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Again, why do we have a ST coach?

I agree. Waste of money that could have been spent on a better D-Coordinator but we have a HC who hired his buddies so there's that.

 

Yes friggen run a real option like tommy is tommie. Ha good job Langs

Maybe they let the 95 squad speak at the half

 

Probably. If that doesn't light a fire under your ***, I don't know what will!

Great keeper by Tommy. We need more of that but why kick the PAT? What does that do for us right now? Why not go for two? I don't understand it.

Did anyone see Memphi's offense last night? They were running the option mixed with passing. Not the read option, the Eric Crouch run for a touchdown option.

The Spread Option offense needs to be the staple here at Nebraska. Only Scott Frost comes to mind as a guy who would re-introduce power run with spread option plays. But we won't get Frost with Perlwoman and Pederhorst in charge.

 

My first half observations:

 

- Thorson is deceptively quick and our defense is playing him timidly. On both of his long runs, particularly the second one, our defenders slowed up as if they were expecting him to slide or go down. Instead he barreled ahead for a huge gain.

 

- Penalties. I will say the refs have called a decent game, but they blew two HUGE holding calls on that last Wildcats drive. One on the play before Thorson's run, and then on Thorson's run itself. That said, I'm frustrated with one of our defensive linemen who decided to throw his arms up as he was getting held instead of trying to fight to Thorson. Even if you think you're being held you have to keep playing as best as you can - don't give up mid play and throw your arms up.

 

- Proud of the defensive effort so far sans those two big runs. They've been playing pretty darn well, though we did get lucky on that dropped TD pass near the end of the half.

 

- We need a better running presence in second half. This isn't a great day for TA. Where is a guy like Ozigbo, especially since TA hasn't been brilliant on 3rd down this whole game.

 

 

Where is Ozigbo? Where is Wilbon? Why was Stevenson's shirt burned?

 

Why is our ST horrible? Why do we have the worst pass defense in the country? Why do we get penalized so much? Why does our QB have poor mechanics? Nothing but endless questions with zero answers. That's what you get with failed leadership.

 

Stay calm. NW is still NW we are still Nebraska NW will find a way for us to win.

We haven't been Nebraska for the last decade and a half. We've just been some team with a block N and wearing red.

 

Just my opinion.

 

Yep. Big Red has been taking a dirt nap since 62-36 the day Husker Nation stood still.

We used to be invincible at home now it's like we're our own worst enemy when playing in our own house.

It will probably be best if POB redshirts next season and I would be surprised if anybody other than Armstrong takes snaps at QB unless an injury occurs.

 

As far as Armstrong being on the bench right now... there simply isn't another QB on the roster who's even close to being starting QB material.

I really dislike that notion. I know players practice and all but how do you know a player is not game ready unless you give them a shot? Many players throughout history have come off the bench and jumped into the spotlight. You really don't know how good someone is until you put them in a live game. See 2007 when Sam Keller went down, Joey Ganz came in and became a very, very good QB and people constantly kept saying we had no one behind Keller that could be a solid QB.

THE TEAM THAT CAN'T BE BEAT!

 

 

Well, let's see... Osborne won 3 NC's, won the most games in 25 years as a HC and coached arguably the greatest CFB team of all-time. I'm pretty sure his accomplishments far outweigh his mistakes.

Unless said mistakes are morally wrong.

Everybody makes mistakes but we're not talking about Jim Tressel or Joe Paterno are we? Not that level of mistake, right? Because I can remember Tom made some controversial choices during his time but nothing that completely tarnished his career just decisions that were put under a microscope. Of course there is always the argument/allegation that his 90's teams juiced but as far as I know, nobody has been able to actually prove it. So, really, there's nothing else left that classifies as being "morally wrong" for Coach Osborne at this point.

The REAL problem lies within the administration.

The most impressive thing about the 95 Cornhuskers is that the 2nd team offense/defense played a majority of the season lol.

I'd rank the hit by Troy Dumas on the Wyoming QB in 94 at the top. That looked like he damn near broke the QB's spine.

Well, let's see... Osborne won 3 NC's, won the most games in 25 years as a HC and coached arguably the greatest CFB team of all-time. I'm pretty sure his accomplishments far outweigh his mistakes.

Suh became a legend by the end of his senior season. Imagine if Suh played next to Wistrom and the 90's dynasty. NU probably wins:

94 NC

95 NC

96 NC - 19-0 erased and we beat Tex@$$

97 NC

Then everyone would be in agreement that Suh is the greatest Cornhusker of all-time but he is not. He is arguably one of the best defenders. You can throw in a lot of names: Rich Glover, Grant Wistrom, Barrett Ruud, Terrell Farley, Lavonte David, Trev Alberts, etc. The one thing they all have in common is at one point during their respective era's, they were dominant players.

I've got family members that claim to be Notre Shame fans now that is how bad it has gotten or they simply now put other things ahead of watching Husker Football, lol.

I see NU winning by 10-14 points.

 

I also think that NU will beat and 8-0 MSU and an 11-0 Iowa.

 

The only game that I'm afraid of at this point for a NU fan, is Rutgers. They scare me to death.

You and I both. Rutgers' stadium is not very big but their fans can get pretty rowdy. This is the one game I have had circled all year just a feeling that the Rutgers game is the one to watch.

 

 

Can't wait for the Iowa game. Putting aside the record and the opponent, a big game is a big game, and for us, every game left is a big game.

 

Day after thanksgiving, son will be home after 8 years in the Air Force and will be there with me. It truly does not get much better than that.

 

God----home----country------family------and Husker Football. Can't wait.

