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No, I missed that (or ignored it?) So I'm wasting my time? Thanks for the heads-up.

The point you're inadvertently making is that USC recruited better talent than Nebraska, not that Carroll's offense is any easier to run than Watson's. If we had Williams, White and Smith, you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have started here as true freshmen. You're trying to show that Watson's offense is "too complex" while Osborne's was "simple," and you don't know what you're talking about. The Option wasn't simple - it's a system of blocking that is as complex, in its way, as any offense in the nation. When executed properly it was fiendish to defend because of its complexity. Skill players are not OL! The offense was run by HS teams in Nebraska and nationwide. TO's play calling and his feel for the game made him special, but his offense was simple for a back and skill guy to pick up. They used inside and outside zone blocking, traps and counter sweep blocking and isolation blocking, just like HS teams do. Yeah? And? You're talking about offensive schemes, not JUST skill players, when you crack on Watson's offense. Offensive Linemen are part of an offense, and therefore part of the conversation.

I'm digging up some stats for you, Fro, but suffice it to say that Helu is every bit the back Washington is, and Castille is right there as well. Hang on for stats....

Fail! I'll buy Helu, very little deference between the two besides Washington scoring 10 more TD's. But Castille, no way. Everyone here knows he is not on the same level as Helu, and therefore isnt on the same level as Washington. Truth of the matter is that you guys pimp Helu like he is the best back in the conference. So as far as I am concerned if Helu had Washington's stats, and had put up those numbers with a torn miniscus in his knee for 3/4 of the year like Washington did, then you guys would never shut up about how talent he was. However you take every opportunity to try and strike down a pretty darn talented player just because he plays for another team.... Aren't you doing the same thing to Q that you claim we're doing to Washington? I'm not sure if you watched the NU/Clemson bowl game, but Castille excelled in the game while Helu struggled. Each has their strength, and both are very good backs. You're knocking Castille because we have depth at RB, not because he's a lesser RB.

Full Story This is great. Spano came in with a lot of promise and should be able to contribute, if healthy. If he only pushes ZLee to be a better QB, that's a huge boost. Also, if he allows us to redshirt Cody Green, that's a win for the Huskers. Great news all around heading into fall camp.

On every other website in the world they're called dancing bananas. Here, they're corn cobs.

And yet with all that talent Missouri had last year - Sulak, Moore, Hood, Coffman, Maclin, Daniel - the best they could do was lose to Kansas, TIE in the Big 12 North, get blown out in the Big 12 Championship, and barely win their bowl game against Northwestern. While that's all true, that doesn't negate Josh's point that Ganz, Swift and Peterson were not on the same level as Missouri's Daniel, Maclin and Coffman. I wouldn't trade our guys for theirs, but they were more talented. The fact that they don't know what to do with the talent they had bodes well for us this year. Pinkel is notorious for bungling the talent he has - it's just that he had more talented players than ever before last year. And still, what did he do with it? Missouri's "best team ever" did just what you said, "...lose to Kansas, TIE in the Big 12 North, get blown out in the Big 12 Championship, and barely win their bowl game against Northwestern." Pretty sad, huh?

I simply pointed out where your premise is flawed (grievously so). Don't get all hurt and start whining about it. If you don't want to have people point out flaws in your logic, then don't post. It's pretty simple.

We've done it many, many times. Read this thread for more on storming the field: http://www.huskerboard.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34319

I like the good/bad of the comment. They compliment us on our politeness and knowledge, but give us some crap about how we haven't been good for a decade and a half. Funny stuff, and clever enough. Good read.

This is what happens with a rookie coach. I do not expect to see this kind of statistic disparity combined with such a close game again. Our offense bogged itself down far too often and we left a LOT of points on the field. Combine that with the gift TD on the fake field goal, and you have a game that was not competitive turned upside down late in the fourth quarter. The short of it is this - if Nebraska plays exactly like they did in this game next year, but doesn't stop themselves, we'll beat the buffs by three TDs. It is irksome that the game was as close as it was.

I like this idea FAR more than the Iowa idea. Wonderful! Thank you very much!

That's good to hear. It's too bad the only person reporting on Spano is on a pay site. I'd like to see the Weird Herald and JournalStar give us some info on the guy.

You're right, he did not play the Spring Game. I heard that his recovery is "ahead of schedule" and that he's going to be practicing in at least some capacity in fall camp, but I don't have a link on that at the moment. I'll try to dig it up...

Agreed, except if the game was in Lincoln I'd bet they'd give the Huskers that 2.5, not 6-7. Until proven otherwise, to me these teams have nearly identical positives/negatives. It'll sort itself out during the season, and we should have a decent idea what's going to happen the week of the game.

is THIS what you wan't? Yes it is. Thanks, Oz!

I'm missing the "uh oh" portion of this blog. You expected the beat writer for the Missouri Tigers to say Nebraska is back on top or something? Where's the "uh oh?"

Where do I find a list of every Husker opponent ever, and our record against them? Anyone know? I've found a PDF at huskers.com that has results for every year, but I'm looking for a simple list.

The point you're inadvertently making is that USC recruited better talent than Nebraska, not that Carroll's offense is any easier to run than Watson's. If we had Williams, White and Smith, you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have started here as true freshmen. You're trying to show that Watson's offense is "too complex" while Osborne's was "simple," and you don't know what you're talking about. The Option wasn't simple - it's a system of blocking that is as complex, in its way, as any offense in the nation. When executed properly it was fiendish to defend because of its complexity.

Because the sky will fall if Missouri wins? This makes no sense. If we lose to Missouri the rebuilding continues.

Essentially they're giving KU the edge because of home field, saying that we're evenly matched otherwise. I see no reason why we shouldn't be underdogs in that game. We're cutting in new QB and WRs, while they bring back the majority of their skill positions on offense. Like nuance said - this could very easily change by the time mid November rolls around. Right now, it's nothing to get excited about.

Those are all great candidates. Q's 58-yarder against Clemson will probably make the cut, too.

Looks like Andy Staples of SI is on the Osborne bandwagon:

And regarding Coach Watson leaving - I think Bo has made it pretty clear he's interested in seeing all of his coaches move up. If moving up means moving out, he's cool with that, too. Evidence to the point - Ekeler's interviews with USF during the offseason. This kind of thing is going to be more and more frequent, especially if we keep winning. It was great when all of our coaches stuck around for a couple of decades, but that was a very different era in college football.

Your premise that these kids are "maxed out" coming out of High School is flat wrong. The country is littered with Texas players who continue to improve in college. Second, Osborne's Option attack was no less complicated than the West Coast. It was flexible, stealthy, and relied on finesse as much as power. Don't get sucked in to the false conception that it was just "line 'em up and punch 'em in the mouth" as most national talking heads would have you believe. I think we could be successful running the Option attack, or the Nebraska Coast offense, or a pure West Coast, or the Spread... doesn't really matter what the offense is. What matters is personnel and execution. We get the right personnel and we could run any offense we want and be successful.