Guy Chamberlin

Agree. But that play might be what led him to run it so much from then on. Yep. Beck finally figured out how to trust his senior leader after another TA mistake. Hopefully, TA learns from this. Honest question: when we fumbled the ball on a rush, and had two key sequences where we handed the ball to Abdullah three consecutive times and failed to get a first down, did you question Beck's insistence on running the ball? Running the ball the third time was a good call. If Cotton picks up the linebacker on the edge instead of blocking no one the play goes for at least three yards and a first down. TA fumble was a misread as there was only six guys in the box at the snap with the free safety back peddling pre snap. If TA gives to Cross and each lineman holds his block, Cross is one on one with the free safety 15 yards away and fleeing. Well you can do the same thing with pass plays; they are often good calls and would have been successful if someting else had happened. I just don't get why an incomplete pass or interception is an example of Beck out-thinking himself or getting too cute, but a fumble or a stuffed run isn't. I'm pretty sure our senior leader loves having a legitimate passing threat that loosens up the linebackers for him.

I'm also holding out the possibility that - as reported - Ameer Abdullah is simply demanding that the rest of the team step up to his standards of dedication and focus.

Huard made a point on Saturday that "this is the year of the running back" and quarterbacks aren't getting the hype. Sure enough only one QB on that list. But without other QB competition, Mariota still looks like the front runner. Just can't see Jameis Winston getting back in the fold, regardless of numbers.

I also like how TA handles the offense. His ability on the option read is so smooth he reminds me of Turner Gill. I just hope he limits the bad throws. He did a good job throwing the ball on Saturday. 9 of 13 was good, but 1 out of 13 interceptions is unacceptable, especially given how wide open Bell was on the play Alabama, Ol Miss, Michigan State, Stanford, Mississippi State, Ohio State and South Carolina all have starting quarterbacks with similar or worse interception to attempt ratios than Tommy Armstrong. Interceptions are never good, but I think he's pretty darned acceptable.

Agree. But that play might be what led him to run it so much from then on. Yep. Beck finally figured out how to trust his senior leader after another TA mistake. Hopefully, TA learns from this. Honest question: when we fumbled the ball on a rush, and had two key sequences where we handed the ball to Abdullah three consecutive times and failed to get a first down, did you question Beck's insistence on running the ball?

If I had one call I could have made Saturday, it would be ejecting the prick who took Ameer Abdullah down by the facemask with extreme predjudice. Could have been a career ender. Worst among several ugly plays. 15 yards didn't do it justice, but Ameer's response came close.

I'll stick with every post I made in this thread, thanks. They were pretty specific and supportable. Also, if you read carefully, none of them suggested it wasn't a bad call. Also, most of it wasn't about the Pereira article. If you do in fact think Bo Pelini is treated fairly by the media in most respects, I apologize.

I had no idea Jamal Turner picked it off with a torn achilles. Anybody ever stop to think that Bo never heard the roughing call and was yelling because he just thought they were PFs, and then saw Miami had a first down? I know in the stadium you couldn't hear the ref on the PA system so there's a good chance Bo never heard the full ruling either, hence why he calmed down quite a bit after the he had it explained to him. Something old Mike never considered before all but calling Bo and idiot. Absolutely. It's obvious that Bo was misinformed somewhere along the way because he freaked out as soon as he realized Miami retained possession. I freaked out, too.

Are you sure the bolded isn't exaggerated? That was the chickensh#t press conference, iirc, and while that may not fit the definition of "laced" it was chosen for effect by a coach who decided he didn't give a sh#t what people were going to say about him after a mystifying beatdown by Iowa, where the chickensh#t call had nothing to do with a 21 point loss to an unranked team at home. I have this big thing about taking responsibility, and blaming the media generally strikes me as cowardly.

Sorry. My points weren't solely about this article. I just think your ongoing conviction that Pelini is treated unfairly by a national press with a vendetta/agenda to be easily disproved, tiresome and counter-productive. If you'd be so kind as to point out where I've said the bold... That would be here: Assuming that the "they" who put Bo's face on camera is the national sports network broadcasting the game, and that they were willfully ignoring the 99% boring Bo in order to highlight something negative about Nebraska. Hence "unfair." I don't want to paraphrase from old posts, but it's the same basic case you've made repeatedly. Something got under Pereira's skin, and my guess is it's blind loyalty to the officials, but he didn't write a "Bo must go" piece. He wrote a "Bo needs to get a flag next time he comes that far out on the field and makes the wrong argument." Bit of a difference. I think there's too much thin skin all around.

