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Against MSU, we had a couple of snaps (mostly passing situations) that we had Stache, Josh, Carter and EMart on the line. Highly effective, I thought. It will be interesting to see what we do against NWU. Persa isn't near as top end fast as he was before his injury last year, but can still move in the pocket pretty good. Colter, on the other hand, is a really good athlete that runs the zone read very well.

As always, you need great disipline to play defense, but it's even more paramount this week. Don't over look the Cat's

Don't remember specifically playing against them because they're all a year under me and I didn't really pay attention to who was on another team, but I played teams with Mike Caputo (Millard North, hardest hitting team we ever played and either class A state champs or runner up don't remember), Austin Cassidy (Southeast), Baker Steinkuler (Southwest), and anybody from Lincoln public schools, Norfolk, North Platte, Grand Island, or Bellevue West that graduated last year.

 

Jim Ebke was my QB for my senior year and I remember getting him at least one TD but mostly just trying not to get him killed. And I played midget and HS football with Sam Meginnis.

 

Played against Tyler Wortman and Todd Peterson.

Have a buddy from GICC that swears Peterson was a baby and cried or something during one game.

My little brother played bball agianst Peterson his senior year. That kid was on a different level athlete-wise for C-1

Played against Chad Buller from Henderson (now Heartland Community) Also went against the youngest Kelsay (Chris I think) in Bball. I was on JV, he obviously on Varsity. They were just walking into the gym as we were warming up. Chris, in loafers, his winter coat and gym bag over his shoulder, took a two hand reverse alley oop dunk from one of their JV kids. My jaw hit the floor.

One of my classmates brother played against Frost his senior year of HS. TO and Turner Gill were in town to recruit. My buddies brother had his fifteen minutes when he ran Scott out of bounds. After the game, he said it was like trying to tackle the wall...

just because he handed the hat to the pastor doesnt really mean a whole lot. the hat was clearly intended for AG and not the pastor. now im not asking to get investigated but that "fan" is pretty much asking for trouble.

 

you dont have to physically hand someone something for them to be the person you are giving it to.

Actually, that's EXACTLY how Cam Newton got out of big trouble with the NCAA. He claimed he didn't know anything about his dad's dealings. Newton's case was over a substantial amount of money, Aaron's about a hat to get stitched. Non issue

Remember when Bo was saying Lee wasn't injured, or Martinez what 100%? Or how about all the other "coach-speak" he tosses around? Take what comes out of his mouth with a grain of salt.

 

My least favorite Bo-ism. DO NOT LIKE.

And in reality there isn't much of a point to it. I know everyone says he's bad with the media. They say it's his right as the coach. They say the media are compariable to that nasty stuff that builds up between your toes. But he honestly goes out of his way to be "BO" with the media. Talk about honesty, loyalty, trustworthy and all those other boy scout characteristics that Bo preaches...he doesn't display any of them when it comes to the media, and ultimately to the fans, since that's how we get our feed during the week.

 

Just once this year I would have liked him to say "Martinez certainly isn't 100% and it's impacting our offensive strategy and production, but Lee isn't ready to go either so Green is certainly seeing so more snaps and will be ready at gametime if Martinez can't go."

 

Instead he says "Martinez is improving and it will be a gametime decision".

Has anybody ever listened to the questions Bo gets asked sometimes?

Reporter: "Coach, last year your offensive line was very inconsistent, not able to sustain blocks and was beat in pass protection on critical downs. Your first year quarterback got hurt midway through the season and looked less than 100% at any point the rest of the year. Your wide recievers had crucial mistakes in the biggest games of the season. Do you like the direction of the offense?"

Bo: "We just gotta get it fixed."

And no, I'm not exagerating. listen to a press conference sometime, and try to hear the actual questions. When Bo gets a clear, consise question without a lot of BS around it, you get a straight answer. Otherwise, "Bo-isms" come out, and people think he's too rough with the media.

vs Tenn-Chattanooga

vs Fresno St

vs Washington

@ Wyoming

@ Wisconsin

Ohio State

off week

@ Minnesota

Mich St

Northwestern

@ Penn St

@ Michigan

Iowa

As has been mentioned, this a just a brutal schedule. My kool aid hangover says losses to Wisc and tOSU are about it, and the others should be wins...

My heart says NO WAY the Huskers lose any game, and the Buckeye match up gives us a preview of the first Big 10 Champ!!!

My gut says, with the staff and roster as is... 6-6 is a very real (and terrifying) possiblity.

All that said, this is a crucial offseason for the team. they need to come back together, no matter the means that need to be taken. If that means staff and/or roster changes, then so be it. But if we are devisive in any way next season, we'll get eaten alive. Find a way to gel, and the kool aid tastes all that much sweeter!

