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Because he needs to work on his throwing motion. Let's not jump the gun here - who knows if he will even start at NU (we hope so, but we are in the habit of anointing way too early), much less "jump for the NFL."

Fair enough. I guess I'm just not as convinced as others that he shouldn't factor into next years QB race.

Not to be contrary, but why does Green have to RS? Pryor didn't, Tebow didn't, Frazier didn't. If he out performs others, get him on the field. If he ends up being all we hope, I'd rather see him play for at least 3 seasons v. 1RS and 2playing before possibly jumping to the NFL.

Frankly, I'm for whatever is working. Too many times NU stuck with the running when it wasnt working and at times it appeared that NU shouldve been trying to run when they weren't.

I'm on the Cody Green bandwagon along with many others but what about Taylor Martinez? He's coming in with a shot to play quarterback and according to the LA Times was "most indispensable player on the top team in California -- and The Times' Glenn Davis Award winner as the top player in the Southland in 2008". He should be on the list.

My understanding is that he's going to NU to be a DB even though he is a good HS QB.

They may have to break out the duct tape if they start Witt or he better learn to hang onto the ball in the offseason.

This could be the difference in NU winning the North next season.

Once you got passed on the Rose Bowl stuff, which I know was hard to do, they gave NU quite a bit of love and Reece called them an "It" team for next year. Out of all of the non-Rose teams, I thought NU got the most love for whatever its worth.

man that was prolly the best D ive seen the Huskers play and they did it to a pretty darn good football team

Agreed! When NU gets some DBs, look out!

I dont want people getting PO'd with me for being too negative so this is the last I'll say about it today. Watson, much like the Colorado game, didn't bring his A game. He turns the play calling into brain surgery with his one-dimensional attack. It was clear after the first quarter that running the ball up the middle and dink/dunk passing was not going to get the job done. Clemson kept bringing 11 guys within 7 yards of the LOS because Watons refused to throw down field until the first drive of the second half. It worked, and then he goes back to running for short gains. Q saved his rump today with those 2 runs. Take out those 2 runs by Q that he made on his own, NU probably loses a close game, and many besides me would be questioning the play calling.

offensive coordinator has no clue what the f#*k he is doing and thank god their QB is below average.

 

Why #28 Spiller didn't get the ball about 25 times in the game is beyond my scope. Even after 8 silver bullets

Agreed. Spiller looked like he had the speed & moves to make our D look bad. Thank god they didnt realize that.

I thought both O coordinators left a lot to be desired.

"smart" and consistent players

I give the season a solid B. Im satisfied with 8-4, but easily couldda, shouldda, wouldda been 10-2 (VT,TT). Couldda been 6-6 or worse though (Baylor, SJSU, CU).

NU 48

CU 24

Passing 327

Rushing 201

Really, your question should be, What if Freeman were a different person? He didnt come to NU because of NU. He went to KSU because he was promised to start. He wasnt going to start at NU right away, and it may have taken a couple of years. He didnt/wouldnt have waited.

Best bowl would be the Gator because it is more prestigious being on New Years day. It is an outside chance now but if USC smokes Notre Dame it might happen. While unfair they probably would place Florida State or Miami as the opponent. Of course if they want tickets sold it will be Florida State because Miami fans won't cross the street to watch their team.

The more I think about. I would think the Gator would actually make more money with NU there. The advertisers are going to be there regardless. I dont beleive the TV ratings will be higher with ND instead of NU (the opponent could make the difference). Finally, NU fans will/should fill the stadium. Can the same be said about the casual ND fans?

A lot of the speculation will depend on where Pinkel is coaching next year. He's yet to publicly address that. I wonder how much Washington is tugging at him.

He may have prototypical arm strength and size for the NFL, but if you ask me, he's missing something on the mental side of the game. I know talent around you makes a big difference but he seems to come up short quite a bit.

 

Agreed. He sure as hell didn't look like an NFL QB today. But, he will probably get a chance to hold a clipboard or something for a coupla years.

Agreed also. I definitely think he has a "me" centric attitude that limits his ability to inspire his teammates to help him win. I hate that guys like Taylor and probably Ganz have decent college careers, but really dont/wont get much luv at the next level, but a guy like Freeman who's accomplished exactly jack squat at the college level will probably, at worst, get a nice signing bonus because of the way he's built.

Kudos to him personally, the team, and coaching staff. Guys like this are the reason were seeing the light at the end of this crap tunnell we've been in for the last 5 years.

I agree that we're playing better and with more passion. I just don't want to spot Colorado 14 points and have to come back. I want to see us drive down, score, and then have a 3 and out like we should.

 

We have the talent and ability to do this if we don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

I think your last statement is a bit contradiction. I think the reason they sometimes shoot themsleves in the foot is due to the talent level. Ganz is the perfect example of this. A tough, good QB, but not so good (a la a ebow or such), that he can just walk on the field and be the best player on it. Hence the crazy mistakes sometimes.

When they get the type of talent that was here in the 90's, you'll see the games more "perfectly" played.

I would love to see the Huskers on Jan1 as a very nice gift for this "reclamation project". The Alamo wouldnt be bad. I think the Sun is a bit of a kick in the teeth assuming these guys take care of biz against CU.

I think it depends on the context you view the win from. I agree with Sip. Kansas is a good team. Other than maybe the '06 team, the former coach had difficulty winning against a team of KU's caliber (well coached, few mistakes). I think KU and VT are very similar, and I would actually give the edge to KU. Certainly this wouldnt have ranked up there with a win over OU or TT this year, but when was the last time NU beat a team of even KU's calibur?

99%..leaving the possibility of no more wins or that by some odd chance a bowl wouldnt invite a six win NU (cant seen that happening though).

Here's the thing. If what refs think about the coach in anyway effects the calls, those refs need to be fired, and banned from officiating ever again.

 

They are supposed to be impartial, and ONLY decide things on what actually happens, not on if they like a coach or not.

 

It would be like going a judge looking at the evidence, then throwing it out because they dont like the defendant.

OU - 52

NU - 31

NU

passing: 345

rushing: 76

He was definitely a liability today other than the one play where he ran Griffin down across the field. I'm treating it as a one-off bad game.

Well it did open up the long ball that we scored that last TD on.

I agree with that, but I dont think Watson needed to wait THAT long to pull that off. It was well established in the first quarter that it seemed NU wouldnt take shots further than 10 yards.

To answer the topic, yes, I've been annoyed all season with NU's either lack of skill or will to throw passes over 15 yards. I think what annoys me more than that are the receivers not running routes past the first down marker. It seemed there were quite a few times today that the reveiver who got the 3rd down catch consistently had to "fight" for the first down because the route was broken off a yard before the sticks. I wonder if this is by design or poor route running.