Guy Chamberlin

It appears national college football analysts are much more impressed with Tommy Armstrong than most Husker fans.

Yet the media rarely mention him! They only talk about the top 3. However, I was excited to see that he won the Capital Bowl Impact Play of the Week last week. His picture was right there when you opened espnu's website. National attention is what we need. WE know that Ameer should win the Heisman-it's the rest of the nation that needs to know. A win against MSU would really help seal the deal. Ameer is getting tons of national attention and specific raves from every commentator I've seen the last two years. He was all over the highlight bar on ESPN yesterday -- calling out his "monster day" and the voiceover on most every highlight clip features the word "Heisman." AA's climb up the Heisman ladder has actually been pretty swift. Melvin Gordon must be wondering what he has to do to get that kind of love. I read the San Francisco Chronicle and they had two positive mentions of Ameer Abdullah last week, out of the blue for a player nowhere near the local conference. Ameer has also earned a lot of national fame for his conduct, character and backstory. Ameer Abdullah wasn't especially underappreciated last year when he got college football's attention with big numbers, and he entered the year on early Heisman Trophy lists. He's a bigger story this season. Honestly not sure what media you're watching.

1) Yes. 2) Yes.

Ameer Abdullah hasn't faced any competition this year either, so can we stop all the Heisman chatter? #accomplishednothingrealitycheck

I know for a fact that this is not true. You guys might end up wanting to thank us before this season is over with. I think our game was a wake up call for your players that they need to take the game preparation for every game seriously. Maybe. We tend to get multiple wake-up calls every season, and tend to hit the snooze button.

Yeah, that Colorado game was scary. For a few years there, Colorado threw everything at Nebraska in that final game, hoping make up for another crappy underachieving season. Nebraska was hardly a juggernaut in 2008, but if Henery misses that 57 yard field goal, that's a crushing loss to a pretty lousy Colorado team.

Some of us remember a very good 1992 team with a young Tommie Frazier spurring optimism. Nebraska had just destroyed #8 Colorado and #13 Kansas, then went on the road to unranked and presumably cupcake Iowa State and got drubbed 19-10 in a game that wasn't even that close. A Nebraska team with Tommie Frazier, Derek Brown and Calvin Jones had only 246 yards total offense. sh#t happens.

Here's a brain teaser: Would it feel better to lose to a ranked Michigan State and beat Northwestern? Or beat Michigan State and lose to Northwestern? Cause those kinds of irrational mood swings happen to a lot of teams. Which is why you can't extrapolate much until the end of the season. (I'll go with the Big Upset and Unfortunate Letdown scenario myself)

Telling people they need a "reality check" suggests they're being unrealistic. And infers you have a keener understanding of the situation. I think some of us are just confused as to who this thread is actually lecturing. All I've seen around here is cautious optimism. I don't know. Maybe the Miami win was a bit too enjoyable and needed a stern talking to. Once again, people who basically agree with each other are taking sides in a pointless debate. Thanks alot, internet.

Go sell that somewhere else. Not one single thing in that OP is even remotely controversial, and not in the least bit trolling. I think some of the folks who've been chided would say the same thing.

Knowing that we "should" be 4-0 at this point and that we are in fact 4-0 at this point is - as mentioned - an accomplishment. For some of our more qualitative vs. quantative fans, the visible improvements on both sides of the ball, and some stellar individual performances by Nebraska players have produced a mildly pleasant sensation. I was unaware that further expectations among fans had exceeded all reason. Last I checked everyone is still wary of Illinois and hopeful/doubtful/frightened about Michigan State. Seriously, is anyone under the illusion Nebraska can't possibly lose four games this season? Likewise, is it the least bit unrealistic that Nebraska could go on and win the Big 10? Is HuskerBoard doing anything more than saying "so far, so good?" Hard to say complacency is an issue here. Bo Pelini's team's have often been inconsistent, unfocused and undisciplined. It's pretty hard to be complacent when you're getting wake-up calls or soul-crushing losses every other week and your coach is on the verge of getting shitcanned. And those are the players. If you want to tell them they've accomplished nothing this season, you know where to find them. If we're talking about Nebraska fans in Bo Pelini's seventh year, it's pretty unrealistic to suggest complacency is an issue. As someone mentioned, hope is free. Doesn't hurt anybody. Reality comes soon enough. Given how often some moderators chide posters for negative trolling, this thread seems a little over the top. We haven't won a really big game yet. We get it. Don't need the lecture.

You'd be crazy not to expect a letdown, based on historical fact. But it's stupid not to be happy with where we are at the moment.

Why hasn't this team stepped up and won all its games yet?

Isn't this the guy who ruled over the dark kingdom of Middle Earth?

By the way: after adjusting for my own Husker bias, I'm almost positive that Nebraska and several of its players are getting an inordinate amount of positive attention this season.

Funny you mention body language. I didn't think he looked pissed or insolent, but there was a second half sequence where he simply looked exhausted. In a way the other players didn't.

If Detroit hadn't been managed so ineptly over the years, I'd be all over them, just for the sake of the city.

Miami was gassed. If you have the luxury of sticking with a between the tackles running game, this is the advantage. The fourth quarter is all yours. Miami was gasses. However, they were gassed because we pounded them in the mouth for three quarters before that. This is the reason you have to stick to your gameplan for the entirety of a game (assuming you are having some success). I am not saying run the ball 70 times a game and throwing 5. You have to keep the defense honest, but we were beating their front 7, so why change until they force you to? No argument there. The key is your parenthetical "assuming you are having some success." Minus the breakaway touchdown against Fresno State, Ameer had only 108 yards on 35 carries the previous two games. Offensive line didn't appear to have enough punch against McNeese State. If we can pound it we will pound it, but knowing that every DC we have to face has access to game films, I'm guessing it won't be as easy as it was against Miami. As someone pointed out, the Tommy Armstrong 9 yard keeper essentially replaces the short passing game. It's nice to have the weapons we have.

or skip the balloons and just fire the guns after every score. After releasing thousands of pheasants!

While I don't disagree, this kind of miscommunication on anticipated routes happens every Sunday to some of the best quarterbacks and receivers in the game.

Wait. Your work is only six blocks away, and you drive your pick-up there? My daughter says we should release you high in the atmosphere after the first score against Illinois.

I got it. Just seems like a lot of folks here perceive passing as a weakness or last resort rather than a healthy and even fun part of the game. Doesn't appear to me that Beck passes the ball just to pass the ball. Our passing helps win games, too. Some accuse Beck of "flinging it all over the place" but we're in the Top 20 for Passing Efficiency, so that doesn't seem fair. I think most coaches would love to just shove the ball down the other teams throat, and that was especially fun against Miami. Chances are it won't work so well against other teams (as it didn't against McNeese State) so I hope we don't freak out when the passing ratio goes up a few ticks. Doesn't necessarily mean Beck's abandoning the running game, just keeping the defenses honest.

Love the balloons myself. But when my 13 year-old California-raised daughter saw the balloons go up after the first Husker touchdown last Saturday, she said "that's terrible for the environment!" Are they biodegradable? If so we could say Nebraska is leading the nation in earth-friendly sports based aerial celebrations.

As lethal? Don't know a out that, but he is a tangible threat. This can do many of the same things as an intermediate passing game... Tommy Armstrong is averaging nearly 9 yards a carry, sixth best in the nation. Ameer doesn't have the choice of deciding when he gets the ball, so Tommy can choose his spots. But the combo is very good for each other.

Are you trying to tell me I'm no better than Gino Torretta?