 

As for Michigan State. To garner attention, you have to have people's attention. Playing and undefeated Mich St will have people's attention for sure. As much as I'd like to think the game against the Golden Girls was a big turnaround in the program, I'm still a realist. Beating Sparty is a big task. But I don't think we'll get embarrassed. There is no such thing as a moral victory, but games like losing to Miami in the Orange Bowl on the two point play, those can be marked as turning points.

 

So, before those things fall in to place, I am excited to see how we do against NW. Even that is still a pretty tall task. Show me heart and progress. I am ready.

Gramps, Canes don't play in the OB anymore... lol

He's talking about the 1984 Orange Bowl. ...lol

Of course. That was before my time.

Can't wait for the Iowa game. Putting aside the record and the opponent, a big game is a big game, and for us, every game left is a big game.

 

Day after thanksgiving, son will be home after 8 years in the Air Force and will be there with me. It truly does not get much better than that.

 

God----home----country------family------and Husker Football. Can't wait.

 

As for Michigan State. To garner attention, you have to have people's attention. Playing and undefeated Mich St will have people's attention for sure. As much as I'd like to think the game against the Golden Girls was a big turnaround in the program, I'm still a realist. Beating Sparty is a big task. But I don't think we'll get embarrassed. There is no such thing as a moral victory, but games like losing to Miami in the Orange Bowl on the two point play, those can be marked as turning points.

 

So, before those things fall in to place, I am excited to see how we do against NW. Even that is still a pretty tall task. Show me heart and progress. I am ready.

Gramps, Canes don't play in the OB anymore... lol

Riley mentioned during the post game presser that Newby is hurt but doesn't know anything about it. Anyone have an update?

Nah this is BSville right here. Useless thread with no source.

Obviously this thread was created to stir the pot even more. Ain't nobody getting fired right now.

Nice to hear this from our offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf today 10/13 http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/practice-report-oct-sticking-with-the-run-more-often/article_cefbb72a-71ff-11e5-9922-934c2506f263.html

 

 

"We've run the ball pretty well, but there's been times when we've been inconsistent, and you have to stay with those," Langsdorf told reporters. "You get chased out of them when you lose yardage and you might need to stick with them more. I think that's happened a few times--you get spooked. You lose two yards and don't go back to it early enough."

 

One of the keys to having an effective running game is to stay committed to it...even when it's not initially working. This not only helps the offensive line and running back get into a rhythm, but it will do wonders to the play-action passing game.

This is what's aggravating when our rookie OC ditches the run game in favor of vertical incomplete passes back to back to back. You can't have a solid run game if you fail to work at it but the coaches see differently they see that our passing game is failing so they'd rather make that their primary fix.

Riley has actually re-introduced the tight end and the fullback to the offense, which many of us had been clamoring for. We also demanded more short, safe RB screens for Tommy last season, now claim not to like them.

 

A 50/50 split is hardly abandoning the run. Especially on a team still auditioning running backs for the Helu/Burkhead/Abdullah role, and finding the best candidate is the Senior fullback who'd been ignored for three seasons.

 

And in fairness to Tim Beck and Shawn Watson, they ran offenses that produced three of the most prolific rushing careers in the rich history of Nebraska running backs.

 

The balance isn't that far off.

 

And a glance over at the last of the great pound-the-rock offenses finds Georgia Tech also at 2 - 4, having pounded the rock 41 times last week for a grand total of 70 yards.

Tight end has been nearly non-existant this year. We can't even setup a screen with our O-Line while our QB couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nebraska is unique. TO fully took advantage of the unique attributes of Nebraska with his system. A WCO could work if all the stars aligned perfectly, but you're swimming upstream trying to implement that type of offense. It doesn't fit in well with TO's entire philosophy.

 

Nebraska football as we know it began when Bob Devaney rescued Nebraska from the "three yards and a cloud of dust" offense of Bill Jennings. Devaney's first play as coach in 1962 was a forward pass, and Memorial Stadium gave it a standing ovation.

 

TO helped Bob Devaney win Nebraska's first two national championships by introducing MORE passing and indeed more complicated offensive sets to the previously conservative run-heavy scheme.

 

As HC, it took Tom a full nine seasons before he settled into the power option game we remember. It took him 20 years and a perfect set of recruits on both offense and defense to create the 1990s powerhouses we remember -- and to shut up Tom's critics.

 

Tom Osborne is on record as saying that the run-happy offense he once perfected probably wouldn't work in today's game. So there's that.

 

It is increasingly hard to recruit top tier players for a scheme that doesn't prepare them for the NFL.

 

Who is the dream candidate you'd choose to replace Riley? Have you vetted his run/pass ratio? If Riley is pass-happy, then so is everyone in college football.

 

And let me get this straight: you celebrate the appearance of Andy Janovich and cheer the revival of the fullback trap, but withhold all credit for the coach who pulled it out of the mothballs and continues to run it?

 

I've asked this on two other threads and gotten no answer:

 

Assuming he was available (he wasn't) would you have grabbed Paul Johnson and his run-first offense for Nebraska in a heartbeat?

 

Would it change your mind that Johnson is currently 2 - 4 at Georgia Tech, with worse losing margins than Mike Riley at Nebraska?

This is a silly comparison considering the fact that Paul Johnson has a career winning record of 167-78, 4 ACC division titles, and an ACC conference championship.

Silly comparisons are the lifeblood HuskerBoard.

 

So if Georgia Tech were to freak out about the team getting off to a 2-4 start and Johnson became available, would you grab him?

Right, I'm not for Paul Johnson. I just think your analogy is lacking. That is all.

After looking at the list I realized that I miss the Big XII and the teams we had history with.