DJR313

On 5/28/2009 at 11:26 AM, DJR313 said:

Banning the word from Huskerboard still doesn't deter many from discussing the topic. Lots of mouthbreathers out there...

 

 

As for the throwback uni's, I think that'd be a great nod to the tradition of when the sell out streak began. I am sure a bunch of us fans would probably buy one too.

Bump.  Black jerseys still suck.

This is just getting bizarre. This is starting to remind me of a kid that committed to Callahan years back. Committed to ASU, Oregon State, and Nebraska, and tried to fax in LOC's to 2 schools, if memory serves me correctly. I will be watching NSD closely this year.

3-4 is tough to run in college without a really strong D-Line to eat up blocks. Not a ton of teams run it. I believe K-State runs it (or did), Wisconsin does, but I am not sure of many others that do. If Riley/Devaney assesses we can run it, they must see something in the current line talent being better at the skills to translate to 3-4, as opposed to being up the field pass rushers. I don't see it, but Riley/Devaney have forgotten more about football than I know, so I'll defer to their judgment.

 

Apparently even Langs had no idea this was coming.

 

One of the seniors says he thinks Devaney played a big role in the decision.

If Devaney did any film study from the Tennessee game, he probably saw massive defensive breakdowns.

 

Also, if Riley wants to move to a 3-4, Devaney is probably instrumental in identifying which players would be suitable for each position in the front 7.

 

Then he has done what he was brought here to do. It is very telling when a coach is publicly stating he has a talent deficiency leading to his group's failure. Talent has nothing to do with poor pursuit angles, leverage, technique, etc. Those are all able to be improved through coaching. Last year, the excuse was a new scheme and players not buying in. There is a common thread in both years, and it was time to stop shaking the magic 8 ball of excuses.

Good find here, and it seems as if it is coming. This will be awesome, and I am sure we all might hear a nugget or 2 that we never heard before.

Carl Crawford is never healthy playing baseball. What makes everyone so sure he would have actually been healthy enough to be on the field? One thing is for sure, I am glad the Dodgers turned the page from him, even if it means paying him to go away.

I am not buying Washington or Tennessee yet. Washington has a proven coach, but not convinced they have a strong enough program yet. Tennessee should win, but probably won't. They have been a team on the come since Lane Kiffin was their coach, and still haven't broke through.

I could see him at a bottom tier ACC team or a top tier MAC team.

Wake Forest now looking for a head coach.

If Pelini is out, the first person they should call is Joe Moglia. Took an average program on at Coastal Carolina, and won their league last year, and they are 5-0 this year. The man also led a fortune 500 company out of the perils of impending failure to become the leading online broker dealer in the country.

As it stands we're going to have to outscore Northwestern and possibly Michigan, and if we make it far enough we'll have to outscore Ohio State, too.

Isn't this the objective of football, to outscore the opponent?

Cut that number in half and you are looking at a top 10 team.

Tyler Moore....meet...overcoming adversity....Grow up kid....

+1 for this guy. A large percentage of your coaches/managers/bosses throughout your life will not cater to you 100% of the time and kneel to your greatness.

Whatever they do, put him at one position, coach him up, get him on the field, and turn him loose. Don't bounce back and forth and waffle over what to do, make a decision and get the kid out there somehow.

The similarity is this:

That team lost by 5 TD's that day in a game they were expected to win, much too similar to Saturday night. They were a good, not great team, and some holes were beginning to be exposed. That malaise carried over to the bowl game and they were blasted by the co-national champ. Osborne took it to task to shift his recruiting up in the next year or so, and McBride made a change in the defense in 92, and the rest is history. I do not necessarily think Pelini is on the edge of going 60-3 in the next 5 years, but I think that when you take a step back and look at where this program is at, and realize that the defense was a patchwork, and the offense is very young and almost everyone returns, that Saturday may be a speed bump. My generation is so results-focused and has no patience whatsoever, that 5 years without a title seems like an eternity. I'm not ready to throw the towel in, and Pelini will show his true worth by how he and his staff are able to regroup, strategize and energize the players to get ready for the future. If he refuses to learn anything from that showcase, then he is a fool and that will show soon enough.

Found something from the archives that seemed pretty relevant to the sentiment after Saturday evening.

Official recap

All in all, Nebraska's 45-10 loss to unranked Oklahoma may have been the worst afternoon in the modern history of Cornhusker football.

The 10th-ranked (AP) Huskers went into the nationally-televised game (CBS) on the day after Thanksgiving as the nation's top rushing team at 362.2 yards per game and needed just 170 yards to win a third-straight NCAA title. NU managed a season-low 118, to go with season lows of 10 points and 229 total-offense yards. I-back Leodis Flowers was held to 13 rushing yards on nine carries, and came up 60 yards short of a 1,000 yard season.