Neither team will have an advantage when it comes the the Broyles vs Prince/Alfonzo match up. Ryan will make catches, and get yards; he's just too good. Where NU will have to win this game is with Hagg, Gomes, David, Cassidy, Osbourne making plays on the other threats. Ou is very similar to OSU with the stud (Blackmon) and a nice, but not spectacular compliment around him. Make no mistake, OU has good athletes, but only one Broyles. If the under guys (Hagg, Gomes, David) are able to cover up the slots/TE's for OU, we'll be able to get pressure on Jones. From there, our D can really open up. If Jones can really spread it around and pick his matchups, we'll play much safer.

Think to MIzzou, we got most of the sacks when Gabbert realized he couldn't make his throws right away. Same thing we did to Jones in '09. OSU was able to hit some deep balls early, so the safties had to stay back an extra few steps, which opened up their running game. I would expect OU to go with that type of game plan early to see what they can get over the top. That means the early mtchup of our D line and their O line is the one to watch.

This should be very fun!!!!

GBR

Mike McNeill had a great game, some clutch catches late in the game. And I cant wait to see Kyler Reed running that adjuster position.

i know they let us down a little over a week ago, but i still have a lot of confidence in our receiver corp. a lot of talent and play makers.

 

 

I completely agree, nice to see them bounce back and gain confidence again. There are some serious mismatches when we have Paul, Kinne,McNeil, Reed and either Helu/Burkhead on the field. Especially if Martinez continues to settle in running this offense.

Taylor's starting to learn from his mistakes... Esp. against Texas. He learned forcing it doesn't work. He tried that against SDSU, too, to no avail. He's learning to be Cool Hand Luke and keep a level head when the going gets tough, instead of losing concentration, screwing up his zone reads, and killing our running game. He's got to take what they give him, and that' what he's doing again.

 

Mike was MIA the whole Texas game, so it was good to see his very reliable hands back into the game Saturday, and Kyler is quickly becoming Taylor's favorite deep threat. If our receivers continue to step up, this offense could be VERY, VERY scary.

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I didn't think we ran the read play as often against OSU. T magic did some great scrambling for most of his yards, which might make him more dangerous in the future. Cant wait to see what he and the rest of the offense can do against a very good Tiger D on Saturday. And make no mistake, they are good. Stong in the DL, fast in the secondary. We need solid games in all 3 phases to win!

GBR

 

That, and just off the top of my head, I can name 5 questionable to horrificly bad calls: Reed catch, Prince PI penalty, Sirles holding call, the missed block in the back on tu's first punt return, the facemask on Dennard (I think).

 

The Reed catch should have been at least reviewed, bare minimum. At home, we should get every play that's even remotely close reviewed. And i don't want to hear that every play gets reviewed, no one who saw that on TV wouldn't have said "Let me see that again."

If Prince got PI on his call, then why didn't UT get called for it on the deep throw to Niles that he didn't catch? Incredibly similar contact, one a penalty, the other not.

Sirles got rushed so bad he didn't have time to hold...

Didn't see the block in the back, so no comment.

The facemask on Dennard was the right call. While not really on the facemask, officials will throw the flag on any tackle around the head that "twists."

good points of opinion... Say, wasnt the replay official guy a UT grad? I forget.. because that would be reaching for straws for an unbiased reason to put .01 back on the clock since that stuff happens at the end of most games <cough>.

 

True or false: The ball landed out of bounds with one second left.

 

You know it's true. Cornhuskers can't even argue that the wrong call was made. Some of you would rather have had the timekeeper's mistake stand so you could benefit from it, but you all know they got the call right in the end.

 

Regardless, say what you will about multi-Big 12 BCS payout days... What really mattered was that little ol' TCU would have been playing Alabama instead of Texas for all the marbles. Its foolish to think that was going to happen.. if there was some way to stop it? Just so happens the replay official made it possible to add the extra .01 for a FG try. Niiice...

 

So it wasn't the Big XII who rigged it, it was the NCAA who rigged it using Big XII officials? That's some conspiracy. When did they decide it would be Texas and Bama in the championship? When both were still unbeaten by midseason? At the beginning? Man, I sure would've expected us to get some calls in College Station when Texas A&M was giving us a hell of a fight. Turns out we got called for 6 penalties to their 5. I guess the NCAA just knew we'd pull that one out. And in the CCG, why did the refs make us take over a possession at the 1 yard line when the returner's knee hit down even though he was muffing the catch and didn't have possession? I guess they have to make it look good, right?

 

Come on. Put the X Files conspiracy stuff away, bro.