Sorry. My points weren't solely about this article. I just think your ongoing conviction that Pelini is treated unfairly by a national press with a vendetta/agenda to be easily disproved, tiresome and counter-productive. Guy, probably for the last two years Bo hasn't done anything that most other coaches do. The fact is, in the media, he has a reputation (by his own fault from his first few years) of being a hot head. So, every little argument he gets into get blown way out of proportion by someone. It's total BS. it has been pointed out time and time again where other top coaches around the country get angry no the sidelines and nothing gets said in the media. Heck, earlier this year, I was watching an Alabama game and Saben absolutely went off on a few players in a time out. The camera was on him and the entire world sees it. is there anything said in the media? Is he looked at as a hot head? He does this a lot. He is a football coach just like Bo. Wait. Are you guys saying that Bo Pelini isn't any more hotheaded than most college football coaches? Can we say we like Bo's fiery nature, then pretend it isn't any more fiery than the average coach? Bo Pelnii was throwing clipboards and getting into players' grills last week at Fresno State in a game Nebraska was winning big. Less than 12 months ago he was having a huge spat with his own defensive coordinator mid-game, prompting players to intervene. Six games and less than 10 months ago he had a petulant, profanity-laced post-game outburst virtually daring the AD to fire him. A sizeable contingent of Husker fans weren't necessarily opposed. That wasn't a creation of the media. Hardly ancient history either. He has generally gotten better at the microphone, and his PR efforts appear both sincere and savvy, but whether you think his anger Saturday was justified or not, it's vintage angry Bo. Does he get angrier more often than most coaches? Yes. He does. Are there other coaches who get just as angry? Sure. How do we know? Because like you say, when Nick Saban goes off, the camera is on him for the world to see. For some reason you're assuming the world don't consider Nick Saban a hothead. Or that Pat Haden storming out on the field doesn't make news. The media actually treats Bo Pelini the same way it treats other coaches who act the same way. Some notorious hotheads happen to be good coaches, too. Or to look at this another way: can you accurately describe Bo Pelini using words that you don't mind the national media using?

Interest bit from McKeown today that went under my radar. I'm assuming this was a new twist: » A creative use of tight ends. Beck cleverly deployed Cethan Carter and Sam Cotton as extra physical blockers, often on linebackers or safeties. Though both tight ends occasionally lined up next to tackles, they also worked as H-backs, arcing around a Miami defensive end — who was left alone to be read by Armstrong — so they could wall off pursuit in case Armstrong came running their way. But a few times, those tight ends served as true lead blockers, bolting through to surprised linebackers who, by then, were probably looking for the arc block.

Sorry. My points weren't solely about this article. I just think your ongoing conviction that Pelini is treated unfairly by a national press with a vendetta/agenda to be easily disproved, tiresome and counter-productive.

For the record, Pat Haden running out on the field, forgetting that he was a member of the Football Playoff Committee got a lot of press. The Navy clip demonstrates that networks show ANY confrontation between coach and ref, as they should.

Well Pereira — whose sole purpose on TV is literal interpretation of the rulebook — is noting that Pelini was making the wrong argument with the refs. The roughing call was bullsh#t, but the interception didn't negate the call. If Pelini is taking a risk by going on the field and getting in a ref's face, he shouldn't waste it on the wrong argument. The perception that Pelini has approached or crossed the line with refs isn't new or unfounded. The big change is that this team decided to double-down instead of falling apart. There will be other sh**ty calls this season. The only revenge is shaking them off and winning in spite of them. For those who didn't watch the coverage on ESPN2, Brock Huard spent the fourth quarter mocking Miami; if you want to talk trash, you better stop the other team from walking all over you. And Nebraska is running through Miami at will. That's how I like this team to respond.

Is McNeese State's defensive line that much better than Miami? Or did our offensive line eat its Wheaties? Much has been made about Beck committing to Abdullah this game, but in the two previous games Abdullah had plenty of carries but far less penetration. Against McNeese, you could see that our OL wasn't getting any push. A third and one was never a gimme. Against Miami Beck seemed to spread out the point of attack a bit for Abdullah, but it still required an offensive line that could get push, the kind where the qb or rb could essentially fall forward for two yards. That's the part that reminded me of vintage Nebraska. So was that execution and attitude, a change of scheme, or is the Miami D simply not as good as McNeese State?

