive me absolutely nuts.

-We got to watch one hell of a quarterback in Wilson.

 

That's all I have. Take it away----

 

What happened to all that stuff you mentioned in the other thread that we were going to do on offense? I didn't see much of anything new???

Remember the caveat- "If our guys can execute the game plan" yeah that.

What I posted was what they were "planning" to "try" to do. Actually doing it is why they play the game.

The reason you didn't see much new was that we were forced into 2nd & 3rd and longs because of mental errors, poor execution by our QB, and because Wiscy exerted their will on us.

Totally freakin ludicrous to say this one's on Beck. If you're going to blame an OC for not being able to outscore 48, well I'm not sure how to respond. We are (or were) a top tier college program. If our QB cannot throw the ball better than Martinez did tonight, the problem goes much deeper than the OC. If you must blame a game element or a coach, I suggest looking very hard at the defensive side of ball. Our DB's are not only not very good, they are approaching horrible. And, our D-Line looks like they are pulling plow blades behind them when they are in pusuit of any opposing QB who is not in a wheelchair. We lost a lot more than anyone realized when Suh and Prince left.

Tired of all the belly-aching on the other threads? Are you the glass is half full type? Then this is the place for you to post what you felt went right or was good in this game. Here, I'll start it off;

-The better team won the game (isn't that the way it's supposed to be)

-We can't blame the loss on officiating

-First time in a long time Musburger didn't drive me absolutely nuts.

-We got to watch one hell of a quarterback in Wilson.

That's all I have. Take it away----

We learned that this game turned out exactly as it should have. We got slapped around like the redheaded step child we are. We are officially the little red of the B1G. Out coached and out played down to the last person. Wiscy is exactly what the Huskers were before the Callahan debacle. If the team doesn't get over this one quick, we may just get rolled by an inferior OSU next week. Sorry folks, we ain't back yet.

Yes, it's the whiskey talking if your trying to blame any of this on the refs.

What color unis will we wear second half?

Check out BTN2GO. I haven't used it but I think it is a way to get any B1G game via your computer. I think they charge a nominal monthly fee. I know they carry the games live but don't know if you can watch them later (think you can). +7 hours-guessing western Europe so you shouldn't inadvertently (unless you go looking for it) get game results early.

From my usually credible source;

Coaches are confident we can move the ball against Wiscy. Look for a mixture of attacking the edges and downhill power, and heavy PA and motion in the passing game. Lots of new stuff in the playbook this week including triple stacked WR's. Also have a variety of gadget plays and a newer set with Rex at FB and Abdullah/Green at IB. Other O details ommitted. Expect Kyler to come into play more as coaches don't feel Wiscy has a LB or Safety that can hang with him. They want to hit a big play early. On D expect pressure early and often, a variety of new blitz packages and supposedley more blitzing than we have ever seen in the Pelini era. I don't want to go into detail on the rest of the D stuff in case the wrong people are reading this. Let me just say that the game plan I am now seeing is a far cry from the first 4 games. If our guys can execute the plan, Husker fans should be extremely happy.

 

Your credible source must not be very secretive because I got this same email from 4 or 5 different people since 4pm Friday. LOL.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE IT and hope half of it comes out to be true during the game tonight. GBR.

I didn't say it was exclusive. I get these emails occasionally on Fridays and typically they pan out to be mostly true. I would assume highly sensitive items never get in to start with. Most of what I passed along is pretty much common sense but after our first four games I, like many other Husker faithful, need all the hope we can get. It was refreshing to know the coaching staff seems to be addressing the correct areas. I don't really think that I intercepted the japanese radio transmission the day before Pearl Harbor.

Thanks for the info boys. I'll have to make some changes to my game plan.

Is Shawn Watson aware you're trolling our boards?

Please stop with the shawn watson references. Even seeing his name in writing starts a nervous twitch and causes me gastrointestinal issues. How's it go? Let sleeping dogs die or something like that.

Sticking with the "dear big ten network" theme; Dear BTN, please get some higher quality cameras and/or better broadcasting gear. Or, better yet, get your HD channel going in northern colorado Comcast/Infinity land. Is anyone else disappointed in the picture quality of BTN or is it just me?

I'm on Dish in Denver area and the HD picture is great!!

Maybe I've just gotten spoiled with all of our other sports channels being available in HD and then only having the std definition BTN our provider carries.

Under 2 touches for the little used UW WR with the wierd name. (but we digress)

Punt or Kickoff returns NU takes to the house O/U .5

by the way weve played our first 4 games i would expect nothing less. I bet the coaches are just sitting back smiling thinking about what we have in store for the B1G. We have alot to show on both sides of the ball, i dont care what anyone says. Lets hope the boys execute, execute, execute and well be fine, i will be there in person to find out. GBR!!!

Probably the same smile they had preparing for that 08 Missouri game...

Hey Hey Hey! That's a little uncalled for don't ya think.

I always get a shot of adrenaline when I get my "info" on Friday mornings. Maybe more so this week cuz I haven't seen anything of substance, as far as early info, for the first 4 games. I realize our guys still have to lineup, execute, and win their battles but this game plan has me so excited I may not sleep tonight. Maybe I'll go home early today and get the Brats boiling in beer now.

And now some motivational speech video from Christian Peter... http://www.lostlette...an-peter-video/

From my usually credible source;

Coaches are confident we can move the ball against Wiscy. Look for a mixture of attacking the edges and downhill power, and heavy PA and motion in the passing game. Lots of new stuff in the playbook this week including triple stacked WR's. Also have a variety of gadget plays and a newer set with Rex at FB and Abdullah/Green at IB. Other O details ommitted. Expect Kyler to come into play more as coaches don't feel Wiscy has a LB or Safety that can hang with him. They want to hit a big play early. On D expect pressure early and often, a variety of new blitz packages and supposedley more blitzing than we have ever seen in the Pelini era. I don't want to go into detail on the rest of the D stuff in case the wrong people are reading this. Let me just say that the game plan I am now seeing is a far cry from the first 4 games. If our guys can execute the plan, Husker fans should be extremely happy.