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1 minute ago, The Dude said:

Lame running game.

Lame offensive line. They're literally getting pushed back every play.

Our offensive line is garbage.  Thompson has been under pressure all game. Offensive line can't run block and can't pass block. They're terrible.

28 minutes ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

But, running the ball is a thing of the past and just won’t work in the modern age!   So says the experts and even the wannabe experts.  The rest of us cfb Neanderthal types just have to wake up.  
 

God forbid Frost and Whipple should dare to think such an idea could possibly work.  No, we just got to have a heisman trophy QB and a half dozen first round pick receivers and A ‘Great Wall’ O line to create air superiority.  Three or four chunk plays and bingo!

 

Forget those boring 4-5 yard runs and 5 minute TD drives.  If we don’t quite have all those pieces, well, we’re close.  Maybe a few transfers and h.s. recruits and next year Nebraska’s back.  It’s only been two decades in the making.  Be patient - just you wait and see.  

You won't win a NC if you run the ball more than 65% of the time. The last team to do that was Bama in 08 or 09 and they ran it 66% of the time.  Osborne even said he'd run a spread offense if he was a coach in today's game.

On 5/28/2022 at 7:39 PM, GlobalHusker said:

 

https://247sports.com/college/nebraska/Article/Ex-Nebraska-QB-Adrian-Martinez-says-Kansas-State-is-most-talented-squad-in-career-188072745/
 

"I feel like this is the perfect opportunity for me to finally show that I can be all that my potential is, if that makes sense,” Martinez said this week on KC Sports Network. “You know, I feel really good about the attributes I have and my skill on the field. Now, let’s put it all together and gets some wins and let’s do this thing. I’m confident about that and this is the situation to do it. There’s some incredible pieces and incredible players on this team. Probably the most talented squad I’ve been able to be a part of and that gets me excited. I think it’s a great opportunity for me to take that next step.”

 

 

Hmmmmm….

I guess Wan’Dale wasn’t very talented. Same with Stanley Morgan.  I guess I better look more closely at their roster! Thoughts???

What was he supposed say?  "Oh, this team isn't very talented."  You're criticizing him for being a leader and boosting up his new team. It is beyond ridiculous to complain about his statement.

22 hours ago, big_red_husker_01 said:

Why you guys so dubious on Huskers. We lost all games less than 10 points. Small improvement on O & D will have big factor in record next year, big swing around. If we make small improvement record swings to 9-3

Except our defense will take a step back.  I think our offense can take a big step forward though 

3 weeks ago I would have said 4 wins. Now I'm saying 8 wins due to the transfer portal.

9 hours ago, Jeremy said:

Who cares what everyone else is doing? Are we going to win doing the same thing as everyone else? 

 

Did Osborne care about the offense that Florida State was running?

 

The coaches in Lincoln went 3-9. That record speaks for itself. 

Because other coaches would be running the ball more than 70% of the time it was actually successful. You can NOT be successful running the ball more than 70% of the time.

9 hours ago, funhusker said:

That was the advent of zone-read wasn’t it?

 

I don’t remember White going under center much.

Pretty much.  They ran a lot of option from shotgun, they ran the ball 76% of the time.

The last power 5 team to run the ball 70% or more (besides Georgia tech) was west Virginia in 2006 when they had Slaton and white.  Apparently "run the ball" guys know more than the coaches of today. Maybe they should apply for head coaching jobs!

Just now, Frustrated said:

I'm disgusted by our team's behavior. We should have stayed and honored Wisconsin. Cheered by the side of the road if you will. We ran out of the room.

You realize EVERY team does this to let the other team celebrate, right?  Do you watch championships in other sports?

I remember when we were this excited about Verduzco.  I'm not gonna fall for this again until I see results on the field. 

8 minutes ago, Husker_Bohunk said:

So just one Power 5 team in 11 years out of how many Power 5 teams? Those aren't good odds.

Not very good. I might look at the data before then as well. Even the heavy running teams have a 65:35 run to pass ratio. This whole "more than 70%" concept is absurd.

