3rd and long

OMG!

I just want them to play all four quarters. I hope the staff keeps reminding them of the Colorado game......although I don’t know who will keep reminding the staff. 

Just now, Zaimejs said:

Have we thrown one pass down the field? Is this a sign of some problem with Martinez?

Well, he did toss that “quacker”. But it worked so I’m not complaining.  

Did Chinander just learn about this new blitzy thing?

1 minute ago, lo country said:

That screen needs to never be used again.  

Talk about wishful thinking!

AM is backfooting his throws badly today. Where did that come from?

Just now, Stone Cold said:

Holy s#!t im laughing so hard im crying at this.  Not sure if because its so funny or its so true

That’s why Frost always says we have a great week of practice. Because we’re playing ourselves. The bad offsets!

Just now, LumberJackSker said:

Maryland so far is out dumbing Nebraska

There is no way anyone tops that statement today!

Just now, PaulCrewe said:

Holy hell

 

RAHMIR SIGHTING

Let’s run him inside all day!

Man, does he look small. 

Just now, dspanther05 said:

What was that thing we did there with more than 4 guys trying to get to the QB on third down?

Can you really do that!?  

Just now, PaulCrewe said:

And that’s what you get feeding a confident back.  Strong,decisive runs

So let’s quit doing it.....

Just now, dspanther05 said:

Should have caught the pass, but why throw a fastball there.

And behind him as well. Tough to catch a fastball from close range when you have to turn your body. 

Just now, lo country said:

I really have no idea. Even no talent, no buy in would try to do something better right?  Coaching?  Players pressing?

We should just automatically fair catch every kickoff. 

1 minute ago, krc1995 said:

I thought the same thing and then it worked to the right

It does make a difference when they get the block. But asking a tight end to consistently block a DB is asking a lot. 

Just now, lo country said:

No doubt....WTH.  Our ST's continue to be less than average.

Aren’t you supposed to just run straight into the defenders?  From inside your own endzone?

Just now, krc1995 said:

God, I love that play

By God, we’re going to keep running it until it works. At least once!

32 minutes ago, BetterDayByDay said:

The instant gratification crowd that "want it now" mentality. Not wasting my energy on them. Why even bother with that mess. Everyone knew going into this with a new coach that things were in shambles. Being on the outside looking in, we just dont know how bad it was.  We dont know what residue is still there from two different coaches and just how deep some of that rot is left behind. Obviously, Tyrin Ferguson could of been some of that rot. But we just dont know. What I do see is most of the team is on board but I am sure there are a handful of holdouts. But if they are the "best" you have and they are not totally rotten. Then you go with what you have. The most childish thing I read on here and on other social media posts are the worst. Fire Frost, Fire Chinander, blah, blah, blah. Those kinds of people lack patience and definitely do not fit the bill of "grown up" by any means. 

 

Heard the same crap for the first 20 years of Osborne's tenure as football coach. The best, and most intelligent thing out of that was the powers that be had the patience and resolve to stick with it. Sometimes, you just have to block out the insanity and role with the punches. So the "instant gratification" crowd and pound sand. Why? Sitting on the outside, looking in, and only seeing a small fraction of what is truly going on does not allow those to make educated, or intelligent assessments. The team is getting better and it shows. You can see those that truly give their all. Firing a defensive coach in year two is not the answer. There is just no real talent on the team at this time to provide a good pass rush. 

 

In the end, it takes less time to destroy something. Takes longer to build something worth while. Be happy someone wants to be here and correct the damage. It is written in his face, and emotions. You want instant gratification? Go buy a box of lucky charms. I hear their "magically" delicious.

While I’m very much in the Frost is our guy camp, and am far from an “instant gratification” person,  I can still see issues that are staff related and not player based. 

Like the use of our potential redshirt players (wasting games for one snap),  wasting a timeout to start the second half of a game. Those aren’t subjective questions like scheme or play calling, those are just poor calls on the staff. Plain and simple. 

We’re all on the outside, but often times you can make educated and intelligent observations and assessments from there. Contrary to what you want to believe. Questioning the staff doesn’t  mean someone is calling for them to be replaced, often it is simply that, questioning. Which goes on at every level or sport, and every coach. 

