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Man, come on, let's make this happen for thiese guys. Can we keep clearing cookies or something to keep voting. This is more important than the Herbie vote.

I've read he enjoyed his unoffical to Penn State.

Last year on third-and-eight at the Nebraska 17 with less than a minute to play, OU quarterback Jason White threw a pass into the end zone. Much like the TExas Tech week, the coaches put up the score 70-10 to remind the players and add a little motivation. I think this episode last year will be used by the coaches to help motivate the 'skers this week.

Can't believe it's been 10 years. Many of our current players are too young to really remember the reign of destruction that team brought upon all who came before it (although wasn't Stuntz on that team...?). It's good to expose them to a little of that energy.

As of now, will Va Tech get screwed out of the game?? They should be playing Texas. USC is overrated.

Let's face it, were stck with the line we have. Wagner hasn't nuts to put Murtha in there full time and Thomas is too fat to move. Last week the DE pissed on him about half dozen times. And why is "making the offensive line a top priority" a priority now??? Offensive line makes protecting Taylor a priority By ROBIN WASHUT October 26, 2005 By the end of Nebraska’s 41-24 loss to Missouri, Nebraska quarterback Zac Taylor had only been sacked twice. As he walked off the field, though, the number of times he was hit made it feel like he’d been rammed by a Mack truck. Of all the problems the Cornhuskers had in their loss to the Tigers on Saturday, the issue of protecting the quarterback was alarmingly absent throughout the game. Though the Missouri game statistics staff didn’t keep track of quarterback hurries, Taylor said after the game that he couldn’t remember a game in which he took more hits than he did against the Tigers. “The way that game went on Saturday, we had to throw it more than we normally would have to,” NU Coach Bill Callahan said. “With that being said, (Taylor) is more vulnerable. Most quarterbacks are when you get into a type of game like we did on Saturday.” As much as the West Coast offense is based around balance, the Huskers were anything but in their play calling against Missouri, rushing the ball just 19 times while throwing 43 passes. Because of a literally nonexistent running game that produced minus-two yards rushing, the Huskers were forced to drop back and pass nearly on every down. In turn, the Tigers were able to open up their blitz packages and go directly after Taylor. Not only did Taylor endure several hits that drew resounding “Oooohs!” from the crowd, but each of his two interceptions on the day came after he was hit while throwing the ball. Despite his bumps and bruises, Taylor insists he still has the utmost trust in his offensive line. “Everybody made mistakes that game,” Taylor said. “We have a great relationship, me and the offensive line. There are a lot of plays that everybody would like to have back, but we’ll fix everything that we messed up on last week, and we’ll get it done this week. There’s no blame, nobody’s pointing fingers after that game.” As much as Taylor tries to play it off, the Huskers’ lack of pass protection could potentially raise some big problems if not corrected. Taylor has taken every snap for the Huskers this season, and his backups – redshirt freshman Joe Ganz and freshman Harrison Beck – have never even played in a live collegiate game. Fortunately for NU, Taylor has been quite durable this season. For the offensive line, that’s a fact they don’t want to see get tested any more. “That’s obviously something we’re going to work on this week,” senior guard Brandon Koch said of protecting Taylor. “Our job is to take care of Zac. We don’t want to get him hurt.” The Huskers have generally kept defenders out of their backfield, allowing just 15 sacks on the season. On Saturday, however, it became painfully clear that the Huskers have some issues with their pass protection. The blame doesn’t focus solely on the offensive line, though. Nebraska’s running backs have also had their share of troubles in picking up blitzes, and on Saturday there were several occasions where Missouri defenders easily evaded NU’s running backs to get to Taylor. While the Huskers say they are working to improve their protection, they’re also aware of the importance of doing it quickly. When Oklahoma comes to Lincoln on Saturday, the Sooners will bring a pass rush equally as effective as Missouri’s. The Sooners are tied with the Tigers to rank 28th nationally in sacks with 20 on the year, and they are averaging nearly three per game. The Huskers are well aware of the challenge that awaits them, and are intent on preventing a repeat of last week from ever happening again – not only for the sake of Nebraska’s offense, but for the overall safety of Taylor. “We can’t let him get smashed around like that; he’ll get killed,” senior tackle Seppo Evwaraye said. “There were some shots he took (against Missouri) that when we saw them, we were like ‘wow.’ We probably owe him a steak dinner after that one.”

