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I'm actually pretty excited about next year. Sure we are losing a lot of starters on defense, but the d was pretty awful this year. so maybe some fresh blood will spark something good. it honestly can't get too much worse. And with the offense together another year continuing to make strides, i can see a 1-2 loss season going into the conference championship again. hell, might even go undefeated going into the conference championship game if the young defense shows some life.

Do we even practice during the week? i don't think i've seen a team this consistently bad in the first half of games since coach eric taylor's dillon panthers..

fortunately, we are only down 4, and we are a damn fine team in the 2nd half. i don't see any problems pulling this one out.

taylor is actually at 2630 rushing yards, with 3 games left this season, i don't think its unrealistic to think he could be at 6700 passing and 2800 yards rushing, (187 passing yards and 57 rushing yards per game.) by seasons end.

so a good season 2300 passing and 1200 rushing, would put him at 9000 passing and 4000 rushing. hell, if he finishes this season really strong, he could be at 6800-6900 passing and 2900 rushing by the end of the season, which means a really great, heisman kind of season, like 3100-3200 passing and 1100 rushing, could put him at 10000 passing and 4000 rushing. which is insane!

My grandma could catch the ball with how wide open their receivers have been.

mind you, she's 6'2" 220 and runs a 4.6 40..

I would be willing to bet that he will be in the role that Tebow had when he was a frosh. More of a short yardage back, inside the 10 type of guy.

 

He better put on some weight then... 6'5" 195? Even at 6'1" 205, Martinez is more of a Tebow-style athlete than Starling is. Don't see the point of using Starling in that role. I'd rather see him in the slot, like we used Bobby Newcombe his freshman year.

To be fair, Martinez was only like 175 his sr year of high school, and now he's 205. So it's not unfathomable to see starling putting on 30-35 pounds and becoming a bruising type of runner..

I think there's some short sightedness here.

 

So if he wins, what about all the kids that played college ball? Don't you think that they'll want a cut too?? I mean there are over 300 D-1 college basketball programs. I'm willing to bet good money that they'll want a cut too, because not all of them are in the "Association".

Most former players won't qualify - the Statute of Limitations will limit that. Most Statutes of Limitations are three years - meaning, if the kid didn't file within three years of their likeness first being used by EA, they're barred from doing so.

 

Ed O'bannon is a plaintiff in the case, and his "likeness" was back in the 8-bit days....

bald and not as good as his brother Charles??

I want my money too. There was a guy in that game that looked exactly like me and he had my name too!.......oh wait, thats bc I created him, but don't tell EA Sports!

I had a guy who looked just like me foo! Except he was 3 inches taller, 30 pounds skinnier and athletic.. Other than that we were identical!!

Analysts must be running out of things to talk about. All this talk about how fairley is as good if not better than suh has to be a joke right?!? Has the college football world gone mad? This is as bad as comparing McCoy to suh...

Cody Green does struggle more often than i would like. Remember watching the final 10 kin of the game saw Cody throw the ball and completely overthrew an open guy. Next play, another pass, this underthrown to an open guy. First thought went through my mind, Jesus Christ are we sure this kid played QB in high school?

The fact is Cody stepped up in the pocket, went through his read progression and found that open guy. While Martinez looked at the first option, the froze when that option wasn't open, turned his back downfield and took a sack.. At least Cody is getting to the point where he finds the open guy. It's a step in the right direction

If I was watson, I would escape to canada before my house gets lit on fire

Haha I live in Canada... It would be no safer for him here..

Zac Lee sucks. Everyone excused him because of the torn tendon, but I had that same injury when I was pitching in baseball, it doesn't effect much.

Same here. And I had the best era in my slo pitch league last season.

We would need a brilliant offensive mind at coordinator and a great offensive line coach to run our 80s and 90s offense to a perennial top ten position. Without those components, you have essentially the same thing we have now: An offense that can look cool against bad defenses, but falters to do much in the biggest games (think NCG vs. Miami). To make it to national title contendership, add in a all-conference IB and QB.