There are almost as many people here( maybe even more) blindly saying “its all talent” as there people questioning the staff (outside of Chinamder, there the ratio seems to skew heavily the other way).  You do realize that there are some of those “questioning” people who know what they’re talking about. 

11 hours ago, Nebhawk said:

Amart looked great in the first quarter, but as the game went along, looked lesser and lesser.  I don't know if its play calling or just lack of execution by all on offense.  Amart is learning, but other QB's in the nation are progressing and doing things better with similar experience.  Our system isn't more complicated than others.  Man, when he runs the option, it looks like its natural.  We need to use that more often and use it more than silly screen passes.

The defenses attack our screen and swing passes so quickly I keep waiting for us to pump fake that short throw and instead go deep to someone who setup to block and instead heads downfield as a receiver. But I’m still waiting. 

27 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

On Martinez’s interception the spy LB stayed at the LOS and tipped the ball. I was so mad because there was a NU lineman right in front of the LB and he didn’t even attempt to block him. If the LB is blocked, he probably doesn’t get his hands up to tip the ball. 

I just caught a quick glimpse of that particular play. It looked to me like the LB was a couple yards deep of the LOS, and about a half step in trail of the the way the play was flowing. Pretty ideal spy position I thought. I don’t think the OL could have gone out and blocked him without possible being illegally downfield. I just don’t think AM saw him at all. 

And i could be completely wrong since it was just a quick glimpse. 

Just now, ColoradoHusk said:

Trying to save Rahmir’s redshirt. If he plays today, he is done for the season. 

I didn’t get to watch much today, but from reading this thread it sounds like we could have used him today. Seems that if Wandale will be back next week, this might have been a good week for his last game. What are we saving him for, to not play the last two?

1 minute ago, B.B. Hemingway said:

 

He isn't J. Taylor, and our OLine isn't Wisconsin's.... You absolutely have to mix it up

 

 You start mixing it up when the defense adjusts to try and take away what’s working for you. Until they stop it, keep going to the well. Don’t stop your momentum yourself. 

5 minutes ago, Xmas32 said:

 

I think to a lot of folks Jackson is the epitome of the Riley era and when he struggled early on in his career, he got painted with a scarlet letter and people are never going to forget it despite the fact that Jackson by all accounts should be someone that we celebrate for his resilience after he got benched last year.  He took his lashes, buckled down and put in the work to earn back his spot and I'd be pretty surprised if he isn't the first guy that gets drafted next year.  I agree that on the that play it's not a great look but to put this all on Jackson's feet is pretty head scratching to me.  

I don’t think anyone (or most at least) are laying most, or any at Jackson’s feet. I think he’s been our most consistent defender this year. 

But that one play unfortunately epitomizes what many have said about the overall effort this year. Many others have done the same thing. He just got caught in this particular instance showing an example of the effort we’ve seen. With the overall team play in this game everyone is frustrated and he kind of got made the poster child for the effort discussion.  

3 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:

 

Maybe. But when it's the same people always bringing up Jackson, maybe they just don't like him. And I don't think the fact that poor fundamentals and tackling has "become standard" is a reason to go find something else to blame - it's both. And I'm just not willing to say well we should've expected the missed tackles, so the real problem here is the 3rd guy not hustling enough. It is a problem, mostly team-wide I might add, but it doesn't absolve the bad tackling.

I added a little more to my post while you were quoting. Maybe adds a little more context to my thought process on it. 

Jackson is an enigma this year to me. I think he improved greatly in his cover skills (outside of the Indiana game) and I defended him pretty vigorously earlier in the year because of it. I think we all know he’s not a “hiitter” or even a tackler. That’s pretty well established. We know what we’re getting there. But the just standing around watching, that’s just bad. 

Nothing absolves the bad tackling. But it’s how we are right now. BUT, if Jackson puts forth ANY effort there he could have prevented the touchdown (notice I said could have, there is still the fact he would have had to actually made the tackle), and who knows what might happen on the next play. 

1 hour ago, dvdcrr said:

And 55 of those were against a team they were playing for a second time that season whom they had previously held to 13 points.  It is always harder to slow a team down the second time.

Especially when you never do anything different.