That's a resounding YES... Steven M. Sipple: Walk-on wideout finds spotlight For instance, Todd Peterson’s friends on the Nebraska football team call him Todd Gak. Actually, that’s easy to explain. “That one we attribute to one of our Chicago boys — I think it was Joey Ganz,” Peterson said Tuesday, referring to the Husker backup quarterback. “He’s a big ‘Seinfeld’ fan, and I think one of Elaine’s boyfriends was named Todd Gak.” (I think Elaine and Gak were only “friends” and nothing more.) Whatever. The “Seinfeld” television series can be difficult to explain. Also difficult to explain is the process by which recruiting gurus assign stars to high school prospects (Best I can tell, a five-star prospect is someone who can cure cancer, walk on water and perhaps even run down Brad Smith in a pinch). By the way, Peterson, a walk-on Husker wideout, evidently was assigned no stars two years ago as a senior at Grand Island Central Catholic. No-star athletes typically attract little attention except from teammates who watch them make play after play on the scout team, as Peterson did last year at NU. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Gak, er, Peterson has moved his show to prime time, with two touchdown receptions among his four catches in Nebraska’s last two games. “Todd has speed and size,” Nebraska coach Bill Callahan said. “He catches the ball away from his body. He elevates and elongates for the ball as well as any receiver I’ve been around. “You see him keep getting better. He runs the intricacies of his routes. He sticks and separates and makes moves in coverage and comes up with the big play. We’re going to continue to utilize him as much as we can.” If you didn’t understand all of the coach’s assessment of Peterson, allow me to summarize: The kid can play a little. Peterson is blushing now — not because of the praise being tossed his way, but because someone just asked him about the dance classes in which he once excelled in his youth. Tap and jazz were his emphasis. Show me a Rivals.com five-star prospect who can perform the Shim Sham Shimmy as well as Peterson. “I think Tom Lemming wrote one sentence about me on the Internet,” said Peterson, referring to one of the mainstay recruiting sages. “He said I was a 6-4 possession receiver who has good hands and runs good routes. My cousin sent that to me and said, ‘It’s exciting, you’re getting written about.’ “After that, nothing.” This much is certain: During a dark day for Big Red last week in Columbia, Mo., a no-star recruit provided a few bursts of light with three catches for 65 yards and a touchdown. Although Nebraska struggled mightily at Mizzou, Callahan said his team’s confidence level remains “very strong” even after reviewing the positives and negatives of the game. I’m guessing there were more negatives than positives. Missouri out-coached Nebraska. What’s more, it was clear Husker players failed to match the Tigers’ intensity. Nebraska defenders made “a comedy of errors” in allowing Mizzou to shoot to a 21-3 lead, linebacker Bo Ruud said. The Husker offensive line faltered throughout the day, particularly on third-down plays. Twelve penalties hurt badly. Finally, receivers dropped pass after pass, though not all of the wideouts disappointed. Peterson, for instance, raised eyebrows in the first quarter with a 34-yard touchdown catch on a nifty corner route. Not bad for a player who received zero scholarship offers from Division I-A schools. He said he turned down some “pretty good” offers from Division II Nebraska-Omaha and Nebraska-Kearney, and that Harvard “wanted me pretty bad.” “I just couldn’t pass this up,” he said. “I’d be kicking myself 10 years down the road.” Harvard’s interest in Peterson evidently makes sense. “He’s a bright young man, an interesting young man,” Callahan said. “I’m sure he could easily recite the entire offense to you.” Peterson can play all of Nebraska’s receiver positions — X, Z, zebra, wherever. It’s interesting. Big Red recruiting junkies spent the entire offseason drooling over wideouts Chris Brooks and Tyrell Spain. Nobody, and I mean nobody, mentioned Peterson. I had never heard of the kid until last month. “Coach Callahan called his number, and he’s been able to perform,” Husker linebacker Corey McKeon said. “It’s exciting. It shows you can have walk-on kids who come out of nowhere and make a big difference for you.” Reach Steven M. Sipple at 473-7440 or ssipple@journalstar.com.

