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Scott sounded deflated in the after game interview, almost as though he's thinking his end is nearing.  

The biggest issues I have is the offensive line and that continuity with this offense is absent. It's a variety of things but mainly that. Martinez has been running for his life for most of four years. I think he's dealing with some physical and mental issues.

There's no nasty attitude with this team. It's like they think that chopping good firewood is easy. It's tough. I've heard enough "try". If the fire department is coming to save your home and rescue your loved ones, do you want them to TRY or have the fortitude that they WILL GET DONE. Plus, if the chief and the captains are saying TRY all the time how much confidence does that indicate their having in the individuals of their unit? The little things count.  

We WILL get it corrected transitions into WE ARE getting it correct to we HAVE IT CORRECTED. 

I said I could live with a 6-6 record, not 3-9 (Maybe it was 4-8) and that it'd probably be 5-7. It's looking 3-9 most likely.  It could get real ugly these remaining games. This was a real gut punch for the team. I'm not sure how much they have left in the tank. 

One can recognize the need for more passing and explosive plays but it's beyond me how the running game could be abandoned to the extent it was from the first to the second half. Again, continuity isn't there. Try this and try that. Always trying...

No but he needs to do a thorough evaluation across the board and be prepared to make some tough decisions. 

Same story. Too many errors. Too many missed opportunities. All this team does is try. Listen to the coaches you'll hear a lot of it too (try). Week in and week out. They don't yet know how to win. I think the potential is there. What seems so close proves to remain far away.  Scott's going to have some tough choices to make. 

I voted late. Had it a 31-17 win for the Huskers. Really disappointing today...

Northwestern isn't terribly good this year. Yant can run and is fun to watch. If it weren't for our errors we'd have one or two more wins than we do now. We're improving. 

Keeping the foot on the GAS!

Yes we have many "issues". We have a lot going for us too. I'll be rooting for and not against the team. Thank you!

31-13 HUSKERS! 

It's harvest time. Farmers are always interested in good part time help during the season!

Nothing. We learned nothing. We do not know how to win. We know how to self-destruct. 

5-7 point win. The game will determine whether a signature win or not. It should take off the heat down a couple notches.  If we play well in all phases of the game winning by 10 or more, I'd say so. Beating Michigan or Iowa would be signature wins in my opinion. 

38 minutes ago, Gorillahawk said:

Exactly! They held Buffalo to 3 points, the same Buffalo team that lost by only 3 to the number 17 team in the country! They then turn around and by most people’s standards shut down OUs offense, at least compared to it’s normal production. Maybe I’m a hopeless dreamer, but it seems like this team is on the cusp of turning the corner 

I look at it this way. We have various legitimate issues. And is some way's we're coming around. If a person has a criticism, that doesn't mean the person or what is being criticized is horrible. Only that things need to be addressed. And, things often aren't always as they seem which can be taken into consideration as well. The Oklahoma game was a good game! If things are 85% percent of what they need to be, that's significant. In addition, the remaining 15% while not the majority is limiting and critical. In reality, it's more like a pie that expands the stronger the team is. We just have to adjust our trajectory some what that entails. We're still not scoring enough. There was more rhythm with the offense in each of the last two games. So there's some momentum to build on there! 

On 9/19/2021 at 11:02 AM, Hedley Lamarr said:

I'd just rather use the Lincoln Riley approach and have our HC coach the QB in order to address the biggest issue in special teams

A person can buy a lot of cigars and blow a whole lot of smoke with $375,000.00!

41 minutes ago, KCBuc said:

Week in week out, he doesn’t get it done. Dude.

It sounds like you want pressure and disruption.

He's working with what he has. And is doing well! I don't care how he gets the most out of his unit. I'd say his adjustment to the Big 10 has been good. He might not be getting it done as we might like/prefer. Sure we need to plug in pressure. Now go out and recruit develop those pieces. 

Too me, it seems the team played better with some of the pressure off of them.

Aside from the kicking element, the game was encouraging. I'll have to watch the highlights again to form an opinion on the offensive line play. Not where we need to be with blocks. The general sense I got was that it was better. Considering the quality of the opponent, that would be notable. Those penalties certainly were frustrating.