4 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said:

There have been no winning power 5 teams who have ran the ball more than 70% of the time since 2010.

Except Georgia tech.

2 hours ago, Jeremy said:

With our offense as it is now, our 2 best receivers left, and one is setting records in Kentucky. What QBs have we gotten in the last 18 years that set the world on fire? Behind this line, would Joe Burrow have gotten the Heisman?

There have been no winning power 5 teams who have ran the ball more than 70% of the time since 2010.

11 hours ago, HuskersNC949597 said:

Wisconsin ran 60 plays in the 2012 CCG, 50 of which were runs (83%). 3 of their TDs were runs of 56, 57 and 68, and they had a 9-yard TD that was a 1-play drive thanks to a turnover. Wisconsin did not throw a single pass in the second half. Hilarious for anyone to cite that one game as a model for Nebraska to follow when it had far more to do with Pelini being so ill-prepared it's amazing he ever got a job again than anything Wisconsin did.

I'm going by the WHOLE year.  They only ran the ball 63% of the time that whole year. This other guy thinks we need to run it over 70% but there have been ZERO power 5 schools who had a winning season who ran it over 70%. I went all the way back to 2009-2010

Just now, Undone said:

Yeah but they had James White, Melvin Gordon, and Montee Ball at RB that year. We don’t exactly have those guys right now.

This dude wants to run the ball over 70% of the time yet Wisconsin has NEVER ran the ball that much. They're around 61% to 66% at their highest run percentage in past 20 years. I just looked it up.

12 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

In the past 18 years, trying to throw the ball, Nebraska has nothing to show for it. Why keep trying to do what everyone else is doing, and continue to fail? We made it to the B1G Title game once, and what did Wisconsin do to absolutely DESTROY us?

 

I'll give you a hint. It wasn't by throwing.

Wisconsin only ran the ball 66% of the time that year and 63% the year before. 

4 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

Aren't we dead last in recruiting now?

Our score would even be worse if we went to 80% running. No wrs nor qbs would ever want to come here.

5 hours ago, Jeremy said:

Stats are for losers. The only stat that matters is the score, and we've averaged 23 points per game against FBS competition under Frost. That's NOT a solid scheme. In fact, that SUCKS. You don't know what a flexbone offense would do against the B1G. Army has done well against both Michigan and Wisconsin with a FRACTION of our talent, so you literally couldn't be MORE wrong. 

 

This scheme in Lincoln has never won anything of significance. We're one of the worst teams in the conference. A doormat. It's idiotic to want to continue doing the same crap that has gotten us here.

You realize none of the national champions in the past 20 years has run the ball more than 70% of the time, right?  If running the ball 70% of the time is the key to success then why aren't more teams doing it? 

1 minute ago, chamrocck said:

Sheesh, 15 yards for?

You actually think players can touch officials? This isn't anything new...

But our fanbase will still complain about the refs "being against us" if we end up losing.

2 minutes ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

Maybe you'll realize no poster was called out, it was the commentators, but thanks for playing.  Maybe you could learn to read before chiming into something you don't know anything about.

So you called them out when you were wrong and they were actually right.  Regardless, by the rules, that was a facemask.  You could just admit you were wrong. 

56 minutes ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

I'd rather you just inform me 20 minutes later and follow that up with telling you to take a long walk off a short pier.

Maybe you'll look up the rules Next time before calling other posters out.  

3 minutes ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

That's not a facemask you blind dips#!ts, he had the helmet not the facemask..

Maybe you should read the rulebook.  You can't grasp any part of the helmet.  Learn the rulebook.

8 hours ago, r06ue1 said:

Triple option, never going to change my mind on this. Running the ball eats clock, keeping your defense fresh, wears out the opposing teams defense and opens up the deep ball. I have always hated spread offenses and pass first offenses. 

You need a 60/40 or 55/45 split. If you look at the last 15 champions, they all had a 40/60 or 45/55 run to pass ratio. The only team that ran the ball more was one of the Alabama teams in the mid 2010s and they were 63 to 47 run to pass ratio I believe.