I will agree, when the ball landed out of bounds, 00:01 was on the clock.

I will also patiently wait for the next football game to have an extra second put back on the clock, when a timeout is called, or a play is run that should stop it.

Still waiting...

That's just Bo. If he says he knew about what was happening with Tmart, then got asked the same question 4 different ways, he gets testy. Like we saw with Cody Glenn, if Bo doesn't want information about a player to get out, said information WILL NOT GET OUT!!!

Next issue...

Just finished the second quarter. We got jobbed, big time, on that backwards pass just before half. Their QB threw it backwards, clearly, and they ruled it incomplete, and it's not reviewable. That's a TD and it's 31-7 going in to halftime. Instead, KU keeps the ball and with the field goal it's 24-10 Huskers.

 

You can tell exactly where Kansas got momentum in this game. They were on their own five yard line, Barmann was in the end zone, we rushed, and KU connected on a desperation 40-yard strike between two defenders. It was lucky, but it gave the Jayhawks confidence and you could see the defense deflate. They played at 3/4 speed after that.

 

Our DBs were terrible. Tierre Green and Courtney Grixby - love them both, but they would never have started in our heyday. Neither of these guys would have been anywhere near the top of the depth chart. Overall there was just too much running up into traffic and not enough solid play. We got run around a lot in that quarter.

 

Jon Cornish was a beast. All props to that guy.

 

FOX Sports sucks. They show us icing their kicker not once but twice, so we get to watch a couple of timeouts back-to-back, but they cut Nunn's brilliant punt return out of the rebroadcast. Who thinks that's good TV?

 

 

EDIT - forgot to mention how impressed, again, I am with Zac Taylor. If we had a defense and an O Line, that kid would have/should have gotten Heisman consideration. He was Tebow before Tebow was Tebow. Big, tough, accurate, and he took an absolute beating back there every game and got back up, every time.

 

 

 

 

 

2. I really think Grixby was a solid corner, and played like it to an extent in '07, but just got manhandled in '06 having to go up against guys over half a foot taller and probably 30+ lbs. heavier. If he would have been able to play with a capable teammate for the big bodies receivers, and had good tutelage, he would have been all Big XII. Just my opinion.

 

3. Again, love Zac Taylor. Really, really, really miss watching that guy play. Such a high character individual as well.

 

 

 

Edit: The bomb to Hardy where Taylor was rolling out right, c&#036;%ks his arm back and just throws it as hard as possible whilst falling out of bounds is one of my top 10 favorite Husker plays. Don't know why, I just really love that play.

I always thought Grix should've stayed on offense. Explosive out of his cuts, great top end speed. run the bubble screens to him and let him slip between guys for a first down. Run him underneath on the drag and watch him turn upfield for 20. Plus he's fresh for punt returns.

I have always had a bad feeling, that if Byron makes the FG in 93, we don't win 3 of 4. I think Tommie and the rest of the seniors on the 94 team were SO driven after that loss, nothing was going to stop them from winning. If Tommie goes down in 94 like he did, and we had won the NC the year before, I think we would've lost the "edge" that willed the team to victory, even at KSU. That loss to FSU laid the ground work for what would become the hardest working football team in the country for 4 years.

JMO

as long as he is making news in a good way

 

wait, i thought only tim tebow did nice things for others

 

good for prince

 

Wrong. Tebow would have waited until at least 3 media outlets were watching before he would do something like this. Prince did it without anyone knowing who he was.

 

Let the mud-slinging begin!

Actually, Tebow would've waited for Kirk Herbstreit and ESPN, paid for her groceries, given her a ride home, and then circumsized her kids...!!

To me Mike Brown was a true safety. I'll go with Minter (+1 to REDSTEEL) as well. He played the Rover position much like today's Peso.

I agree Chicago. Minter was great on flat coverage, Brown a bit better on the deep stuff (remember he started his NU career at CB) Farley, Super D, you could say Dan Bullocks I think too. Speed to burn, and Dan was much better than Josh at run support. Great thread!!

Been posted a million times already but our players (and fans worth their weight in corn) recite the Players Prayer

still gives me goose bumps when i watch this great job epocSoN

You and me both

While I fully respect the tunnel walk that featured Cory Ross and who ever it was this year, you get a new sense of it when you hear Grant Wistrom lead it before his and TO's last game in the Orange Bowl. The only place I've seen it was on UNL's special edition of the game. It was the very first thing on the video, before the intro started. I used to watch that before lifting when I was in high school, talk about a pump up!

Can't imagine this happening. This will be more expensive and much slower than driving your own car, or renting a bus. Amtrak just cannot compete.

