Husker66

there wasn't a ref with a mile and they just all stand around looking at each other and then decide to give the ball to CU? WTF?

yeah, just like they rolled aTm. If you didn't watch, ATM had an offense. WE DON'T the O I saw of aTm last night. I would take that O any day compared to what we have seen this season...any day! and twice on sunday.

gawd.......TU......is....gonna.....roll......us!

1. We "live" in the top 15 I don't recall the number now but we were in the top 25 for so many hundred consecutive weeks until a few years ago. need to get back there. 2. we recruit very well on both sides of the ball and are at least 2 deep at all positions with kids who would start most everywhere else with #3 and #4 as freshman who will be future #1#2. 3. teams like KSU, MU, ISU, KU get tired of getting their asses kicked for 20 years in a row by 30 points or more. we start turning places like columbia, lawrence, manhattan and Ames into home games again. 4. we win the Big 12 North 2 out of 3 years and start winning Big 12 championship games 1 out of 3 times. 5. We challenge for the National Championship on average every 5-7 years or so. then I think we are "back". that is the way it used to be. we would certainly not be perfect and win all the time, but we would be a dominant team. right now I think we are making strides on defense to be "back". Offense now needs to be addressed and I think it will be. when the offense and defense perform at a consistently high level year in and year out, we will be "back" because all the criteraia above will be satisfied. we are getting close.

yes, wasn't that McNeill they took off the field after that big hit. I think it was the same play as the roughing call? sorry, my computer freaked out and did not know the question did not post. the board doesn't rcognize me as the poster so I can edit......

I think having Helu more available allows you to run and sell the power I . Defenses have to respect tyhat you might run or pass from the I. I also like to see the tight ends used more. without Helu we are almost non dimensional on O. I think maybe Zac Lee is also gaining confidence..but he still seems to run tentatively.

Had a great time at the game yesterday. As usual there were a few minor incidents in the stands but the blue seemed to police the blue, and we policed our own. at one point I had to step down and get one of our guys to quit cussing(in front of young kids)....usual stuff. And.... I am not a big fan of doing the "gooo biiiggg reddd" thing on the way out the door of an away game, particularly where we easily could have lost. be humble and polite win or lose. save that for home and bowl games. Husker Nation showed up big. Of course as close to Lincoln and KC you are going to have a lot. I would say if you put all the Husker fans together, it was a 1/3 NU fans. people were commenting how well we traveled. I was really surprised how contained our front 4 were, but still a good defensive effort against a good passing team. I thought we would get more pressure. I did not think 31-17 was indicative of performance. We are very lucky we had some big penalties in our favor and a great defensive play with causing the fumble when we needed them. Mangino had a great game plan ready. I was also surprised by the O. I thought if it was going to take the O to win, we were in trouble. but we are a different team with Helu. Really liked that we passed to our tight ends, lined up under center old school and still operated out of the shotgun from time to time to keep everyone honest. 2 very good big pass plays were refreshing to see. On the way out, the coaching staff was coming down the elevator and all of a sudden standing in front of me is Tom Osborn! Of course I grabbed his arm, said great game coach, he said he appreciated it, and I went on my way... Anyway, glad to have the win and lets hope we put on the best balanced performance of the season against KSU. we will need it.

I'm N!

I do not think KSU wants a night game with the big 12 on the line in Lincoln. I was glad to hear it.

Owamagbe Odighizuwa A 5 star Defensive line recruit that would be quite dandy to nab away from the Florida's and USC's of the world. I think I saw a thread on a sooner website that he was interested in NU and they did not like it.

When asked by a reporter about his future as a college player, Guy responded: "Yes, sir, I'm committed to Nebraska. It's a good fit for me. I don't know if you watched the game, but the Nebraska defensive line is ridiculous. I think Nebraska can take me to the next level as a player." I posted a comment about this a month ago or so....that I thought kids might start passing up Miami beach to come to play for Nebraska because what they thought NU would make of them. I really think we are going to start being a Defensive destination for kids who want to play on Sunday. that is squarely on the Pelini brothers. Now get the O fixed with recruiting and we are in business. On a seperate note, one of the stations in KC was talking about the NU and KSU match up in Lincoln. He made the case that he believes that in 2009, defenses have adjusted to the spread and there seems to be a decline in these aerial 600 yard games....and NU was one who is figuring it out. he also talked about if you can stop these passing attacks and run the ball without losing it, there will be a return to 20-13 games where D makes a big difference and pounding the rock is the best offense. I thought that was an interesting comment.

