epocSoN

Ended my week long hiatus to say that this kid is a troll, and has now made 3 terribly derpie threads. Mods please delete them all.

Agreed but it also seems like Beck has a play sheet with x amount of plays. When we run a certain play he puts a check by it to note that he called it! Then it's like he isn't allowed to run that play again even if it was one that worked! A top ten offense that was nowhere to be found on 3rd down is not an effective top 10 offense.

That play is probably one of the best ways we have for Taylor to pick up yards on the ground. As to the screen passes everyone keeps clamoring for, I'd point to the short swing pass to the RB in the flat that Taylor threw under no pressure to a guy that was wide open and maybe three yards away. Way over his head. Perhaps we can draw up some WR screens for Jamal to the edges, that might be more fruitful, but running a screen play isn't as simple as deciding to. It's a package that needs installing and work, and our offense has been paired down and simplified for years out of necessity. You can't expect a simplified offense to also be diverse and good at running any old thing. Like the roll-outs. Taylor completed one of these late in the game when he was on fire, but there were two other occasions where he might pretty damn scary throws on the run. If we're going to use the rollout pass more, I'm worried, because it seems to be a low percentage play with Taylor. I know we ran it a bit last year, but have we ran any WR middle screens this year?

Theres no question that we have the tools to beat Michigan. I just haven't been presented any reason to believe we will put it all together this week, although there is a chance.

We need to install an ignore user option. This thread has had some crazies come out of the woodwork.

52-17 loss at home to Missouri in 2008 31-10 loss at home to Texas Tech in 2009 9-7 loss at home to Iowa State in 2009 20-13 loss at home to Texas in 2010 28-25 loss at home to Northwestern in 2011 Bo has had really ugly losses every year at home, so I don't quite agree with you that we implode only on the road.

I'm not a betting man but if I was I would bet the house on Michigan.

You have been on this board since February... This is just silly. You think because I didn't live out the entire Osborne era, I can't understand the current state of college football? Your premise is in no way related to your conclusion here. Nobody expects to win national championships every year, we expect to be competitive with the top teams in the country. At this point in time we are still heavily struggling with teams that we shouldn't be, limping along in a conference that is arguably the worst AQ conference since the BCS was created. I'm not calling for Bo to be fired, but he is at a make or break point in his career here at Nebraska, where he either will show that we will be competitive in the league or we will continue to limp along. With this logic no coaches would ever be fired. It's very frustrating for me when people refuse to allow any criticism of their team. Criticism doesn't make me any more or less of a proud follower of this team. If you are sick of discussion and criticism then why are you hanging around an internet message board designed for critique and discussion? Please answer that question.

I could agree with Taylor's 18 carries being a misuse of about 8 carries. He should be around 10 carries. But to say Taylor shouldn't get any carries or that he's not an effective runner? Come on. Yeah I probably went overboard with that. I would like to see 8-10 carries a game for Taylor.

On #2. How do you know what he's doing? Are you standing next to him, or are you just going by what you see on tv? Since the cameras are on him the whole game, I can see how you can come to that conclusion. Oh wait, no I can't. I think there is a more effective manner to coach and communicate then yelling at players and refs for four quarters.

He is, without question, more effective on his feet than Turner. At least Martinez seems to know which direction the endzone is. Turner will just run from east to west to east and then trip over his own feet, virtually every time he gets the ball. Also, isn't Martinez, like, our second leading rusher? I'd say he does alright with what he has. Here are the stats for rushing. I respectively and massively disagree that Martinez is better on his feet than Turner.

Giving Taylor 18 carries or whatever it was is a misuse of 18 plays. He is our least effective offensive weapon on his feet and would like to see the ball distributed to others more. If this was 2 years ago before the coaches made him more cautious with the ball I would be fine with it. He is simply not an effective runner on his feet when compared to Burkhead, Ameer, Bell, Heard, Cross, Enunwa, Marlow, and Turner.

Yes, I can login with my cox account and view it, regardless of the provider currently providing me internet.

I loved how Ameer looked around like. "What did I miss? What happened?" - Oh nothing Ameer, we are just REALLY psyched that you guys caught a punt return finally.