Let me tell you something, OU is crapping their pants right now that they have to play NU right now. They just got past Baylor...IN NORMAN . They are worn out, their stud Tialback, who is an absolute stud when healthy, can't walk. I don't care what anyone says. He's going to take one good shot and be down again, even without a hit, it's his ankle that is hurt. ALl he has to do is step funny and hurt it, if they try to protect it, which mean heavy tape, he can't run. Focusing on the road ahead Sooners don’t have time to feel fortunate heading to Nebraska. by Ryan McGhee October 23, 2005 The Sooners will look to ride their momentum into Nebraska after an emotional win against Baylor. OU needed two overtimes to beat the Bears. Now the Sooners have to focus on going into their toughest road environment of the year: Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. Senior fullback J.D. Runnels said the Sooners can use the emotions from their 37-30 double-overtime win over Baylor to their advantage. “I think we can use our momentum and things we learn from this game and carry it to Lincoln,” Runnels said. “It’s just a matter of us going up there and playing and not making the mistakes we made.” The win put the Sooners at 4-3. They are above .500 for the first time this season. OU needs to win two of its final four games to become bowl eligible. Two of those games will come at home against 5-2 Texas A&M and 3-4 Oklahoma State. “We have to keep going and pushing on,” Runnels said. “A big step for us is to get over .500. That’s a big thing. It can be like an avalanche. It can start small and turn into something huge.” The way the Sooners won revealed a lot about the team, which features several young players, sophomore running back Jacob Gutierrez said. A Gutierrez fumble led to the tying touchdown by Baylor.However, the Sooners regrouped and held on for the win. Gutierrez was one of the heroes, running for 173 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries. “It was huge for us,” Gutierrez said. “We’re a younger team this year. To end the way we did says we have a lot of character. It wasn’t a pretty win, but it was a win nonetheless.” The ugly win could have been an ugly loss, Runnels said. “When we look at it, we should have lost the game,” Runnels said. “I give the credit to Baylor. Those guys played their hearts out. They played the game to the final minute and wanted to win. We were fortunate to pull it out.” The Sooners led Baylor 24-13 at halftime. However, they could only manage a field goal in the second half. Two Shawn Bell touchdown passes got the Bears back in the game. It was the first overtime game played on Owen Field. Runnels said it was a game he won’t soon forget. “It was the first overtime game I’ve ever been involved it,” Runnels said. “For me, that was kind of crazy. It seemed like everything was going 100 miles per hour. Now that I look back on it, it was really fun. It very easily could have been the opposite.” The win did a lot for OU’s season. It also gave the Sooners their first winning streak of the season. They’ve now won two in a row. Two more and they’re in a bowl. Four more and if they have luck on their side, they could be in the Big 12 title game. No one’s looking that far ahead right now. The Sooners are focusing on winning in Lincoln, a place they haven’t won since 1987 in then-coach Barry Switzer’s last trip there. Even if it’s an ugly win, it would be a win the Sooners will take. “They’re all important now,” Runnels said. “This late in the season, they all have the same stature.” Related Sites

NU 27 OU 21 rush 134 pass 178

I read that Hickson is out too. I don't know what position he plays.. Funny how Bomar gets in trouble earlier in the year without suspension and then this guy doen't do hardly anything and he's suspended.

When COllier's gone, who in the world would wont to take tha=is program over??

Jones stayed out to late and wont play for the Sooners this week. Pederson will be limited, OU can't pass, and there defense is suspect. Looks good for NU.

Did Nebraska lose both of those?

Thanks for the stats

If you define struggling as not kicking it through the end zone every time, then yea, he struggles. However, that's not what the coaches want him to do all the time. Example, during the Wake game he was told to land the ball at atleast the 10 yard line with as much hang time as possible. This, obviously, is to give the cover team enough time to get down there and possibly pin the team inside the 20. It worked pretty well in that game. Now, we haven't really had that strategy since this AFAIK, so Wesch has got quite a few kickoffs, save Dyches against Baylor. It also uses up the clock, which could be another strategy

Why waste it now? Keep him on the bench, use the redshirt. This means he will be with us until 2010!!!!!!!!!! We should automatically redshirt every QB we get, like what we used to do with the offensive lineman.

Still can't stop talking about his trip. Expect a commit.

Any day now folks, anyday.

Exactly, the tradition of OU/NU lives on.

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His are typically the first predictions of the games I see come out each week. And Harmon's forecast says... Nebraska 24 Missouri 17 Also: Texas 34 Texas Tech 28

NU averaging 410 ypg last 3 games . That type of average would rank in the top 40, but the first 3 games drag us down to #87 in the nation in total offense.

rivals Huskers are up to number 13 in team ranking now because of the recent stars from the juco's

Gotta say yes, he's had the biggest turn around

THE Huskers have 50% of Big 12 Top 10 Sack Leaders, that's right Carriker,McKeon, Muhammad,Smith,and Turner.