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Love the team, proud of the defense. I can't believe Pelini abides this from his offensive coordinator.

It'll be interesting to see if he ever recovers from this game.

This loss is not on the defense. Those guys did everything they could. Tim Beck, Tommy Armstrong, and the offensive line should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. They blew this game and failed this team.

This game is the strongest case for a house-cleaning offensive change you could have asked for. Lot of ballgame left, but holy crap. What more can MSU give you and you still choke?

I can't quit watching, but every bit of credit I gave to Beck and this offensive staff is retracted. The hell with them all.

Nothing else to be done. Unfortunately, no one to catch them.

We need a sub. Anything to get this game on track. We're plain out of chances.

Here we go bitches. Round two.

"I swear to God that he fell." LOL Oh man, thank you, thank you. You have no idea how bad I needed a laugh. Most welcome. We're all (unfortunately) in this together. Yes, but I made the mistake of expressing confidence in Tim Beck before he played a ranked opponent. Holy f#*k do I want to kick my own balls right now.

"I swear to God that he fell." LOL Oh man, thank you, thank you. You have no idea how bad I needed a laugh.

We get the ball back. Ameer, get your f'ing ass out there and play ball. And Beck, if you go air raid one more series, leap from the f'ing press box and do us all a favor.

This. We are damn lucky to even have a prayer of a comeback. This offensive meltdown is inexcusable. What more can you ask of the D and special teams?

f#*k that. We've had every opportunity field position-wise and blew it. That's why Tim Beck has a goose egg on the scoreboard right now.

Abdullah needs to say sh#t at halftime, because he has done sh#t tonight.

Way ahead of you

Our D-Line is the only GodD**m reason we're in this game I can't believe how f'ing awful our offense is.

I don't even know what to say.

I'm shocked by this performance, but given recent history, it's hard to figure out why.

Nothing else that's happening affects this game. Hope our guys are dialed in. But yeah, putting MSU in the pretender category would be icing on this cake.

Let's start with this: It doesn't really matter. The college football industry is built on generating and sustaining hype. It's like Fox News. String a story together any way you like. Analyze the last fifty matches, break out the calculator and stat sheets, call Vegas. All bullsh#t aside, Nebraska can weather a reasonable loss with all of the reasonable goals and expectations the General Consensus deemed them worthy of before the season began. We can still win the West. We can claw our way to a rematch in Indie. We might not be able to secure a spot in the final four, but depending on the particulars of a loss and how this three-ring circus of a sport turns out between now and the million years before the season is over, I wouldn't assume anything there, either. Going undefeated is a luxury, and if/when it happens––to any team––it should be celebrated like the feat of discipline, strength, focus, talent, and (frankly) luck that it is. That's the big picture. More immediately, the fast-approaching moment does offer Nebraska several chances. And this goes into what I personally am hoping to see tonight. I've seen a lot of talk about what we might do tonight to throw MSU off-balance. What kinds of packages can we run? What trick plays or exotic formations does Beck have up his sleeve? Ideally? ~0. Our opening three/four drives should so closely resemble Miami and Illinois that folks are checking their DVRs to make sure they didn't hit the wrong button. Make Sparty prove to us they can stop the run. If they can't stop it, why on earth would you do anything else? Why would you trade the success of the option/run game for some hypothetical Other offense? Say MSU's defense stalls a few drives. It happens. Can they do it all night? Can they smother Ameer, Armstrong, Cross, and Newby four straight quarters? Oregon (who btw blew one against a 3-TD underdog) seemed to believe that's how long a football game lasts. If a shiny new play or a busted coverage gives you the chance to slip a dagger between the ribs, fine, have fun. But if we can go on the road and run the ball, you want to talk about chances? This is a chance to cement an offensive identity in stone while collecting a pelt for the den. Defensively I hope to see aggression like we haven't seen yet this season––both in scheme and attitude. It's time to attack with every athlete we have. If that means sending 6-7 and giving up a bomb a couple times, whoopie ding. We give up a score every first drive anyway. There are a lot of ways to lose a game. Do not let playing it safe be one of them. Get after Cook early and as often as possible. And if the pressure gets to him, do not let him breathe. Longer post than I was going for, but that's my two cents. I am very confident in this team. Give it everything you got, fellas. And For Ameer, you f'ing freak of nature, just go do your thing.

Does it matter once you have the tape?