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  1. All around college football we see coaches getting sacked or seemingly making changes to how they do things- coinciding with fan pressure, in places where football matters. How real is it and how big of a force for change is it? Fans can withdraw attendance and donor support, but when they really bring the criticism and heat, is it really a catalyst for forcing change. Seemed like that happened to Mike Riley and getting rid of his good buddy Banker. Solich sacked Craig Bohl and brought in Pelini. Callahan and Riley both fired- fans wanted them gone. Some have suggested fan pressure was partially responsible for starting Luke last year Fans were clamoring loudly over the use of the smoke and swing passes NU used so often last season- all but disappeared this season. Frost has always used it as part of his offense - not really there much this season. Maybe the hubub will force NU to make some positive changes this off-season. Adding a Special Teams coach- axing Verduzco and Austin? At this point I'm trusting Trev will make the right moves to steady a struggling ship, however HCSF can be a bit stubborn.
  2. Iowa- what great fans. BOOING injured PSU defensive players- James Franklin reminded the hillbillys that IOWA does NOT run a Tempo offense. Clueless. https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/11/james-franklin-on-iowa-fans-booing-injuries-you-dont-run-a-tempo-offense/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NFLdraftmaverickSpooner&fbclid=IwAR1BrW8O00eW_I49cZkPggfKkZi0KFgbfk6HDe8IIPM6JGh9Ntmhwj3n9Nc
  3. Yes, I've done it a few times as a sub as a favor to a crew. It absolutely is much more difficult than one thinks, gives you a real appreciation for the good ones. HOWEVER the consistent poor calls going against NU are egregious. I'm one who ALWAYS talks about playing past the refs- part of the game and that NU will rarely get the benefit of the doubt until WE play cleaner. But this game was just so over the top.
  4. My words from my post "returns and punts for touchdowns- some in this season, many in seasons past. " Nice try though
  5. TO margin is the most important Stat in football- year after year. it is what it is. https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/29 1 Iowa 6 4 16 20 3 2 5 15 2.50 2 Oregon 5 4 9 13 1 1 2 11 2.20 3 Kent St. 6 4 12 16 2 2 4 12 2.00 4 Middle Tenn. 6 10 8 18 3 4 7 11 1.83 5 Cincinnati 5 4 9 13 3 3 6 7 1.40 6 Boise St. 6 8 8 16 4 4 8 8 1.33 - Toledo 6 6 5 11 2 1 3 8 1.33 - Wake Forest 6 7 7 14 2 4 6 8 1.33 9 Baylor 6 3 8 11 4 0 4 7 1.17 10 Illinois 7 8 5 13 3 2 5 8 1.14 11 Air Force 6 5 4 9 2 1 3 6 1.00 - Michigan 6 5 3 8 0 2 2 6 1.00 - Ohio St. 6 2 9 11 1 4 5 6 1.0
  6. Nope not at all I clearly said this is a SYSTEMIC issue and CLEARLY said some of those mistakes were this year and SOME from years past HENCE the term systemic. If you read the post though- its easier to respond in a way that addressed what I clearly talked about. NO one tells a QB to do something wrong, NO one tells a returner to take a step back- but thats the difference in very good coaching and not so good coaching- or a lack of preparation. Telling is such a TINY part of the coaching job- TINY. You cant chalk up consistent mistakes year and year to kids not making plays. YES you CAN lessen those mistakes the WAY you teach, the reps you practice, the situations you put them into, the pressure you put the kids through in practice- how much you rep it- how you rep it- IT ALL MATTERS. Thats why a guy like Frank Beemer or Bill Snyder could have really good special teams stats consistently year after year. COACHING MATTERs. And all coaching IS NOT EQUAL.
  7. https://saturdaytradition.com/minnesota-football/minnesota-now-without-top-two-rbs-for-remainder-of-2021-season-p-j-fleck-says/?fbclid=IwAR29z5dnevNlhxkbM7JklRFxleNAaLxpAVETX7KUhu2hkitYjnz2X02Gnn4 Both of Minnys 2 top backs out Of course last year they beat us missing 20 plus players, so maybe something we should not get encouraged about.
