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It's the same broadcast crew regardless of which channel it's on. I know but the ABC game is being dropped in Montana in favor of the Montana vs South Dakota game. If the Huskers were on ESPN 2 I could have seen it, now I won't get to. That sucks. I'm surprised that they aren't mirroring the game on ESPN2 for that case. Or another of the fifty channels ABC/ESPN seems to have.

It's the same broadcast crew regardless of which channel it's on.

Under. Total sacks by the Blackshirts 3.5 Under, don't think USM will pass enough for that. Total turnovers gained by Blackshirts 3.

Who are you addressing?

I guess finishing better than predicted once and less than predicted twice, but ending in the Top 25 all 3 times is not "never come close" to me. I also see us going 9-4 this season, but I feel me may be a lot better this year.

Hurray!! Thanks, saunders. I've been waiting for this to set my DVR.

Why's that? Compton progressed last season and should be more experienced and therefore better at MLB. Fisher and whoever else was at SLB were ineffective last season. Fisher should be better by experience and maybe by being more healed both physically and mentally. Also, we have more bodies at LB than last season, so competition should be better making the starters better. I also just have a feeling the whole defense is better prepared this year and more experienced top to bottom.

The strong MSU running game thought seems to have permeated the media. Even the BTN guys think Le'veon Bell will be the best RB in the conference. Even though he was mediocre last season with an effective passing game to open up the running game. That defense might be dominant, but that offense is going to cost them. IMO MSU's inability to run the ball will lead to turnovers in the passing game which will ultimately undermine that defense.

Hadn't seen this posted yet. Two Husker related parts: Lars Anderson has us in the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma. Mallory Rubin thinks we'll be a flop team: "The 'Huskers keep earning a spot in the preseason Top 25 polls. They also keep underachieving and losing four games a year. The Blackshirts have regressed after their Suh-driven resurgence, and Taylor Martinez has yet to put it all together. This team is too dependent on Rex Burkhead to hang with a conference largely on the rise." Thoughts? IMO Rubin is and has been a terrible judge of teams. So her selecting us to flop probably means we won't.

I agree. I'd maybe put LB as same. Losing Lavonte is impossible to replace, but the other 2 LB spots will be MUCH better than they were last year. And since we played without Crick most of last season, the DL will be better simply by experience.

I'm near Denver so it's a crapshoot whether we get the game on ABC or the alternate. Dish guide doesn't indicate which yet.

Well, when you say "per game" that indicates an average. I think you meant "every game".

Athletes, especially at DE, can kill the zone read. The problem is that the QB portion of the zone read is a backside running play and because of that you have potential free defenders. That's how the scrape exchange works. It takes the 'read' out of the play by having the DE always come down the line, with the backside LB scraping to take the QB. It can be countered in numerous ways, but by taking the quick and dirty method of the zone read out of the equation it killed off most of the reasons that teams put the play in to begin with. What we're talking about with so many options in the backfield is being done. Oregon has used a modern day version of the wishbone. But even with the frontside zone blocking in place, the defense just keys on the heavy flow in the backfield and reads the play. The play devotes so much to backfield distraction that it simply runs out of blockers, so if the DTs can slow down those combo blocks then the backers, both front and back, have little to worry about. It can, however, make for a great passing play because you can freeze both the frontside and backside LBers so easily. The defense, in essence, just parts in the middle for you. Obviously you can throw a lot of screens and such into the play as well to create width that way. Lots of good options, but one has to be careful of them. Like any counter play, the real benefit is to allow your flow to create a number advantage on the backside for you. Adding options to the backfield, or backside receiver options, etcetera doesn't necessarily solve the problem solutions like the scrape exchange have caused for the zone read. It's biggest advantages are that it is a backside complement to the zone packages out of the gun, it's easy to install, and the reads were simple. While we can create these alterations to the play, and it is fun doing it, that's a serious amount of time to devote for any team that doesn't use the zone read as a big time part of its playbook. For most teams, that wasn't the case and as I alluded to above, that's why it's not run as much as it was. I thought the point of the zone read was to read the DE and take him out of the play. I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. But a DE would need to be *very* athletic to both close off the QBs inside running lane and still make it outside fast enough to lay a hand on the RB. Gholston and maybe a handful of others could do this. Sometimes. /edit: Nice post of yours. +1 As he explains above, the DE takes the outside runner and the backside LB takes the QB. Requires an athletic DE to scrape with the RB.

I think he's having some fun with the media and fans.

Exactly. Besides it's not like having a player leave the game is going to prevent them getting hurt on the previous play when their helmet came off. Can't wait until some players are trying to pop each others' helmets off in a pile.

Has ABC released the regional coverage map yet? I can't find it from abc/espn or google.

So you do see what Moraine is saying. Are you going to contribute to the discussion?

Umm, the staff doesn't have to give the fans any reasons or excuses for keeping current coaches. And they won't.

I bet there's far less than we expect. I'll go with: Amani Cross Charles Jackson Andy Janovich (special teams)

I actually feel like last season was 1991 and this season is shaping up to be 1992 where we're underrated and have a good but not great season leading into 1993's title run. It also matches up by years 1991=2011, 1992=2012, 1993=2013.

Hurray for look-a-like thread!!!! Season's almost here.

Oh lordy, if Ohio comes in and actually beats Penn State I'll be laughing my a** off....... It's a very real possibility. A few media types are saying Ohio might be a darkhorse BCS buster this season. Solich is doing a very good job there.

the rules don't apply to commitments, they apply to signings. Correct. When a kid "commits" to a school, it means absolutely nothing as far as the rules are concerned.

So he'll sit this year. Does he have a redshirt available?

If true...about f'ing time. The last time Nebraska fielded an attacking, aggressive, defense was, by my recollection, 1999. Coincidentally (rolling eyes) that was the last time we won a conference title. We actually had attacking defenses until 2007 by my recollection. They just weren't always good at it.