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5 hours ago, ZRod said:

3) There's really not that much advantage for the defense. Most centers will mix it up and pause for a count or two from time to time so it's not consistent play-to-play.

When both sides go on movement of the ball, the defensive players get an advantage.  When the offense goes on a verbal snap count, they anticipate the snap, and move in concert with the snap.  Why for example you see O-lineman jump when a new QB comes in because the cadence can vary slightly.  

Every team gives it away to an extent when they go on a silent count.  I'm not sure why Scott looks between his legs before he snaps because it appears he's getting the signal from the left guard (you'll notice him stick his arm out to give Scott the signal that the QB is ready). 

My guess would be learned to snap on silent count that way (looking between his legs for a signal from QB) and it's a habit or perhaps they switch it up to be less predictable and he's just going through the routine of dropping his head even when he gets the signal from the guard.  

I wanted to give the defense an opportunity to win the game & I didn't want to leave 30 seconds on the clock after what happened in the Maryland game.  Huh???  Rhule is a generally consistent on message and you are bound to ramble answering questions off the cuff for 30 minutes, but you can just acknowledge you played conservative for OT, and move on.  

18 hours ago, Undone said:

 

I think that second statement deserves some unpacking.

 

No, you're not going to win a national championship and you're not going to beat Michigan or Ohio State in a conference title game "keeping it simple" with the athletes we have right now. That's a true statement. But he's creating a false dichotomy there.

 

A critical late 4th quarter situation is not equal to a conversation about the bigger picture. The program has to stop screwing up late in the 4th quarter to even be in the conversation about winning at a high level. And he's had two games where this happened on his watch.

 

I know he said over and over that he took blame for not getting points on that last drive and I love that, but that second statement in the quote is a big deflection.

 

 

 

Agreed.  I personally have no issue with the play call or the concept they ran, HS programs across America run this to perfection in the red zone every week.  This issue is execution.  It was really awful and the fact your 3rd string QB and a Fre WR were in the game is irrelevant.  This wasn't a random play/concept, it was a red zone play run with the game on the line.  I'm sure it's been repped to death and every WR & QB who's ever run a 7 in the red zone knows it goes to the back pylon.  The other issue is your QB playing hero ball, keeping the ball on first down against the play called, and then compounding the mistake by throwing an incompletion stop the clock.   

The quote that caught my attention was "our QB's can't just throw the ball to a spot and expect the receiver to be there".  Pretty sure this was in reference to Sims last Int, but if you expect your QB's to throw the ball on time, I don't know how else you accomplish that.  

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

Watching the Purdy int, I’m not convinced that the War didn’t screw up.  What he did, didn’t make any sense. 
 

 

Im of the opinion, at this point, you give Purdy all the reps in practice this week and start him. 
 

Sims and Haarberg are done. 

To your point, Kemp absolutely allows the defender to flatten out the corner route and we know it was supposed to be a corner route because Rhule said it was.  I'm not sure I appreciate the wisdom of running a short area corner route to a 5'9 receiver in the first place, but I also thought Sims last pic was the result of Kemp flattening that corner route out as well.  Rhule's description of this play in the post game presser painted a picture similar to the pic in the Minnesota game, that's not what I see at all.  Kemp didn't take this to the corner and the CB didn't have to come off the #1 receiver to make the play, it was thrown right to him as he tracked the #1 receiver inside.  

I've watched this numerous times and I have a hard time believing he's not trying to get the ball to Coleman and he quits on the route because he thinks he's a decoy for the corner.  If he's trying to squeeze this ball into Kemp on the 7 he flattened out, all I can say is irrational confidence.  

I'd add, I'm not sure why you would have Coleman delaying his break.  I would think you'd want Coleman clearing that defender so that pass could go behind him.

On 11/1/2023 at 11:34 AM, runningblind said:

I disagree. He does it a large percentage of the time.  He was doing it in the very clip I listed and only moved to the second target at the last moment before he ran directly into a defender. 

On that very specific play, HH was already off his primary read, and was in the process of moving from his 2nd to his check down when he found out the defender initially covering his check down had come off him.  

On the broader topic of HH staring down his primary receivers, yes and no.  He's often throwing a beat late, so he's on his reads longer, but I see his head moving from primary often in a lot of these clips.  I'm always critical of execution and technique because it can always be better, but it's a lot for a player who is in a new system, didn't expect to play this season, and wasn't legitimately being coached a year ago to be dialed into the progression of every concept they run.  He'll improve a lot "IF" they can fix or restore his mechanics imo.