  8. Give me a FG kicker who makes 27-30 and we dont need to have this conversation Our Special teams issues aren't about "bad luck" aberrations You seem to forget about trying to field punts on the 3 and throwing the ball out of bounds, not fielding punts and giving up huge swaths of yardage, not getting guys away on a short punt- yielding a turnover, the myriad of horrific KO returns - short return inside the 20s, not fair catching, yielding KO returns and punts for touchdowns- some in this season, many in seasons past. ONE thing after ANOTHER. Dirk so aptly put it- when you are ranked 100+ in MANY of the Special Teams categories year after year after year- It points to a systemic problem. Culp having one good year out of the 4 Frost has been here looks like an aberration. He was missing EVERYTHING past the 20 yard line in pregame- Frost wasnt going to let him kick much of anything. I dont think that problem is back in the barn just yet.
  9. In pre game- Culp was missing nearly every FG attempt past the 20. If I was Frost, would think the same thing. He was yipping them all over the place. Couldn't make one to save his life. Was almost comical if it wasn't so sad to watch.
  10. Im a Yant fan- but he did put us behind the chains by running into AM on 2nd and short. We ended up punting. Had he not run into AM- there was enough of a sliver there he could have gotten the first. With the way this offense is evolving, probably will see lots of RJ, but agree he cant move the pile. Would like to see more of that 2 back look with both in.
  11. Agreed- but That play had been money in the past at the goal line. Johnson got tossed around like a rag doll on that play.
  12. Special teams coaches coach kickers. Kickers are their responsibility and they are coached, trained and tweaked like any other position in football. Players are evaled- recruited and decisions are made which ones play and which don't- those are coaching decisions. When several of your kickers seem to consistently have issues and its happened 3 of the 4 seasons- that's a coaching issue. Dan Young back in the day - got himself coached up on how to coach kickers better. He didnt just give them a ball and tell them to kick. We could go on and on like Dirk did about this teams special teams snafus it isnt just the kickers. MOST of our special teams have been ranked 100+ for FOUR YEARS. Kick returns for scores- multiple times- terrible coverage, fair catching on the 3-5, not clearing out on short kicks- the list is REALLY LONG- When you have a problem that is consistent over a 4 year span and over a change of players it is SYSTEMIC. https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/chatelain-special-teams-are-costing-nebraska-games-especially-close-ones/article_f90f5726-1bfc-11ec-b07f-3fc424431e2d.html
  13. We rank 106th in Red ZOne offense. We rank 84th in Offensive Efficiency. Love that we move the ball etc- but at the end of the day what matters most is scoring points and winning games. They dont award points and wins on yards gained. Offense is doing some nice things- but they have to score in the red zone and close out games. We just have issues scoring, closing games out and putting it away in the red zone. We just aren't clutch- when it matters on offense. https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/fei/overalloff/2020 https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/red-zone-scoring-pct Defensively we would rank in the top 10-15 scoring wise if you take away the points the offense has given up, the terrible spots they put the defense in and the special teams nonsense. Yes, they need to get the job done in the clutch also- but where it counts- scoring, they are ahead of the offense.
  14. Like you- Im VERY happy with the improvement. Zero- not sure. Martin fair caught a punt at the 5 and we missed downing a punt inside the 10. Yes on the eyeball test. My point was in the last 2 weeks the special teams have been really good- AFTER all the outcry- Dirks article. So was the answer always there for the taking? Very plausible- the results are the results.
  15. If ST is "fixed" and they may be- it seems they have been fixed over the course of the last couple of weeks after being ranked 100+ in most categories for the last 4 years. If that is true- then the answer- whatever it may be has been there all along. You don't go from 100+ to pretty competent in 2 weeks thanks to a geometric progression on what you've always done?? Teddy is huge loss Offense is trending right direction. Even saw a nice counter run and some 2 back stuff this week. RJ is much better than I had thought. Still need another back to move the pile forward when needed- he just isn't that guy.
  16. Agreed= we had one that could have been downed inside the 5. Was just happy ST didnt cost us the game this time around. Like you I don't expect perfection- this and last week were nice movement in the right direction it seems. I still have no faith in our FG kicking- if Culp kicks like he does in pregame- he was just awful.
