ironmike

Mizzou spread the field on these guys and threw the ball all over the place. If Joe can be as accurate as he was against KSUcks, he should have a great day. Also, if we hit some passes early, it will soften up the interior D and we should be able to get some good yards running up the middle.

On the OWH website today, in the Q&A with Shatel, a reader brought up Steve Mariucci and Butch Davis as his top choices to replace Cally. I'm not sure about Mariucci, but I think Butch Davis would be awesome! He has a great track record as a college head coach (as far as winning anyway) and his defenses played with serious intensity! Not to mention he is a great recruiter. Personally, my top choices are Davis and Brian Kelly. What do you all think of Butch Davis for Head Football Coach at Nebraska?

Other schools have been adding black uniforms for years. Why would you want to make Nebraska just another copycat?

We may lose the title of "greatest college football fans in America" after this season.

Knowing what we do about how TO goes about his business, I find this scenario next to impossible.

Bottom Line..

He will be fired after the CU game.. IMO..

If TO had any thoughts of keeping BC, he would be rallying around BC and saying --hey fans this is our coach.. Bill is the coach and everyone should support him..

All that keeps being said is, we will evaluate.. etc..

Agreed...I believe that the decision has already been made. Cally is gone.

It sure seems as if the receivers are dropping fewer of Joe's passes. He was on the money with a lot of them, but the receivers had to make some adjustments on several balls as well. Do you think they have any easier time with balls from Joe as opposed to how Keller would fire it in?

...(any double entendre is purely accidental)...

consistency, ability to make in-game adjustments, players that play with passion and aggression.

The Tigers should be able to score at will. Spread the field, let Daniel pick 'em apart and run some bootlegs as well. If they can pressure Freeman like they did Keller, he will fall apart. MU in a blowout.

Congrats, Joe. Can't wait to see what you can do in a full season.

Ganz for Heisman '08!

I will miss Eisenhart...for a few games there he was one of the only guys on D actually playing his guts out. I will also miss Zach Bowman; it's too bad his years here were marred by injuries and inept coaching.

I think that the biggest thing that hampered Lucky this season is that we kept getting down by such large deficits early that the running game was more or less abandoned and he was unable to find a rhythm. If he's back next year (and it seems as if that's the consensus), I think he could do some big things with some smart (hopefully!) new coaches and a defense that can at least keep the team in the game.

I really like what I've seen from Marlon the last few games. He's running harder and doing a better job finding holes. And the Watson/Cally are doing a better job of getting him the ball in space...he is a top-notch receiver out of the backfield. Do you all think he will be back next year?

huskernumerouno...good point about the practices. I think that BC's biggest failing is in teaching and motivating (along with who he hires as assistant coaches).

I think we can win...but we need to get a lead early. If KSt jumps ahead, watch out because we'll see the boys give up just like we have so many times this year.

One of the best coaches I had as a kid would tell us that "We win as a team, we lose when we break down as individuals". Now, I feel the same way as everyone else here that the responsibility for this debacle of a season ultimately falls on the coaches. But, football is a game of a bunch of small battles every play. No matter the scheme, each player needs to beat the guy across from him every play! We are seeing breakdown after breakdown, and where the problems are most evident is both the O and D lines. The players in those positions are losing their personal battles all game long! Again, I can't wait to hear that Cally and Co. are gone, but I think they wouldn't look quite so bad had the lines been actually showing up in the games. I'm not trying to take any heat off the coaches, but it's time for the players to be called out a bit too. Thoughts?