I'm just waiting for the game where everything finally clicks against a good team and we just beat the sh#t out of them. You think people expectations are high now, just wait till they get a glimpse of this team clicking on all fronts.

Yeah I was bored, so here are some of the results. RedRedJarvisRedwhine' Number of rushing yards for Colter - 99 Guessed Under Correct - Colter had 35 rushing yards. junior4949 Number of turnovers by TM - 1.5 Guessed Under Correct - T-Magic had zero turnovers. RedRedJarvisRedwhine Number of Total NW Yards - 400 Guessed Over Incorrect - They only had 301 yards of total offense. NUance Number of TD passes for TM - 2.5 Guessed Under - "Tmart will throw 2 TDs" Incorrect - T-Magic threw for 3 TD passes. epocSoN Number of Rex Burkhead Rushing Yards - 100 Yards Guessed Under - " I think Ameer gets a bulk of the carries. I will say 68yds for Rex." Correct - Rex had four carried for 13 yards. Q_Many Number of catches for Kenny Bell - 6.5 Catches Guessed Under - "4 for 80 yards" Correct - Bell had 6 catches for 77 yards and a TD billdozer15 Number of Nebraska turnovers - 2.5 Turnovers Guessed Over Correct - we had 3 turnovers billdozer15 Nebraska averages 5.5 yrds/carry Guessed - Over Incorrect - Neb had 201 Yards on 44 carries. (4.56 YPC)

Do you think we move Cam to tackle permanently? Seemed he shined much brighter there rather than D-end. I will probably rewatch it on Monday will a clear mind. It's hard to critique a game like that when my frustrations get the best of me.

Welp, I got the video of the play. Cotton recovered the fumble 2 seconds after the push on Stafford, so it was a good call I guess? I can upload it if you want I guess if anyone cares?

I'll find the questionable calls and put them up on the ol youtube real quick.

It was not a clip. Stafford was the defender on the play. We were punting. Touche. I automatically think of any shove to the back as a clip. You're right. I thought the call was BS, but there's still no reason for it. Honestly, I thought it was a legit call (the flag...not having to repunt it). Stafford was clearly retaliating for something and IIRC, it was after NU recovered the punt and the play was basically called dead. I'm trying to find video or even mention of it in an article, but the flag was warranted IMO. My only question is if the flag came before or after we recovered the punt. I didn't see what happened with Stafford but it seemed to be a late flag.

The only thing I can think of here is if it was enough for it to technically be a personal foul, which would be applied to the end of the play? I thought the officials had a poor game. On the 4th down we went for, we lined up and snapped the ball. They came running in and stopped the play and reset the clock, but never explained why? This allowed Northwestern to see the formation we wanted to run, get set and make adjustments. We probably wouldn't of gotten it anyway, but it's something little that pisses me of off. Another thing that happened was when we stopped Northwestern on 3rd down about 2 feet short of the first down. For some reason the officials came on to measure, even though it was obvious that it was nowhere near a first down. The extra time for measurement pretty much gave Northwestern a free timeout, and time to decide if they wanted to go for it, rather than being hurried to make a decision of going for it or not. It's just annoying.

I only recall two drives that Northwestern had on us. Their longest drive lasted 3:52 min and was an 11 play touchdown that started on their own 48. The other was a 2:38 min, 8 play drive that started on their own 50. I thought overall our D played great. I think we would have held them to 17 pts if we didn't have our turnovers.

On the punt that Northwestern fumbled and we recovered, they through a flag on Damien Stafford for a personal foul. It appeared to me that the flag came after we recovered the fumble. So why shouldn't we have gotten the ball 1st and ten but pushed back 15 yards? The TV coverage did a bad job showing what exactly happened so perhaps somebody has a better understanding of exactly what happened?

Which is why I think we play him this time around and keep the game close. I don't see them blowing us out again this year. No way Epoc. No way is this a blowout. I'm nervous about it, but offesively, Michigan has shown a lot more vulnerabitlty than one would think. They still have issues. Agreed. I think this will be our most difficult game left on the schedule, but I think it's winnable. Sounds weird to say after the sh#t show we put on today, but the great thing about playing stupid and somehow winning is that we can put it all together at any given moment and be great. Who knows, it could happen. I'm just not holding my breath.