Again, same thing is going on in the NFL. Players have been alerted to the new rules, but when the game is being played in real time it's hard to tell the flagged players what they were supposed to do differently. Players hate it. Coaches hate it. Announcers hate it. Third down sacks turn into automatic first downs. A lot of these plays are potential game-changers. Couple weeks ago Pete Carroll called in a rugby player to teach the Seahawks rugby tackling. Because rugby is played without helmets - and played hard - it's good tackling technique given the new rules. Pretty good technique anyway.

We need a team and a fanbase that believes Michigan State just might be afraid of us.

They do this with every coach in every sport. When there's a questionable call and the crowd is booing, you cut to the coach on the sideline for his reaction. Every time. Why wouldn't you? They show Nick Saban going ballistic, too, which is why we all think Nick Saban is a hothead. They always showed Tom Osborne after bad or questionable plays, because his reaction -- a squint and a frown-- was part of the story. They don't put television cameras on people being utterly boring because....why would they? Actually they did. There were plenty of shots of Bo Pelini on the sideline going about his business in a calm, deliberate, gum-chewing manner. Bo Pelini gets angrier than the average coach. It's not a conspiracy. It is who he is. He looks like the exact same guy he's always been. I admire his off-field PR efforts, but in-game he looks like the same Pelini he's always been. Not sure of this "different Bo" of whom you speak. I didn't mind Bo arguing myself. It's what you do in that situation. But these days if you watch football every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, you're going to see a dozen roughing the passer or illegal targeting calls that seem just plain wrong, and even the network commentators are mystified. Some coaches yell at the refs, some just shake their heads. Most don't come that far out on the field. Bo still needs to be careful. So please...not more "this is the media's fault" schtick.

Nebraska could also recruit for a system not used by most other programs, which let RBs shine, got OL into the NFL, and let run/pass high school quarterbacks play quarterback instead of moving them to DB like the other top recruiting schools intended to do. (seems that approach worked more recently to lure Ameer Abdullah from Auburn) We could also promise that players would be on national TV two or three times a year. Lost our advantage there.

It's not exactly appropriate, but it would be pretty cool to get 90,000 people singing "Bohemian Rhapsody"

No idea what to expect. My gut feelings have been notoriously wrong the past few years.

The next year Danny Wuerffel didn't look too happy either. By the second quarter he had a look of genuine terror everytime he dropped back.

A must-win game. Close score acceptable. Beatdown preferred. At some point expectations have to be met. This is 90% mental.

Don't take this as me acting like an expert by any stretch. You may even think I'm a freak for this. But, I DVR just about every game and will rewatch it as many as three times. If it's an 11:00 or 2:30 game, many times late Saturday I will quickly watch it again fast forwarding through all the crap. Usually takes about an hour. I will watch key plays several times looking to see what worked and what didn't. Then, if I have questions about the offense or defense, I will fast forward through it just watching that side of the ball and sometimes just watching a player or group that I want to see what they are doing. My question is, how can you make sweeping judgements on how a player is doing when you sort of have watched the games and couldn't really see them even the first time? Great question. I guess in the limited time I've been able to watch and the circumstances involved, I've seen him clearly hit defenders in the hands a few tines and had a few more questionable balls that would have been swatted or picked had we played more talented teams. I've probably missed a few too due to the circumstances, so let's not act like ball security isn't still an issue, we've been lucky. As another poster pointed out, for this offense to be lethal you need a 65% passer. When I'm watching the game, I normally follow the ball. Quite frankly I wish I had the time and resources to sit down and watch the game 2 or 3 times and break things down but hell I don't even have the time to watch most games once, unfortunately. So Guy, if you want to raise the funds to get me high def TV and DVR, that'd be great. I'll gladly accept,even if they'd be under utilized. I'm not really interested in if you have HD TV or not. But, I find it interesting that you keep admitting that you really don't watch the games but then you claim you know what all of our problems are. In fairness to Hunter, this phenomenon pretty much drives the Internet. The poltical boards are even worse.