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I noticed that, GBR, and I also noticed that Bo made an effort to be personable with the refs, too. Patted one guy on the back and was overall getting along well with them. No more "Mr. Furioso!!!!" at them like he's done. We'll see if that keeps up. Bo's been warned several times, and he had that A&M blowup after previous warnings. Here's hoping he controls that - just to help himself, if not the team in general.

I hope it keeps up...I was very happy to see Taylor laughing and Bo was so calm. They all seem really loose and confident.

Without a doubt they are both growing. I will say flashes of the old Bo come out sometimes. If you have the game on dvr still....go to 2 minutes left in the 1st quarter. Bo was going off a little bit on the refs and a guy steps in between them. Anyone else notice this? Is that guy his buffer or something?

Enunwa should play both offense and defense ala Charles Woodson. He's a physical freak and he's not scared to hit someone. He's had a highlight reel block/tackle/stiff arm in every game thus far.

Enunwa had a really nice stiff arm. I kinda laughed, because he actually threw the guy's head into ground too. I liked seeing that.

First time seeing us play and our secondary looks pretty bad. I know the B1G has strict rules on physical corner play, but they need to interrupt timing on the slants or it will be there all game long. They are young though. Communication looks like it is lacking, so there isn't much help over the top from the safeties either. This is a very average defense at best...looking forward to seeing them get better throughout the year. Fonzie will help, but not like people are thinking....our offense (weird to say this) is going to carry us this year.

Can someone tell me the story of Husker Jen?

 

This is all you need to know

It is like looking at a train wreck...I try so hard to look away, but I just can't.

I haven't seen any games yet, so I can't say anything EXCEPT...I see WR's all over the country making plays on the ball. I haven't seen that from the Huskers in a while, but maybe this year will be the year. Oh and if people are correct and Kinnie is hurt (and it is affecting his performance), then maybe he should sit. Give him time to heal up. I can't wait to see what Bell can do...I just hope it doesn't cause problems in the run game, because he is kind of small weight wise isn't he?

Taylor is a homerun threat anytime he touches the ball...we are lucky to have him. I would be lying if I didn't say I would love to have Robert Griffin III or Denard (sp?) Robinson...they are fast and have some really good arms. But I am more then happy with what we have in Taylor. Plus isn't it nice to have a QB for more then 2 years...when is the last time that has happened?

Sounds like some good things...thanks for the insight guys . I should be able to watch the Washington game, so I will finally get to see what you guys are seeing. The highlights from the Fresno State game looked really good though. They are highlights though. I saw some really good things from those highlights...I saw some good pulls from the O-line and it looks like it is just going to take more practice before they are running on all cylinders. I like how they were making checks at the line too.

I actually like Washington's chances in this one. I can't say Washington will win, because my pride won't let me. But I will say...NU-35 Washington-31

After watching the game last night it's extremely disappointing that his effort is well below par. I don't know what his deal is but there were several, several plays where he just gets pushed around like a freakin high schooler. Even one of the announcers made the comment to the tone of "and crick just got pushed to the ground". If he's just saving his body so he doesn't get hurt he can just get the hell out of here now. It pisses me off to see someone that should be dominating get manhandled at times. If he's not going to give it his all then give me Guy or Rome any day.

Wow. Your intellect is superb.

That's a pretty inappropriate and juvenile comment wouldn't you say?

He doesn't have a clue what he's about to get into. "I've been hit before". Not like this you haven't.

I'd like this statement stricken from the record. Carr and his offensive line showed a lot more heart than our defensive line last night.

Not going to happen...I am posting it in my sig as we speak

I don't think we'll know what type of offense we are running until conference play. If we are truly built for the spread then run the spread.....the Big 10 has problems against the spread from what I'm told. Just run what we are built for and have the players for.

See that is just it...it doesn't make sense to me. You have guys like Abdullah, Turner, Bell, Enunwa (sp?), and others that sound like big play guys. Running the spread would get these guys on the field at the same time, so that is why I am confused with what they are doing. I have no problem with them changing the offense, but it just seems weird with the personnel. Which makes me wonder if this is the offense we are really going to be running the whole year.

What happen man?

 

Why does that second pic look like he is in court?

That statement is completely ambiguous and totally irrelevant when it's out of context like that. He could very well just mean we won't be seeing them be as physical right now because they simply can't do it. Out of context paraphrasing quote is out of context paraphrasing quote and useless.