Lee passed, I mean pitched, behind and high?????nooooooooooo that was a poor decision to pitch and it should have been lower. loved how 4 OU guys were fighting over the ball like there was an NU player in there.

the polls are soooo meaningless anymore. Ever since 01 when we went from #1 to #7 back to #1 because everyone ahead of us lost while we were finished playing... they have been screwy. polls just seem to mean if you are ranked, someone unranked is about to beat you.

I did not understand the call where the return guy was thought to have stepped out of bounds, then they run a play, then go back and review it, then they allow OU to replay 1st down and put the clock back to :41? maybe I was drinking too much beer?

As excited as I am , I think it takes a balanced win to be a signature win. no balance , no sig. but gawd what a defensive performance. If the O scores 14 or 21 on good solid drives, yes then I would say yes to sig win. I am damned happy though!

Ron Prince has to be feeling good right now. he would be 0- 10 right now

A good win would have been more convincing say 40-10. If we are getting better, we would have won by a lot more. we were a dropped wide open pass and a poor kick away from taking us to overtime. With that offensive output , I do not see another W on the schedule Do you honestly think we will put 30 on OU like KSU did? I get the "ill take a W over an L anyday" thing. but that will not get us wins at against KSU, Colorado, and certainly not OU. IF KSU can coach up a bunch of D2 kids with a 7X year old coach, can we do something with the guys we have? I think this is a very hollow "W" that will ultimately not mean much. Jeeze we are talking about a win over baylor.....

the last time we were shut out at home? Nov 9, 1968 against KU. I hear foot steps. It could be coming.

If we win this game it showed nothing as fixed or maybe fixable. This is pathetic. OK, we brought Cody Green in and that seemed like the answer until the second half. Inept coaching, inept offense, inept recievers....I am at such a lack of words right now. I am beyond the "we have to rebuild" talk. We have nothing on offense. That offense will not win us another game this year. Frankly between missed kicks and dropped balls, Baylor is beating themselves. The O needs to be completely overhauled and replaced from coaching on down. did we get tired in the second half or did Watson put us in the Victory formation to run the clock down at the beginning of the 3rd. If we do not get this fixed, we will go the way of Army, SMU, Minnesota(6 NC's) and all other one time great programs that haven't amounted to a pile of s#%t in 40 years. It is breathtaking how far this team has fallen since the Gator bowl. The last 3 games has been a shock to reality that we are no closer to "getting back" than the day Osborne left, Peterson came in and we hired Callahan. Long slow slide that has just gotten faster and faster. I know guys are hurt but... this is a depressing win.

watching WVU(19) with their hand full with USF. Rankings mean nothing anymore other than you are about to get beat by someone unranked. Anymore, the higher ranked team is the underdog and the underdog is the favorite. It used to be an upset was special, now its expected and almost boring.

Ahh Yes, the Scoring Explosion. Now you have opened another wound for those of us who are old timers....I was 15 that year. I had a blue scring exlosion poster in my room. We were supposed to win it all that year. Went to the NC undefeated and favored. We score with 48 seconds left or something like that. TO decides to go for 2 for the win against Miami at the shock of the TV announcers and the world.Turner Gills pass was tipped by Ken Calhoun of the Hurricanes . Everyone was talking about what a huge sport Nebraska was for going for 2 for the win instead of 1 to tie the game and win the NC. i don't recall playoffs back then. Guess who went on to win Superbowls for the 49's? Doug Dubose,Roger Craig, Tom Rathman, Irving Fryar...all part of thet scoring explosion team. I remember thinking for years that those guys could win the superbowl but not a NC under TO! Now thats bad, but there was a time when we thought TO could not win the big games. oh yes, there were times. No wonder Husker fans are mental.