I've always thought it was subpar, that's been the frustrating part of watching this teams ineptitude.  Granted, the division is somehow always tougher than it appears to be at the beginning of the season.   

I learned Ryan Walters isn't familiar with the recent history of NU self-destructing or he would have kicked off at the 6:24 mark and made life really interesting for NU.  

I learned Evan Cooper is a better talent evaluator than Frost's staff when Jalen Lloyd made a big play in a Div 1 college football game as a true freshman. 

And I continue to learn this defensive staff is light years better than the previous staff given the reality this is largely being done with their players.   

It's interesting to see the evolution of the depth chart at the Jack position since the season started.  If memory serves correct, Borders, Butler, Gbayor, & Sherman have each been listed as the starter at some point in the season, Butler & Borders are now DE's, & Umanmielen is the #2 Jack.  

9 hours ago, KCBuc said:

As I watch the offense and scratch my head, I would like Satterfield to try:

1. Pump fake by the QB. Good chance a CB bites. 
2. Roll out with a run-throw option

3. Use the FB. I so want to believe they have it ready and are just waiting for the right time.

4. A package with Sims that does not allow him to pass.  Perhaps, single wing? 
5. Direct snap to the HB from shotgun. 

3.  It is beginning to look a lot like Solich's version of the option.  

5.  There's no point in wildcat when you're QB's run the power read effectively.  

I'm with ndobney, the run & pass game need to be tied together better.  It's looking a lot like Frost is calling the plays.  I can't think of many things more useless & uninspiring than a drop back hitch on first down for a team that is being played to run the ball.  

That first play NW is in cover 2 or at least cover 2 to that side of the field (cover 6) and NU runs a switch with the 2 TE's.  Surely something they saw on film to run on first play expecting to get exactly what they got, which was the S running with the #2 receiver and the CB getting lost on the switch and putting the S in conflict.  Although, soft play action likely would have opened this up further and the back still could have run to the flat.

I'm not with Rhule on this one, generally, "if you're even, you're leaving", Boerkircher is open, but he isn't housing that with a perfect throw.  The S only squats when he see's Haarberg turning the ball loose.  If the throw is deep, he's behind and out of phase with Boerkircher, but it's not like he was flat footed until he reads the intermediate pass, turns to recover, and the pass behind Fidone is thrown directly to him.  They expected to get Fidone free on this play, HH predetermined where he was going, and it was still open.  

In regards to the progression on pass plays being deep to shallow, somebody else pointed out the "touchdown checkdown" mantra.  It's a good question, the answer is a QB has to be able to read the defense pre and post snap to identify the deep threat being open before it's actually open and then throw him open.  That is why HH has been late on all the shot plays sans the Coleman TD.  He's waiting to see them open.    This play is perfect example.  Beorkircher is open, he's not 5 yards behind the defense running free, but he's about to be behind the S if the ball leads him there.  

17 hours ago, Lorewarn said:

There's a huge disconnect between drill work specifically tailored towards mechanical perfection and a game environment where your brain is having to process a million more things and your body resorts to what it wants to do most naturally.

What's interesting is that you can find early spring practice video of HH throwing in 2021 with Sean Callahan talking about how impressed the coaches were with his arm talent and he consistently has a higher/over the top release.  Similarly, there is video of HH in the 2021 spring game.  His release point was as it is now and he throws some passes in that game that look like they were thrown with his off hand.  I don't know if he has a mental block like Charles Barkley's golf swing or Verduzco taught him to throw like Dan Quessenberry on purpose, but it's odd.  

2 hours ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said:

I'm telling you Harry Potter screwed up all the QBs.  They all started throwing with a low elbow which is not what you want.  

I find it hard to understand how this became what we've seen this season.  If Verduzco is responsible for it, malpractice is the only accurate word.  

 Is it just me or does HH's throwing motion appear dramatically better in HS?  

Apparently I'm the only one who thinks Marcus Washington's college career was cut short by a dirty play that not only wasn't called a penalty (grabbing a player on either side of the ball by the outside of their shoulder pads and slinging them to the ground like you're steer wrestling is holding), but unless I've missed it, nobody seems to have an issue with.   For all the touch & borderline penalties in football today, players shouldn't get hurt off the ball & away from the play like this.  