I haven't seen or heard any games yet, so I have no idea what they really look like on defense. I personally think it is probably the youth that people are seeing from the DB's, so I am not too worried or anything. I am more worried about our LB's from what I am hearing.

We're running the Taylor Martinez keeps it every play offense...I'm tired of him not using the tailback. For got sakes how does he plan to stay healthy if he's getting clock cleaned every down.

I don't really mind it if he is effective, but I am afraid he might get hurt. From what I am hearing from people...this team is going to go as far as Taylor can take it. It sounds a bit like Crouch, but he had a much better supporting cast.

Our two corners are really young. Ciante's third start and Andrews second. We lost a lot of experience in the defensive backfeild.

 

Raymond has said that the corners wont be as physical as they were in the past.

That doesn't sound good. I don't have a problem backing them off some so the young guys don't get burnt deep, but I hope we aren't doing that with an experienced guy. I guess we will see how it plays out, but I don't want to see a Cosgrove defense where our DB's play 10 yards back.

I don't claim to have good answers I will give you my opinion though.

 

1) We are a grab bag offense - multiple. I think they have tried to take plays from different offensive philosophies that give teams problems and put them into an offense where the plays can work off each other. These plays are similar in nature in that they are not fundamentally different in how you execute them/block them so from the stand point of formation you are diverse but you use the same concepts to block. It's somewhat similar to last year but you are seeing less timing routes and a less emphasis on the spread read option with the one back. You are seeing pistol, 2 back, diamond etc.

I think they want to run more power, but the problem is that we don't have the personnel/development to get there yet. This will have to be an evolution.

 

2) They want to be able to control tempo whether it be fast or so. It depends on how they are doing and the opponent. We had a lot of 3-outs so you don't want to go up-tempo if your getting stuffed all the time. In fact you can't develop any tempo at all... I thought our defense looked tired at times. FSU developed tempo because they had long drives. We are a big play, feast or famine offense right now. Hard to develop tempo with that.

 

3) Lots of other threads on this. Scheme wise I was surprised not to see diamond formation. Playing calling I think they are opening up the play book a little but need to go further. We saw some effective play action. We still haven't seen many counters or boots or mis direction. Haven't seen many rollouts. Execution. The good is not many penalties, not to many sacks. They still are learning how to run option. There were a couple of passes that should of been caught. They did not control the LOS. Not sure if that's a physical thing or an execution thing. Probably both. Some of it may be WANT TO. We scored a significant number of points with some big plays. That suggests some good execution. We got stuffed a number of times and didnt have any drives with lots of plays. That's suggests poor execution. Maybe we should call it the Jeckyll Hyde offense.

The diamond formation...I am a big fan of this formation. That analysis is encouraging...sounds like they are trying to establish an identity and it is just going to take time for it to really come together. I can see why they aren't running many counters, roll-outs, boots, etc...no reason to show your hand this early in the season if those will be the staple of this offense. Are they setting plays up at all or is the playcalling sort of random? Granted if they aren't running counters and things like that then it sort of limits what plays you can setup I guess.

Excellent post . I agree with the whole thing.

In the end, it is a game and we should be thankful we are alive to watch such a great sport. Never Forget!

I'm not even sure our offense knows what they are yet. Right now I'd say they're a crappy power spread that isn't good enough to run a hurry up.

I will admit I laughed

I haven't been able to watch, or even listen for that matter, to a single yet this year. I have asked a few people what offense are we running and they all give me a long description that tells me nothing really. It just sounds like a jumbled mess when they explain it. I have only seen the highlights from the UTC game and I just saw a power offense...which looked very, very basic and very lacking in the "power" department. The players look much more suited to a spread offense imo.

My questions are

1. What type of offense are we? Are we trying to transition from a spread to power run?

2. What happened to the hurry up...so are we a hurry up power offense?

3. How do they look on offense? (please don't use your emotions after this last game to answer this question...I want to know how they are looking scheme wise, playcalling, and execution).

Just looking for insight...been depressed not being able to catch my Huskers, but it is probably good since I would probably be complaining about the team. Please don't post if your answer is we run a crap offense, we aren't good enough to run a hurry up, and they look like crap on offense...I want a little more in depth analysis then that.

I don't know...to me it seems like there is something else besides depth issues. I am not blaming Cotton here either. I feel not having an offensive identity is hard on these guys. There is no consistency. Then I wonder what they are being taught scheme wise. Hardly ever do I see guys going to the next level to block downfield or pulling effectively. These are just surface observations from me.

