At the risk of getting my neck mauled by the wolves on this board, I want to ask a few questions. I want to make sure that everyone knows that I LOVE MY HUSKERS and bleed husker red ever since I was born but this last game left me wondering. Here we go:
(1) Why did we not use the RUN to open up the PASS in all our losses? I feel that our offensive coordinator thought he has Aaron Rodgers at the helm and he put Armstrong in sh**ty situations which led to interceptions and caused him to lose confidence. When Armstrong runs the ball, he is more effective as a passer.
(2) Why in God's Green Earth did we not use Ozigbo and Jano more. They got an average of 6 yards/carry every time they touched the ball. Ozigbo is a beast. In our close losses, we simply just forgot about them. We are able to keep UCLA from scoring yet we could not stop Wisconsin, Illinois, and Northwestern????
(3) Our defensive coordinator WILL NEVER CHANGE or LEARN from his mistakes as the years have proven. Do we really think that he can turn things around next year?
(4) We are losing our best defender in Maliek Collins. How are we going to recover defensively with a less than capable defensive coordinator and no chance in hell of Mike Riley ever making a switch in that position as time has shown him to be blindly loyal to his useless coordinators.
(5) Finally, if we are capable of playing high caliber football as we did against Michigan St and UCLA, why did we not do so all year long? Are these coaches capable of consistent success, especially with a very tough schedule next year? I doubt it.
I remain very skeptical about the current coaching staff (in its entirety and staring with Mike Riley), but hopeful that we have some very talented players that can be very impressive if the coaches give them the chance to do so. GO BIG RED!!