 

I don't know any available great offensive minds available to resurrect that type of offense. More realistic would be to find a good coordinator who can run a more basic offense and at least score in the mid-twenties against top 40 defenses. That, with Bo's defense, equals Big 10 championships.

I'd personally rather sputter in the national championship game than sputter against a 6-6 team that isn't ranked in the top 100 in defense...

I've been pretty critical of Cody Green the past couple of years. After watching the kid this year, I almost feel sorry for him.

 

How can we judge this kid when is always thrown in a no

win situation? His role is to polish a turd always. He clearly isn't the most gifted QB, but what is the guy supposed to do.

I agree. I thought Cody did a very good job of managing the Colorado game, hes much better at that than Martinez.I also think he would have been successful last night running the same game plan.

I agree. Cody stepped up in the pocket, looked at more than one receiver and found the open man. He just didn't have the accuracy to hit that open man most of the time. But at least he got to that point. Taylor never got past turning his back downfield when faced with any sort of pressure and taking a sack..

How many times is Cody green gonna get thrown under the bus by this staff?? Just throw him in at his own 1 and see what happens..

What was that? My dog throws better passes

My dog too, but my dog is air bud..

If our team performs better if he is on the sideline he needs to be on the sideline.

 

 

 

NO!!! REALLY?!

 

You people really form some idiotic opinions sometimes. You honestly think he would refuse to be on the sidelines because he likes the pressbox better? He prefers the pressbox because it lets him see the game better, which helps him call plays better. I don't think it has anything to do with the air-conditioning, or whatever you think it is. He publically stated last year he prefers the box because of playcalling, but he was on the sidelines for the end of last year to be there for Green when he needed help.

 

I don't understand how some of you are clueless enough to actually think he would knowlingly do something to hurt the team. Maybe we're better with him on the sidelines, maybe we're not; that's not the point. The point is that Shawn Watson thinks we're better when he's in the press box, and he knows a helleva lot more about the offense than any of you morons.

 

Why not be on the sidelines to help your star QB when he makes mistakes? We've had like 30 fumbles this year so don't tell me he is doing what he can. Also illegal formations late in the year. Also complete bs. This was all season long and was any of this ever fixed by Watson? NO! We have had a defensive presence on the sideline since Bo but nothing on offense other than Bo. So don't give me this he's doing what is best cause he is clearly not.

Wasnt he on the sidelines for some games last year. I remember it being torwards the end of the year, because he wanted communicate with his QBs better.

Yah. But why would a coach who counts "quarterbacks coach" among his job titles want to communicate with his quarterbacks better???(aww, I can't put a sarcastic face on with my I phone)

Nothing pains me more than to see Huskers go to either the "Donco's" or the "Cowgirls"...

 

Prince should go to my Raiders, so that we'll have a secondary that almost nobody will be able to pronounce....

And nobody would be able to throw against!

Wait a minute. UNL gets an entire week between the end of classes and finals? Must be nice...

It's the same way up here in Canada eh.

The "i" would be great, but burkhead and helu wouldn't be in the backfield at the same time anyway. Like zoogies said, the only way for the two backs to be in is a two back shotgun. Which would be sweet, a zone read triple option would be awesome.

I think having legate in as a lead blocker in the "I" would be effective, he does that job very well. My only problem with the "I" is Martinez. I think we can all agree that his footwork isnt great. I dont think watching him drop back every pass play would be pretty..

Would we be looking at Scott frost if he wasn't a husker? Probably not. But since he was. and we know about his outstanding character as a player, coupled with his success so far in his coaching career. He does deserve consideration.

And for the people who think that Scott frost as a football player is irrelevant to Scott frost the football coach. You're being foolish. The great work ethic, dedication and intelligence that made him a great player are certainly transferable characteristics for being a great coach.. It's definitely not all that matters, but they are great assets.