This thread is pretty good...all of you guys are really good at this . +1 all around!

Edit- ran out of +1's...didn't know there was a limit lol.

That's the best I can do

-Martinez will not stay healthy with no real backups.

-Offensive line is going to be terrible with little experience and Barney running the show.

-1 receiver that has more than 1 catch in a game.

-1 running back with experience.

-D line is overrated except for crick

-david is only proven linebacker.

-dennard is only good secondary player.

-New kicker and punter.

-Toughest schedule in big 10

-New coaches.

-Too much preseason hype.

-Unfamiliar with the teams they will be playing.

-Nebraska isn't built to stop big 10 teams.

-Nebraska isn't used to the hostile environments of the big 10.

 

You can charge that to the game!

Probably wasting my breath here, but here we go.

-I bet taylor does get hurt, but who is to say that Carnes isn't a gamer when he gets in? Besides you can say this about any teams QB and their backups.

-I disagree with the O-Line. We have lots of experience...the real question is the coaching and do we have depth finally? Or can we keep guys healthy this year?

-Our WR's are a question mark. I am happier without Paul though...the dude scared me everytime he had the ball in his hands. Tim Marlowe has plenty of game experience (just no catches at WR) and we have potential threats in Bell and Turner. Also don't forget about our TE's who are the best duo in the nation imo. Plenty of options in the passing game along with a new WR coach and the fans are optimistic.

-Rex is good enough to be the man and given time the new guys will start to get up to speed. Austin Jones has experience as well, plus the ace-in-the-hole is Ron Brown. He knows how to coach and has proven that time and again.

-DLine overrated? They are very, very good. What do you want...a Suh-like player for our entire defensive front? Never gonna happen man. But they are one of the top units in the nation and we have more depth there then we have ever had. Don't expect lots of sacks from these guys though. That is not how the unit plays...they control gaps, not rush gaps.

-David is a stud, but aren't you forgetting about Compton, Fisher, Stoddard...these other three have game experience. Compton knows the defense and was the field general out there until he got hurt.

-Dennard is the star of the secondary. Osborne was fantastic out there last year though at strong safety. Austin Cassidy did a very solid job out there as well. My question marks are Evans (which I thought he did pretty well in the limited time he had), who is taking over for Gomes and Haag, and how these guys are taking to the new coaching in the secondary.

-I will give you the new kicker and punter...it will be hard to fill Kunalic and Henery's shoes.

-Toughest schedule in B1G sure, but competition makes you better. Might hurt us a little this year, but in the long run that makes this team that much stronger. Besides everyone says the SEC has the toughest competition and teams still make it through that right?

-New coaches sure. I am a little worried and then at the same time I am happy about it. More help on the OLine, a new offensive coordinator, a new WR coach, and Ron Brown at RB coach is encouraging. I am interested to see the new defensive coaches and how their units play...this is where I am worried, but at the same time Pelini has my trust in his decisions.

-Nothing wrong with hype. It becomes a problem when the players take too much stock in it and believe they just need to show up to win. If they stay focused and grounded then there isn't a problem.

-Teams are also unfamiliar with us...it is a two way street.

-Bo Pelini built a team to stop any team in the nation on defense. Offensively is still a work in progress.

-Hostile environments...I think Nebraska has seen plenty of those. Not even sure why you put that one in there.

Some of your concerns are legitimate and other concerns make me question whether you even follow this team (or are a fan of this team) at all.

Tenn-Chatt W...Not as big of a blowout as you would expect but still a comfortable win.

Fresno St W...Comfortable win, but still a respectable performance from FS

Washington W...Blowout win and redemption

Wyoming W...Big win

Wisconsin W...The team gets up for this one and defensively they won't be able to stop us (I can't believe I have that much faith in the offense, but I feel they will try to prove something in our first con game).

Ohio St L...This team will be our achilles heel for a long time. JMO.

Minnesota W...Decent showing from Minnesota, but we will just pound them into submission.

Michigan St W...Very good, close game. Could go either way, but I still think we can beat them.

NW W...Add Persa to Pelini's QB graveyard.

Penn State L...We overlook a team every year and I think this one is it.

Michigan W...Awful defense from Michigan which is why we win this one, but a running QB is bad for us if Pelini doesn't gameplan for it. I think he does and we hold Robinson.

Iowa W...I see this one going like our Colorado games. Lots of similar aspects there and we win this round.

CCG Wisconsin L...I don't see us beating them twice.