I think the whole interview pretty much summed up what everyone on this board has been saying. I found myself aggreeing with just about everything. maybe we are not deep enough to go 1's on 1's full speed right now, but we have to get back to that. this was a big complaint of callahan- no physical practices and it showed on the field. we are soft blocking on O with the WCO(squat and protect instead of blowing everyone off the line Dave Rimington style). we need to be running more power game or working/recruiting towards it, we need to quit burning redshirts without reps and having everyone stand around studying the 270 play playbook. get the redhshirts in the stands, use this tight ends more, bring the game back to the middle of the field, quit with the damned flat passes and start looking down field and start blocking down field. start running down field. I know we probably recruited a lot of kids to run the WCO under callahan which is a different blocking technique than driving down the field 5 yard at a clip. maybe we are just playing with the kids we have. I really hope we are recruiting back to some of the old ways. if not, we are not going to get a much different team in the future. the Percy Harvins are not coming here, period. recruit and play for speed on d for all this pass happy crap and recruit on O for power . no one will know or have the horses to defend a power Offense. I realy miss the game football used to be. Power football and attitiude won in the trenches. lining up and punching your guy in the face. pounding the rock and making everyone respect it. Now its about pretty receptions and pass happy O. Its like baseball becoming a homerun derby. I really do not like what college football has become in the last 10 years(not just because NU has fallen off).

I have more fun things to do. I am going to go chew on tin foil, cut my hair with a cheese grater and get my teeth pulled with no novacaine. its atleast less painful. thanks for the heads-up, though.

What a year. I took a bet from a guy in my office this summer that NU would win the North, maybe not win the big 12, but win the North. His was just an uneducated(lol) bet against NU and mine was based upon the following analysis at the moment. At the time it seemed simple. the NU program was headed in the right direction. we had just gone 8-1 after the OT loss to TT on a bad decision by Ganz. we won against CU and Clemson in BIG come-from-behind fashion which was not typical at NU. We were returning most of what I thought was a good base set of guys on offense, 2 good guys at RB with a developing bullpen behind them. The big ? was QB1 and the loss of couple big play recievers. We had put together one of the best defenses in the country and they were mostly all coming back. Suh was going to play his senior year( which I thought said something) Our competition favored our run to Dallas in December. MU was depleted at almost every position and had a tough schedule but they were MU and we needed to beat them at home KU basically had no defense and had the 4 guys left Briscoe, meyer, sharp and Reesing. KU also had a tougher schedule. We beat them last year and I thought we had come farther than them by the time would meet again CU's program seemed to be in disarray with the Hawkins(s) KSU was trying to figure out who the hell the coach was going to be and going after Juco players because they had obvious problems with recruiting. ISU never really entered my mind with a new coach, they were still ISU NU had an easier schedule, returned a bunch of starters, hadd swagger and momentum. it looked like we building back to a winning program, not the 90's, but a strong program Then Castille gets let go for being stupid, VT showed us our O could not score in the red zone and we left a lot of points on the field in that one just like yesterday, and then all the injuries to our backs, WIL, etc. Now? if this trend continues we could be onto the worst season since 1961 if we lose to Baylor and all the way out( which at this point is arguably a possibility unless the offense has a miraculous turn around). Now the talk is of maybe we should let a few coaches go? how will recruiting be impacted? 2010 is a rebuilding year? wait, 2010 we were supoosed to really be loaded! For all the red ass meltdown on this board right now, I think this is less about the losses to TT and ISU and more that deep down we are all questioning the viability of this program. Nebraska Football is maybe at the greatest risk it has been in 40 years. Don't get me wrong, I think we have a lot of the right pieces, but this is still very fragile. I am just hoping and praying we get it figured out. And as wacky as this season has been, I think you could argue it can happen. When ISU and CU can come out of nowhere to lead the north, when A & M can get destroyed week after week and then shell TT, when OU is fighting to stay bowl illigible after being a legit contender for heisman and NC, I have faith and hope this funk we are in will lift. But make no mistake about it, the organization and program is still at great risk. that is what bothers me the most. just my thoughts on a sunday morning.

"I honestly think its our fault though. We came into this season expecting so much, and now that it looks like our high expectations are not going to be coming true, we are taking a lot of anger and frustration. Another thing is we expected a quick recovery to former glory from Bo and this team and it just isnt happening." Huh? we go win the Gator bowl, come back with a lot of our offense less two recievees and Ganz, a loaded defense, a friggin Heisman trophy candidate at DT, and we expect too much? All we expected was to win enough games to win the North, and get to the Big 12 chanpionship and likely lose. not play in the NC. I do not think those are high expectations. IMHO