  17. Yes- I HATE it when the ref looks at the sticks before they make the final spot. Where the sticks are HAS NO BEARING on where you Mr Referee saw the ball carrier go down. See it ALL the time in HS.
  18. Correct On the previous play the refs let the play go on WAY past when it should have been blown dead. Someone at the game said- Martinez feet were still moving- It DOESNT MATTER. It isn't blow the whistle when everyone stops moving- wait until everyone is a statue- its blow the whistle when forward progress has been stopped= which it had. Terrible officiating.
  19. Had a kid like this once. Adrian is the guy you want your daughter to marry, hard working, talented, great team mate, considerate etc- so was my guy. Great athlete, loved the game, amazing practice player- had transferred in because his other team was loaded at his spot and would only play defense. In games we were much better than opp- he would crush it, play like a Heisman winner- put up great numbers. Against teams much better than us, he wouldnt play so great- nervous, not confident- even come off the field some early with the fake injury limp. When we got way behind he would come back in and play really well again until the game got close, then he would fumble or make a weak play- go back into his shell. Against average teams- if we got off to a good start, he would play well, enough to take a game that should have been close to a very comfortable, sometimes blowout win. If we faltered a bit coming out of the gate, he wouldn't play well. He would do the very same thing when it came to baseball. Again amazing, great kid. But when it came down to the clutch against really good competition- he just wasnt the guy that was going to ever be able to take the team over the top. Confidence issue, nerves? Don't know- but that is how this kid always played and heard that from his previous coaching staff. Martinez, bless his heart- love that kid, felt so bad for him- but this has happened far too many times for it to be just a string of bad luck Im afraid. WHen you play baseball in the bottom of the ninth and up a run- youre in the field. There are players who are praying the ball is NOT coming to them and others that want the ball and are visioning and confident in themselves making the great play to end the game. Which of those players is Martinez? He STILL is our best chance to win- but we need to be up by enough NOT to have to rely on him to help us win a game late. Martinez could have cut to his left and maybe even scored a TD on the play he fumbled.
  20. That was a one week aberration- that's why it's big news. The special teams problems at NU statistically have been a dumpster fire for 4 years- don't take my word for it- Chatlains article documented it. This week they were pretty solid, like last. Maybe force feeding the issue is having a possible effect= something changed to make it better. It isn't luck to be consistently bad for 4 years. It isn't luck to be consistently good at Special teams either. It's a coaching issue- but that doesnt fit your narrative. https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/chatelain-how-can-nebraska-improve-its-special-teams-ask-bill-snyder-and-frank-beamer/article_282a413a-218c-11ec-ad78-bf1cc4f2e94a.html
  21. Nice special teams improvement. KR- no blunders. KO- through endzone- most covered inside 25. PT- pretty Consistent PR- all good minus the fair catch at the 5- Martin is VERY comfortable back there. PAT- good. FG- I dont think we were going to try many. In pre game Culp was missing almost all the kicks past the 20. No wind. Offense was way too conservative first half, on fire the second. Some nice X and O jujitsu in second. Spotty play by OL. Looked like we had some room at times on the edge with the option- would have liked to see more load type blocking there if the pressure was on Martinez too soon. Loved the Tim Tebow like QB follow fake up the middle- throw to Allen. Loved the killer instinct 1 play drive after the interception. Defense had is moments, kept us in the game the first half. Tackling regressed a bit. Couldn't close the deal. As in years past when they flashed, would give up the late game breaking drive. Crowd- atmosphere reminded me like the days of old. Packed Railyard, loud- top 10 of all time crowd. Referees bias is real against NU it always has been, this time it was over the top. Have always said we have to play past it and once we stop playing so sloppy it will lessen. Not sure about that- it was ridiculous. TD pass by Michigan- 0 on the clock, PI uncatchable, spots, no review of the Michigan interception, spots, flag pickup- sheesh
  22. Riley took over 9 and 10 win teams Frost didnt
  23. Nope- Was commenting on THIS play WHICH YOU POSTED
  24. Not at all, just adding to it and agreeing with some of it.
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