The Dude

I mean, I very rarely watch it because I don't like it, but I would totally watch it if they were in Lincoln. I'd probably even set the DVR. Even if it's the best show about guys sitting around talking about college football, it's still not as good as, ya know, college football.

The offense, starting with Martinez, needs to be more consistent. They've shown flashes of what they're capable of and the ceiling is high. You had all offseason to work out the kinks. It's time to grow up. The defense can hold their own when they play hard and they showed last night they can play hard for a full game. I'm resigned to the fact there's not much we can do about the kicking game until we get our kicker back. It was nice to see the 2nd team offense not only play, but actually drive and put it in the endzone. It was nice to see the 2nd team defense not only play, but keep the other team out of the endzone. Overall the game was a step in the right direction. I suspect we'll clobber Illinois. This team needs all the confidence it can get when Ohio State comes to town.

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Might as well go for 2.

Looked like a TD to me.

Speechless by that play call.

Walk-in TD for #11 if he snagged that blocked punt. Weirdest special teams game ever.

Martinez just looks sooo much slower with the added weight.

3rd & 10 - QB Draw that never works. Why??? !

Just give NIU's punter the game ball already.

Anyone else call out that QB Draw before the snap?

What a clusterf#&%.

Is this real life?

Yeah and I don't think Northern Illinois is much worse than Colorado. If they are worse. I didn't need to see Colorado lose to Air Force to know they suck. I thought we all knew that coming into the season.

I think Nebraska wins a tight game. I don't expect a blowout victory but it would be a big step in the right direction. The Huskies usually play P5 teams tough. A loss wouldn't be completely surprising but I hope it doesn't come to that.

Watching again and I actually do think the offensive playcalling did get, gulp, vanilla in the 3rd quarter. Maybe 1 or 2 plays in that quarter I saw a lineman pulling. Compared to maybe 7 or 8 plays per quarter in the first half. 3rd and medium was just your basic drop back pass. No play-action, no misdirection, no shifts or motions to try to create mismatches. The defense stopped playing hard at the end of the 3rd. I don't know if it was poor conditioning or not, but they definitely played harder in the first half of the game and the first half of the 3rd quarter.

It's. no laughing matter. Shame. Shame.