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3 minutes ago, lo country said:

I have always wondered what NU would have looked like had the administration (after TO) supported him....And I still SMH when people said during his tenure a monkey could get 9 wins.....

While I dont necessarily disagree with your premise, but if he would've had the level of success we all hoped he'd have (regardless of support), he would've left NU with a vapor trail upon receiving an SEC  or similar big-time head-coaching offer. 

just kidding

Can't blame Oline for Martinez's performance today.

With faith & honor held high

Its a comparison/combination of feelings versus numbers.

While there is no reason or metric other than recruiting rankings to predict a win, this would be very Husker-like to pull out this one, give us hope, then lose the final 3. Went with Huskers by 3.

Intellectually, if the secondary can't stop Tanner Morgan, I don't have much hope they can stop Purdue.

Hopefully, they beat bucky. We seem to want to play better if the opponent has a number in front of the name.

A resounding "no". Just because we still love one of our own despite the struggles, doesn't mean the base has stopped demanding wins.

I find that so crazy, that the team can't hold up against a 7 game schedule. Get-off-my-lawn I guess, but can remember 11 game schedules with no idle weeks. I don't understand today's mentality of not being able to be "up" for a lousy 12 games. I get not being up for every practice each week. Cue Iverson meme.

1 hour ago, ndobney said:

You really aren't. Willing to put money on it

Absolutely

14 minutes ago, ZRod said:

This is laughable. We're blaming the guy for a safety costing us the game when the defense can't make a stop in the first half and gives up a 56 yard game winning TD. Our kicker can't make a gimme field goal or an extra point and our OL can't get it done in the RedZone. But let's lay it all on Martinez because he either gets sacked for a safety or throws it away for a safety.

To me, thats a bit facetious. Until late in the play, the protection was there. Couldve easily gotten rid of it, ran elsewhere. Zero reason for him to have run back into the endzone like that. Freshman mistake despite Benharts ineffectiveness.

14 minutes ago, knapplc said:

This is a fantastic thread title considering the kid has not been put in a position to succeed by this staff for four years.

 

I mean, yeah he's been disappointing. But is this level of vitriol necessary?

Don't take it personally. Its a message board.

Forgot to even mention Martinez. Protection, while still not great, wasn't too bad today. C'mon, Man!

And do we really have no one on the roster that can play Benhart's position? There's nobody that can just play average? C'mon Austin!

I'm a better gameday coach than Frost.

Consistently manages games to his own team's weaknesses.

Still do not understand not just dialing up a Brady-esque sneak. Why touch the ball 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage when you need 6 inches? Makes zero sense.

And on 3rd down, down by 6, you run up the middle to set up Connor Culp? WTF?

25 minutes ago, SECHusker said:

He lacks situational awareness... Like his coach

Bingo. Planning on posting something in the "learned" thread. Between the two of them, they are terrible game managers. 

20 minutes ago, Hedley Lamarr said:

Gonna warm this one up for the post game just incase. 

Ha. This game shouldn't be the defining moment win or lose. Of course some fans won't see it that way. A win at this point would actually provide some positive definition.

5 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Our offensive scheme is so wildly inconsistent. It's impossible to be successful on a regular basis with this scheme

For a change, I don't mind our O scheme. Execution has certainly been a problem at times.

Defensively, I have no idea what the game plan is. Minnesota does the same thing every game, every year, yet where other teams can stop it, it consistently befuddles the Huskers, especially when they play there.

Day by day

On paper, and based on the season's results, NU should win fairly easy. However, with both the highs and lows of past 4 weeks, I get a 2020 Illinois vibe for this one. The D needs to shut down the goophers. 

Went with NU by 3.

40 minutes ago, ZRod said:

This is pretty good perspective. Adrian is probably the best all around QB we've had since Ganz and Zac Taylor. I think he's better than Ganz was and his mobility probably puts him ahead of Taylor. Tommy and TMart made similar or worse mistakes than Adrian, but people want to forget those.

I think there's a lot of recency bias in your post. Not many were overly impressed with how their overall careers panned out.

22 minutes ago, Stone Cold said:

This is the worst take but im not callying you out devo.  We have all complained about adrian.  Let me ask all of you this,  when has there ever been a perfect qb here.  In the last 20 years of me really paying attention and following online there has never been one qb i have had total utter faith in throwing the ball.  And if we are the type of offence who just cant get that then the ball needs to stay on the ground most of the game.  We b!^@h about adrian, tommy, cody, keller, ganz, taylor, smothers, i mean the list goes on and on and on and on and on.  

Lot has changed over the past 20 years. Traditionally the expectation was to run and pitch well via ground attack and just hit the occasional open receiver. And we had some good ones that could meet those lesser expectations or come close. Wasn't as much reliance on reading defenses. And perhaps burying the lead, twitter/internet lets everyone see all the venting. 

Now the expectation is that the QBs (in our type of system) can correctly zone read, hit the correct running lanes, and be an actual passer which means you better be able to find open receivers and then actually hit them. With all that stated, I probably think Ganz had rounded out to the be the best of that list. Martinez could still end up being the best of that bunch if he could clean the "bad" mistakes. Who has complained about Smothers? He's barely been on the field. 

1 hour ago, CheeseHusker said:

Took a huge, huge step backwards today.

 

 

Nah. Today was on par. Pretty good game. Perhaps a couple of missed plays during the meat of the game. Killer turnover and/or bad missed pass to end the chance.

6 minutes ago, BoNeyard said:

We are slightly smaller, not quite there yet, like just a step below on the ladder, but these guys take punches and they’ll throw them right back. It’s getting very close, and ultimately there looks to be heart out there on the field. The defense actually steps up and refuses to just get ran over time and time again like Minnesota and Michigan a couple years ago.

My point was more that they're losing these games mentally. While they might be slightly less physical than preferred, I don't believe thats costing them wins. Maybe Id buy that against OU, but none of the other competition they've faced this season.

The problem is there's always statements about "protecting Martinez". I dont know how you fearlessly execute a run option if the QB has to be protected. 

While an upgrade in talent would certainly help, I don't believe any of this year's losses are based from physical failure.