Might I recommend a couple of classic movie solutions?

1. Someone get drunk and go all Tim McGraw on some players. Duct tape a football to the boys hands and start wailing on it. "CAN YOU HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL?!"

2. The darnell Jefferson from the program; give the players a football to keep with them at all times. Their teammates instructed to try and take that football. If anyone else comes back to coach with that football. All hell will break loose.

It worked in the movies...

Well the size makes it look like alot more when there's a paragraph for each of bo's positions and a sentence for each of scott's.

 

here is what it would really look like

 

Bo Pelini

1991- graduate assistant at iowa

1993- qb coach at cardinal mooney high

1994- hired by san fran 49ers as scouting assitant, promoted to assistant secondary coach. then promoted to db's coach in 1995

1997- hired by new england as a db's coach

2000- hired by green bay as a linebacker's coach

2003- hired by NU as DC.

2004- hired by OU as Co-DC.

2005- hired by LSU as DC.

 

This is pelini's career before being hired by nebraska as a defensive coordinator

 

Now Scott frost

2002 - was a graduated assistant for nebraska

2007- hired as a graduate assistant at kansas state.

2007- Hired by the university of northern iowa as a linebacker's coach, was then promoted to co-defensive coordinator

2009- hired by the university of oregon as the wide receiver's coach

 

Bo was definitely more experienced when he was hired as the d-coordinator than scott is now, but the difference isn't a huge as the paragraphs would make it seem.

 

I personally would like to see scott come to nebraska as a wr or qb coach before getting a crack at a coordinator position here, but that's just me, and i wouldn't be opposed to him getting a look now.

 

edit: my bad, i forgot to put in bo's time at iowa and at cardinal mooney high..

2nd edit: scott also held graduate assistant positions

You forgot these.

Actually, i didn't. Note the part where i said that's pelini's career at the point he first became a defensive coordinator at nebraska.

Which is the point of comparing his career to frost's career now, given that we are debating whether or not frost has enough experience to be a coordinator..

 

I do have one question though; do you think he was told not to run from the pocket? It seems like Ganz in his first year and even Zac Lee last year were very hesitant to run when they had no options left and I can't help but wonder if Watson coaches them to stay with the pass at all cost. There's been times with all three (Taylor, Zac, Ganz) where they have no one open and some green in front of them, but they don't tuck it and go. It's just strange to me that they would all have the same habit (granted Taylor may not be confident in his feet at the moment).

I don't know if that's the million dollar question, but it's at least the $100,000 question... I really really really want to know what is being coached there.

I was thinking the same thing. Even when he was healthy, I don't recall many times that taylor ran the entire year when it wasn't a designed run. Seems odd not seeing more scrambles from a player with that kind of speed.

Has NU even called a screen this year? It's been mysteriously missing from the game this year. Maybe it's because we ran it heavily over the past 2 years or so?

 

We called a screen right at the beginning of the game yesterday and the defensive end almost intercepted it...

i don't remember there being any blockers out in front. i think that may have just been a swing pass... not sure though.

Did Pelini have any experience as a d-coordinator when we hired him in 2003? He came in from a job as a position coach...

Pelini's resume directly from wikipedia. Long post, so be wary...

 

Following his playing career, Pelini began his coaching career at the University of Iowa as a graduate assistant for the Iowa Hawkeyes under Hayden Fry in 1991. During this period, he also completed his master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1992. In 1993, he served for one year as quarterbacks coach at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown.

 

In 1994, Pelini got his first position in the National Football League when he was hired by San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert as a scouting assistant. He was quickly promoted to assistant secondary coach, and by the spring of 1994 he had been promoted again to Defensive Backs Coach. In 1995, in his new position, he coached in his first Super Bowl as the 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49–26 in Super Bowl XXIX.