Martinez played well. Was good to see Manning make some big contributions.

On 9/15/2021 at 1:58 PM, Sker fer life said:

We will come out running the wishbone,  IT WILL BLOW THEIR MINDS ! 

I've been hearing two and three back set talk for about a month. Maybe this is the game we start seeing some of the plays out of the bag of tricks too. 

38-19 OU

Scott goes for up tempo passing AND running schemes. : )

1 hour ago, Decoy73 said:

Nobody asked for it, but here's my take on the rest of the B1G schedule for us:

 

MSU -  It's hard to imagine that this wouldn't be winnable.  I'll call it a 50-50.  We'll see how they do against Miami.

NW - will have a good D like always, but it could be a major down year for their O.  First one to 20 wins this one?  I like our chances in Lincoln.

UM - Are they finally clicking this year?  Maybe.  If so, this one will be tough, but it is in Lincoln.  I"ll say winnable, but must play well.

Minny-  With Ibrahim out, there O got a lot less scary, but they are well coached.  Winnable, but again, must play well on the road (it happened at Purdue in '20).

Purdue - Who knows with Brohm.  He went from good coach to under achieving coach in a matter of a year or two.  Winnable as it's in Lincoln

Ohio St. - Vastly more talented, but Oregon exposed some issues they have.  I still don't see a Win here, though.  But we should play them tough.

Wisky - uninspiring offense, but likely good defense and special teams.  Winning in Camp Randall will be a tall order, although late in the season, who knows?

Iowa - Like Wisky, Top shelf D and ST, but unimpressive O so far.  We're due to knock off the Hawks.  And it's in Lincoln.

 

Assuming OU is a L, we need to at least split the rest.  Barring a major setback, I think it could and will happen.  If it doesn't, things may get tough for the staff.  Just my 2 cents.

 

 

 

6-6 I can live with. 4-8 I cannot. It'll probably be 5-7. Originally I had us winning Illinois, Fordham, Buffalo, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue and Iowa with Michigan close. That could be a pivotable win making 7-5 still possible. Right now that's looking pretty tough to accomplish. I want to beat Iowa BAD so a friend of mind can quit his squawking. lol 

Edited to add that I think Dan Mullen is a bit strange cat and I'm glad he's not here. And, Scott needs to upgrade some of his supporting cast.  

38-19 OU

Competing against Oklahoma at their level is going to be terribly difficult for us. With the way the O-line and special teams play has been performing. Our best hope is getting some good field position and capitalizing with a good enough running game to help the passing game work effectively. I fear we'll get pretty one dimensional. Perhaps a running game with the option gets going with some plays out of the bag of tricks and favorable field position. This defense is good and they can't continue to carry the load for this team as they do against this caliber of opponent. It's going to take more than Adrian and Samori on the offensive side to challenge. Anything can happen though. Maybe we'll see some successful wrinkles they've been saving. I'd like a clean game with few errors and big big effort. 

Buffalo isn't that good offensively. Their defense is definitely their strength.

On top of the offensive line continuing to underwhelm, our receiving core is getting considerably banged up.

Our defense will continue to carry the load throughout the remainder of the season. Along with Adrian and Samori. 

Our games are mysteriously peculiar. As if I shouldn't have recognized this already. 

48 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

Last week, I had my wife hold the football and I tried kicking field goals. My longest was 48 yards but I was able to kick 9/10 field goals from 40 yards or less. I understand that it is different when you have guys running towards you but for god’s sake, he missed three of the easiest field goals you can have. He also missed two points after in the Illinois game. May be his problem is psychological. Get the kid some help since he is obviously struggling. Have we even tried using our women’s soccer team? It is not that hard to kick a football. If we continue to be this bad, we will lose many games, especially close ones.

Close games might be few and far between the remainder of our season. Go for it every time!

Wow...

4 minutes ago, krc1995 said:

Hats off the them. We might win this, but I’m impressed by the coach. They came ready, they’re smart, appear to be well conditioned. 

and I like his sideline demeanor. 

He'll be a solid head coach for them.

C'mon Gabe, let's get another big one.

Yay Gabe!