The Huskers went into the game ranked third in the NCAA in scoring defense (10.2 points per game) and sixth in total defense (250.2 yards per game), but yielded their most points in 22 years (the seventh-most ever) and gave up 396 total-offense yards. NU had given up just 18 turnovers, including a mere four interceptions, in its first nine games, but turned the ball over to the Sooners eight times, including four interceptions, each figure one under the school single-game records.

"I have to say it was one of our poorer performances in my 28 years at Nebraska," Husker Coach Tom Osborne said. "I'm totally embarrassed. I have to take the blame for that performance."

Adding to the Huskers' gloom was the loss of starting quarterback Mickey Joseph six minutes into the game. The junior had just picked up 13 yards on third-and-8 from the NU 33, but was hit out of bounds on the Oklahoma sidelines at the end of the play, slid into an aluminum bench, and suffered a severe laceration to his lower right leg. His calf muscles were cut to the bone, and he required a one-and-a-half hour surgery that night in Lincoln to repair the damage.

The Huskers started well, taking a 3-0 lead on a 30-yard Gregg Barrios field goal with 2:24 left in the first quarter. It was his 14th field goal of the season, setting a school record, and made him the top kick scorer in NU history at 204 points, breaking the old record of 203 set by Rich Sanger from 1971-73. Barrios later added a PAT to finish with 205, the fourth-best overall total in Husker annals. He finished the season with a school-record 87 points via kicking.

After Barrios' field goal, though, it was all Oklahoma as the Sooners scored three unanswered touchdowns to take a 21-3 halftime lead on a 36-yard pass from freshman quarterback Cale Gundy to Adrian Cooper, a 1-yard run by Gundy, and a 9-yard run by Mike McKinley.

Nebraska made one more effort to get back in the game right after the second-half kickoff. Linebacker Mike Croel forced a Gundy fumble on the second play of the half and cornerback Tyrone Legette pounced on it at the Sooner 35.

The Huskers took just five plays to score, the big play a 24-yard Mike Grant-to-Jon Bostick pass which carried to the Sooner 5 on third and 4. Two plays later, Flowers went over from the 2 to get the Huskers back within 21-10, but it was all downhill from there.

McKinley scored two more times on runs of 7 and 48 yards to give OU a 35-10 lead after three quarters, then Sooner strong safety Greg DeQuasie picked off a Grant pass on the second play of the fourth quarter and returned it 43 yards for a 42-10 lead. Sooner kicker R.D. Lashar then became the top kick scorer in Big Eight history (320 points) when he kicked a 24-yard field goal with nine seconds left.

The loss left Florida Citrus Bowl-bound Nebraska and Oklahoma tied for second at 5-2 in the final Big Eight standings. NU headed for Orlando at 9-2 overall, while the Sooners finished 8-3.

Bottom line is this:

• This isn't new.
  
• This program is closer to the pinnacle than it was 5 years ago, and trending in the proper direction.
  
• Bo may have the right pieces in place on his staff to make a run.
  
• Bo may have the right players in his pipeline to make this happen.
  

I like to be fairly objective about things, and I feel like this program is on the verge of crossing over the hump. Last Saturday night was a major disappointment, but I think what the key is how the team responds next year. A loss like that could light a fire under the program, and I think it just might. Bring on the Dawgs come Jan 1, I think they are going to be in for one heckuva fight.

The butt-hurt ness and mayhem that I have caused.

Pelini was a rumored candidate long before you made any such post. I think you may have posted in jest, but I have a feeling that there is more legit chatter going on not necessarily fueled by your experiment.

Rex probably won't get enough carries to beat Ball in yards. He will have a huge impact though.

To borrow from Tosh, she's 4'10 and bow-legged.

What if C-A-T actually spelled dog?

If Urban Meyer wanted to coach at Nebraska I'd pry the door open to shove Bo out myself. Don't hate, the man can coach. And the demise of Florida due to Tebow being gone has been highly exaggerated. Urban very obviously didn't deviously job hop to get away from a bad situation.

He may "get it" but what is really the important thing, is does his team buy in completely to his message? We'll see. I am hopeful that this bye week is a god send because this season could go off the rails fairly quickly in the next 3 weeks.

Could have taken a knee. Someone could have knocked the snot out of the ball carrier and stopped him too. It's not like they were running gimmick plays, that was just a straight off tackle power run. Should be pissed at the D, rather than at Urban. He was on the verge of a heart attack after the first quarter and probably feels his team needs a lot of work.

This game started out so similar to that Texas game it was creepy. Pretty much exactly the same. Receieve the kick. 3 and out. Touchdown. Fumble 1st play, touchdown. And I'm serious. I wrote this team off for the night on 3 different occasions, and they still did it. Texas only took one write-off.

It did have that feel, but there was a distinct difference from that game to this game. It is well documented about the seniors on that team not being completely on board with the freshman playing. The leaders on this team (Taylor included) pulled their stuff together and fought through that terrible start. Perhaps the team overcoming this adversity may speak to the evolution of the head coach as well. Not sure what it means long term, but I am thrilled with the victory and the fight.

I can't even know what that was supposed to mean.

It's actually not your fault.

Another stellar contribution.