 

In 1997, Pelini was hired by New England Patriots head coach Pete Carroll, again as defensive backs coach, helping the Patriots reach the playoffs twice during his three years there.

 

In 2000, Pelini became the Linebackers Coach for the Green Bay Packers under head coach Mike Sherman. Green Bay posted a 33–15 record and reached the playoffs twice in Pelini's three years there as linebackers coach.

 

Pelini returned to the college ranks in 2003 when he was hired as Defensive Coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers by Head Coach Frank Solich. In 2002, the season prior to his hiring, Nebraska's defense was ranked 55th nationally. In his first year it improved to 11th and led the country in turnover margin. At the conclusion of the regular season, despite posting a 9–3 record, Solich was fired by new Nebraska athletic director Steve Pederson. Pelini was named the interim head coach and led the Cornhuskers to a 17-3 win over the Michigan State Spartans in the 2003 Alamo Bowl.[3] Pelini interviewed for the Nebraska head coach position, but Pederson instead decided after a 41-day search to hire Bill Callahan, who had just been fired by the Oakland Raiders after a disappointing 4–12 season. The following year, Nebraska's defense fell to 56th nationally.

 

For 2004, Pelini joined the Oklahoma Sooners as co-defensive coordinator under head coach Bob Stoops, helping the Sooners to a 6th place national rushing defense and 11th place national scoring defense on their way towards winning the 2004 Big 12 Championship Game and a spot in the 2005 BCS National Championship Game, where they were defeated 55-19 by the University of Southern California.

 

In 2005, Pelini was hired by Louisiana State University Tigers Head Coach Les Miles, again as defensive coordinator. His success continued, as LSU was ranked 3rd nationally in overall defense for each of his three years with the Tigers. At the conclusion of the 2007 regular season, LSU defeated Tennessee 21-14 in the 2007 SEC Championship Game and went on to win 38-24 against Ohio State, Pelini's alma mater, in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game.

 

During the 2007 football season, Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman fired athletic director Steve Pederson, and appointed former Cornhuskers head coach Tom Osborne as Interim Athletic Director. One day after the Cornhuskers' final game of the season, a 65–51 loss to Colorado and finishing the season with 5 wins and 7 losses, Osborne fired Bill Callahan and announced an immediate search for a new football coach. Pelini was selected after a nine-day search as the next head coach. Two names revealed among five interviewed candidates included Buffalo head coach Turner Gill and Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe.

 

Scott Frost's Coaching career...

 

In 2007, he joined the University of Northern Iowa coaching staff as the linebackers coach, later being promoted to Co-Defensive Coordinator.

On January 26, 2009, Frost was hired as the wide receivers coach for the University of Oregon.

 

That's a pretty significant difference, imho. Frost has a lot to prove before becoming a coordinator.

Well the size makes it look like alot more when there's a paragraph for each of bo's positions and a sentence for each of scott's.

here is what it would really look like

Bo Pelini

1991- graduate assistant at iowa

1993- qb coach at cardinal mooney high

1994- hired by san fran 49ers as scouting assitant, promoted to assistant secondary coach. then promoted to db's coach in 1995

1997- hired by new england as a db's coach

2000- hired by green bay as a linebacker's coach

This is pelini's career before being hired by nebraska as a defensive coordinator

Now Scott frost

2002 - was a graduated assistant for nebraska

2007- hired as a graduate assistant at kansas state.

2007- Hired by the university of northern iowa as a linebacker's coach, was then promoted to co-defensive coordinator

2009- hired by the university of oregon as the wide receiver's coach

Bo was definitely more experienced when he was hired as the d-coordinator than scott is now, but the difference isn't a huge as the paragraphs would make it seem.

I personally would like to see scott come to nebraska as a wr or qb coach before getting a crack at a coordinator position here, but that's just me, and i wouldn't be opposed to him getting a look now.

edit: my bad, i forgot to put in bo's time at iowa and at cardinal mooney high..

2nd edit: scott also held graduate assistant positions