CheeseHusker

PJ Smith said this. What do you think it means? Is what we are doing really so high risk that one breakdown is a touchdown? Is that why when Nebraska fails, it fails spectacularly? Not trying to blame anyone or anything, just think it is worth an examination. I'm kind of troubled by it if we play on such an edge that we might as well play Russian roulette on every snap.

In 30+ years of being a fan, I'm not sure I've ever been less optimistic about a single game. 4 weeks from now, maybe I won't feel this way. Look, of course it's possible... there's a reason why they play the games. But for Nebraska to pull this off, it has to do something that it hasn't done in years - play a clean, mistake free game. And even if it does such a thing, the disparity of talent still has to be overcome.

Can we just borrow Alabama... period? Nothing is impossible.... but you realize that Nebraska has to play an absolutely perfect game to win, which is something that a Pelini-coached squad has never done against teams not called Idaho State.

I'm gonna look at it this way.... this is probably the toughest opponent we could get bar Alabama. It's probably the second or third best team in the nation.... the only tougher assignment might be Alabama and Oregon (I don't think Notre Dame is very good). So we might as well try to play the best game we possibly can and see how far off it we really are.... that's about all I got.

Try to keep it under 100.

I remember when Wisconsin sucked. I know, because I lived there. I remember Jim Hilles and Don Morton. The whole reason why the band does the fifth quarter? Because it was a ploy to get people to stop leaving early during blowouts. That's my problem with Badger fans. They forget what they were and where they came from. And they are the most in-your-face on the planet now.

OK.... I suppose I need a caveat. First I'll concede a couple of the wins... Michigan St and Northwestern were pretty gritty. But they tend to be the exception, not the rule.... perhaps I should say when he faces pressure, he doesn't have any poise. Some of that needs to be blamed on the line. 50% of our opponents' points for the season are off turnovers and most of those are his. Whoever coaches the guy, they need to teach him to take care of the ball, to learn to check down, to get out of the pocket quicker, to throw the ball away. Against bad teams he does this, but against good teams he can't. Likewise, against the lesser teams, he does enough to overcome the mistakes he makes. In the big games, he doesn't.

70-31, 63-38, 48-17, 45-17..... can go back and forth all day if we want.

Seems official: http://www.11alive.com/news/article/266596/5/Georgia-accepts-invitation-to-Capital-One-Bowl You know what? Let's embrace the "woefully overmatched underdog" role, it might actually suit us.

Terrific.... let's draw someone who quite possibly plays for the national championship if their receiver drops a ball instead of catches it. You know what.... bring it on. What do we have to lose? We might as well play the best team we can and see if we learn anything. At least we'll wear red jerseys. (I assume the home team alternates?)

If Taylor could just develop some poise, he'd be dynamite. We know he has the tools. Can poise even be taught at this point?

Does 10 wins mean anything to you if your losses are all 30+ points? The worst team Osborne ever had was probably 1990.... lose to CU at home, blown out by unranked Oklahoma, blown out in Citrus (basically the Capital One) Bowl. I feel like every year under Bo is like 1990. Only instead of 45-10, it's 70-31...

We will be 8-0 and in the top 5 going to Ann Arbor, and everyone will be "yeah, we finally got it figured out". Then Michigan will beat us 56-10 or something. We'll back into a Legends title, mainly because of our schedule. We will play an unbelievably good game against Ohio State in the title game next year, but lose when Braxton Miller converts a 4th and 28 from his own 3 yard line simply by running a designed quarterback draw that goes 97 yards for a TD.

Looks like somebody learned how Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V work.

It's pretty flippin' obvious when you lose by 40 points that you "didn't execute". How about figuring out why you didn't execute Bo? You never seem to know why. Isn't it your job to figure out the "why"?

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50% of Nebraska's allowed points this year were from turnovers. That's a pretty damning statistic. Taylor is responsible for a LOT of those.

Interesting that 2003 and 2012 are exactly the same.

The wins and losses are important.... but.... I care just as much about things like pride, effort, discipline. 10 wins is all well and good, but I'm sick of the self-destruction, sick of the meltdowns, sick of wilting on the game's biggest stages. If Nebraska plays to the best of its ability, and it loses, then so be it. I'm not convinced Nebraska played to the best of our ability at any point this season, except for maybe one game against a ridiculously overmatched Idaho State. I don't characterize success when I see 12 games of inconsistent scattershot self-destructive schizophrenic football unlike any I've ever seen before. Pulling out some exciting wins against Northwestern once in awhile is nice, but I think it is reasonable to aim higher once in awhile.

The goal was to win a conference championship. They did not, and they melted down in spectacular fashion. I find it hard to view this season as a success.... a bowl win would do a lot to ease this angst though.

Yeah.......benching a quarterback helps reassure him and get rid of the rattled play. Some of the stuff you guys are coming up with tonight >>>>> Martinez was in panic mode for 60 minutes.... not entirely of his doing, but you got to settle him down. If he's gonna go out and play like a loose cannon, then it snowballs. In the second quarter, the offense played just as poorly as the defense did and gave WIsky free points (and they didn't need the help). No, RK3 isn't gonna work miracles, but it might teach some accountability. It also might send a message to your offensive line. Of course these things can backfire if your players are fragile.... maybe these guys are. When you're 40 points down you might as well give RK3 some meaningful snaps anyway.

Saw on another board that Nebraska gave up 200 more rushing yards in this game than in any during the Cosgrove era.

Well, radio just now says LSU is going to the Chick Fil A... so that's out.

Play good defense, mistake-free football, win the turnover margin and score at least more than 28 points less than they score. So, in other words, do things they haven't done all season against opponents not named Idaho State.... well, the first three things.