 

When's the last time you checked out traffic on I-80 from Omaha to Lincoln on game days? I doubt seriously that it'll be slower. If anything, it'll take the same time, and most likely it'll be faster, and put most people on the ground about as close to the stadium as they would normally park.

 

I think it'll fail because of the cost involved, because it's far cheaper to drive your own car than spend $15 or more on a train ticket. Plus your own car gives you flexibility to come and go when you want, so if you want to leave right away you can leave, or if you want to stick around for dinner or to hit O Street after the game you can do that, too. With the train, when it leaves you leave, or else.

Last year, went to the Tech game. It took us barely over an hour to get there from Omaha. I have been to many games, and it's never taken me over 2 hours to get to Lincoln. By the time you drive to the Amtrak terminal in downtown, get on the train, wait for departure, etc., and then you don't know how much rail traffic or railwork is taking place on those routes. All it takes is a broken rail or a derailment and Amtrak may not even get to Lincoln.

 

While I don't know the price of a ticket on Amtrak, I'd be willing to bet that it would be $50-$60.

 

Well, It probably wouldn't be Amtrack, some small company. I worked for the railroad for almost 30 years, the track from Linclon to Omaha has maybe dozens of trains a day. That is the problem. Trying to run one passenger train in all that traffic could be a mess.

 

I believe that was why they shutdown in the 70's the tracks got to congested. Even though I live in Lincoln, I still think its a good idea, if they could get the logistics and financial things work out, it just might get off the ground.

 

If the train went to some road games, I prob drive to Omaha or wherever and hop on the train. It beats driving, finding a place to park and party, going to the game, then driving back.

Bingo. I think the neatest thing would be to take it on a road game. Especially coming home after a win!

How about Zac Taylor? Been at A&M for 2 years, and in another 5-7 could move up in the coaching ranks quick. Although I wouldn't mind Frost at all.

Dont discredit a solid spring game. I think Zac Taylor had a pretty good spring game in 06, and turned out to be the Big 12 POY. He came out of the crucible of the NC game and didn't look so bad by the end. Oct 16 will not be a walk over.

Wouldnt have to worry about anyone calling our non-con weak.

 

That would be a fun series, but 2012 would be especially brutal with games being @ UCLA -AND- @ Wisconsin...??? That doesnt sound like something the Nebraska athletic department would go for. Dont see that happening IMHO.

Nail on the head, there. 2 road games to BCS schools is not what Dr Tom has in mind for scheduling. I'd love to see that series happen, but doubtful for 2012.

Opurem and Thomas will be the biggest "threats" to take advantage of the peso. But neither of those teams will have much of any other offense (especially KSU) that will truly be able to threaten. Yeah, Thomas was half of KSU's offense in that game... and now banks is gone to take away the other half. It'lll be interesting to see what Turner wants to do on offense at KU, so I'll wait and see what he does before I say much more about KU.

Play the best 11, right? What the Offense shows, you put your best match up out there. Reading a bit on Bo's philosophy, Use lots of personell, but keep your scheme simple. There's really not many different defense's that Bo and Carl have, its more about different athletes in the spot to make the play. Simple to learn, hard for the opposition to pick up.

See also Ross Pilkington as exhibit B for perimeter blocking. A huge reason he played as a Freshman.

While i'm not a QB coach, I'll take a stab at it... As was previously mentioned, Cody doesn't appear to use a great deal of his legs/body in his motion. Compared to Joe, who used a tremendous amount of shoulder turn (for you golfers), Sam Keller (who had the zip on the ball due to his leg drive) It's close to Vince Young's, without the sidearm motion. Just a guess, but when you watched Cody throw last fall, by staying with both feet solidly, he had a tendency to miss high (ie, the pick 6 vs Baylor, which was a bad read to start with) He could also short hop it with the best of them, despite a tremendous amount of velocity. I think Wats has given him the thought of "turning in a barrel" to give his motion some more consistency. By thinking about using his legs more, he's actually slowed down his release, which is still plenty fast enough. With enough work, he can get used to a slightly (I'm talking fractions of a second) different timing on some routes, but i think it'll ultimately benefit him and the receivers he wont' leave out to dry.

JMO

Scott Frost played in the NFL as a Safety and didn't even play the position his last 3 years of college. O'Hanlon isn't quite the hoss that Frost was/is, but I think if Frost could stick around for awhile, O'Hanlon has a chance.

Close there, UGA. Frost was a freak of an athlete, and was a "football player" in every sense of the term. Matt has sure played more than fine the last 2 years, but physically, cant hold a candle to Scott. That being said, Matt would be a great special teams and solid back up player for a team with one stud at the other safety.