On 10/9/2023 at 11:15 AM, Cobra Kai said:

In all seriousness...there is a kid from Underwood HS that is super under recruited...he's an absolute beast.

 

Jaydon Foote 6'1" 315 IOL/NT

This kid has impressed me way more than brix or any other iowa prospect...

 

Iowa has some talented kids for prospects this year...not quite as top heavy as nebraska...but definitely quite a few future D1 guys...

http://www.hudl.com/v/2JmuLD

This kid?  You are being relocated from scouting to admin...

7 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

The 2 things that stood out to me are he's a beat late on most passes & he rarely throws a wr friendly ball.  Catching a wobbly ball is like hitting a curve

1 hour ago, HuskerNation1 said:

In looking at HH's game, it reminds me a bit of Taylor Martinez. Like Martinez, HH has impressive breakout speed and running ability but his passing motion is not ideal. Martinez had a much better line to work with than HH currently has, but I am not getting those critical of HH over the past 2 games. No QB is perfect, but he has done everything asked of him in his first 2 starts. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If anybody recalls that Taylor Martinez breakout game vs K-State, the coaches kept him out of passing situations, and ran option or QB draws on 3rd & long that produced explosive plays (as shown above).  He started to unravel the more they asked him and he tried to be a drop back passer.  

Back to the topic of getting receivers down field.  They did try to get Fidone down field on a corner or deep over that resulted in holding or a PI and they've tried to get Hill deep a few times (which is telling).  Coleman must not be ready, but he does jump off the LOS, close cushion quickly, and certainly has the athletic profile of a deep threat.  If they could get him involved, it might not lighten the tackle box, but it would create some space in the short to intermediate areas for Kemp to work underneath him.  Regardless, this offense desperately needs to identify somebody who can loosen coverage on the back end.

Off the top of my head, NU ran the ball 3 or 4 times yesterday on 3rd & 3.  I think that's who this team is with HH or Sims at QB.  Need to get Fidone down field a few times per game, need to find a receiver they can get down field a few times per game, & they have to be cleaner to avoid getting behind the sticks.  It's going to be ugly, but not as ugly as asking these guys to do things they can't do consistently well.  

14 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Wasn't one of the rumored big changes from Austin to Raiola an emphasis on climbing more quickly to the second level on double teams? Not trying to claim one is right or wrong, and maybe it was more lateral movement versus vertical movement. But I feel like I heard/read somewhere Austin really focused on keeping that double team to the point where Frost felt the blocks on the second level were suffering, and Raiola emphasizes getting to that second level quickly.

 

Could be misremembering though, and I do not know enough about OL play to discuss the pros and cons other than being able to see when it doesn't work out well.

I know NU ran tracks a lot under Austin, which basically eliminates all doubles at the point of attack.  

I was looking for a clip to show NU's inside zone blocking and I think you see a lot in this.  

First, Scott & Nouili are off the ball much faster than Piper, Corcoran, & Benhardt (I could state this another way).

Second, Piper & Nouili are progressing through the double team too quickly imo.  The entire point of utilizing this call/technique in the zone scheme vs straight solo reach blocks or running tracks is to get the D-lineman under control/change the LOS.  

By progressing to the 2nd level prematurely, they are still allowing NIU to shift the tackle box dramatically to the play side as you would expect with solo reach blocks, and neither Scott or Benhardt have play side leverage on their men.  That's a sin when you utilize this call.  

Third, the advantage of zone blocking is even when you are beat, you can win.  If the defender has his head by you, you use his leverage against him and push him through and if a back see's a defender flashing across his face he cuts it back.  

Piper & Nouili are off the block too soon, Scott & Benhardt are fighting a losing battle from the second they make contact, and Irvin picks a closing lane after pressing the hole.  You could stay on these double teams, ignore the LB's, and get 3-4 yards.  It's a progression, and they aren't securing the LOS before climbing to the second level.  

Rough.  I think Rhule may have just given us insight on scholarship numbers going into next season however when he referred to Ramir as a Sr.  I noticed in a video during camp he labeled the "covid" Jr's as Sr's as well.  If that's the case however, it would seem another back through recruiting or portal seem vital for next year. 

NU's running the QB 20x a game.  Both are going to be needed.

Arrested in Ga possibly means this was a moot point regarding NU football already.  On a side note, I know this staff was desperate for receiving talent, and the program has been desperate for talent, but 5 star talent that can't contribute at Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, ect is fools gold.