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3 hours ago, Mavric said:

DK, Hall and McMorris visiting today, decked out in Husker jerseys and signing autographs (tweet won't embed).

 

https://twitter.com/TalkHuskers/status/1736060569751326793

 

Might be old as Bell West was playing in the Heartland Challenge Basketball thing in I think GI against a team from Minnesota. 

2 hours ago, chamrocck said:

Saw something that if playing with his brother was a big deal, Pricewell would’ve went to Florida last year. 

Holy cow this PSU game is going forever. Neither team can stop fouling and there’s been 1 minute of game time for 15 minutes of real time. 

Came into the match knowing that they were better than LIU and have just been lackadaisical in all aspects since about halfway through the second set. Think LIU is playing the best they've played all year (with no prior knowledge of the team they do seem to have some players who have some skill), but the 3rd set has been a major disappointment.

Hopefully the set is a wake up that teams aren't going to lay down to be walked over until the Sweet 16 and beyond just because they're ranked first and went until the last weekend of the year before hey lost their first game.

Tommy Hill going from a player used as a gadget on offense and an afterthought overall to locking down a side of the field and getting 4 ints on the year. 
 

DL going from a perceived deficiency to the best group on the team. 
 

Bryce Benharts improvement and just being healthy so we didn’t have to worry about another back up on the oline. 

Shot poorly tonight against a team ready to play and won by 14.  Defense stepped it up and Kesei hit a couple 3s to get some space and they didn’t look back. Didn’t allow a point for 9:30 in the second half to close out the game until some garbage time buckets that closed things to the final score. 
 

Decent team, but missing Sam could loom large in some games. 

On 11/4/2023 at 2:10 PM, Mavric said:

 

Holy cow were the refs bad at spotting the ball. Haarberg got to at least the 3 on the scramble the previous play and they spotted it at the 4. Then again on the last drive where Coleman ran his route to the sticks and they spotted it a yard short. 

12 minutes ago, zeWilbur said:

The Wisconsin game is also listed in Peacock on the 18th as a night game. Haven't seen that anywhere else and I don't like where this seems to be heading. 

It’s on NBC. It just also streams on Peacock. 

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

Something that’s noticeable when they’re running free into the end zone, but both Lloyd and Johnson covered up the ball when they were crossing the goal line. They described why they do that somewhere, but it’s nice to see two freshman follow through. 

4 hours ago, knapplc said:

 

With three of five starters out for extended weeks, if not the season, guys moving around along the line and underclassmen playing, we still lead the Big Ten in rushing.

 

I think this O Line is sneaky better than people are giving them credit for. Not good, but better than bad. 

 

That said, building from the O Line up is, obviously, the best way to build a team.

Think peoples annoyances with Raiola not helping to land his Nephew is helping with peoples annoyances at the fact that our OLine isn’t a final product this instant. They’re ok, and with how poor they were the last few years it’s been an improvement. I also think the offense is running plays to protect the tackles better than the last few years (more chipping on pass plays). 

8 minutes ago, chamrocck said:

 

Obvious text book targeting, fuh getta bout it!

Ball bouncing around on top of pile with no player down and Nebraska comes out with it, dat der is Purdue ball 

I think the first kickoff fumble overturn informed the muffed punt. The first one they let things play out and got it wrong on the field. The second, they still got it wrong, but there was very little chance of Nebraska coming up with the ball at that point. 

24 minutes ago, runningblind said:

The play call wasn't a bad one, it took them off guard as they were fully expecting run. Haarberg is just not a QB, which really isn't fair to him either that he's the only one on the roster basically who can help right now.  Purdy has more potential as a passer (not sure exactly how MUCH more, but more), but he'd die behind our line since he isn't a runner.

 

I think Rhule's done a great job to date, but his one huge mistake so far was not getting a better QB on this roster.  The schedule has been ridiculously soft this year and it's a shame to not have a competent offense for the stretch run.

HH isn't a good thrower, but he didn't even need to hit Nate in stride, just float a ball in his general area and its still going for 50 (unless the other safety went center field at the snap). It's about him laser focusing on Fidone and then forcing the ball into him.

Watching highlights on YouTube and holy s#!t, that first play is a huge play if HH throws to Nate instead of Fidone. The Safety on that side has Fidone the entire play and Nate just runs free.
 

Players gotta execute. 

Anyone think the grey shirts for the offensive starters is the start of something? Or just something to make them easily identified while in practice?

59 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

What has Benhart's grades been like?  I haven't heard hardly anything about him this year....which is usually a good thing for an O lineman.

Saw somewhere that he has the highest PFF rating on the oline.

7 hours ago, chamrocck said:

You can’t fire Rhule but we can grade him.  It was bad.  My target is for Nebraska to be a ranked top 25 team consistently.  So I’ll give my grades against that measurement, meaning you have to get A’s in all these to be Top 25.

 

Passing game F

Run game D

O line D

Defense B-

D Line C-

Pass Coverage B-

Pass rush D

Special Teams C+

Clock management C-

 

Long way to go. I really thought we’d be C+/B- range but we have too many issues and I did not expect QB to be this much of a problem. 

Can you explain that? I only saw one mistake by the special teams in the game, Kemp letting the first punt bounce that allowed it to roll down to the 1. All kickoffs were covered and didn't allow Minnesota to reach the 20 on their returns. Punts were good and they prevented any long returns. Alvano nailed his two kicks right down the middle, and Johnson had a 60 yard kick off return. There wasn't anything spectacular, but that feels like a B grade to me, especially if you give the Pass coverage a B-.

1 hour ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Nearly everyone expected Neb to lose by a TD, or more. We actually played toe to toe with a better team.  We made more mistakes and nearly won the damn game. We lost on a final play FG to prevent OT.  To read this board and most other reporting, Neb should suddenly have been a three TD winner?

What gives?   I just don’t understand the entire attitude.  
 

A last minute change of mind and all the negative naysayers become Nebraska fans for a few days only to quickly transform back into bashers.    I suspect that the 3 year resurrection plan became a one game miracle failure.  
 

What head coach would ever want the job if he’s given one game?   What players / recruits would even consider Big Red with a rotten egg fan base?  This team and staff deserves better than this crap.  Just my opinion. 
 

Constructive criticisms are one thing.  Name calling and mean spirited BS spewing is outrageous.  
 

We could have won that game, despite some glaring first game errors.  A win would have been a HUGE upset.  Period.  It almost happened. 
 

I, for maybe the only one, see a lot of positives and look forward to moving forward in the long term Husker football rebuilding plan.  This season may surprise people. It may not, for those, who somehow, imagine that one game is the beginning and ending of Husker football, once again. 

I agree with this, but most of the complaints I've seen is the old same s#!t, different year. Not so much that we lost, but this loss looked very similar to all the other one score losses the teams had for however many years now. The team plays better/equal with their opponent, make some mistakes that keep points off the board, and then make a huge mistake that lets the opponent get the lead in the last minute.

This Minnesota team felt like all the other Minnesota teams the last few years, minus someone like Ibrahim. They'll probably win 7 or 8 games as their defense is well coached and will make sure that their offense doesn't need to score too much to get a victory. With the Big West kind of in a transition year with a number of teams (Purdue losing its coach, NW's mess and other things), they should be able to get to the number.

It's annoying that they focus on that instead of the things we improved. Special teams looked solid with the only mistake being Kemp not catching the first punt, but that only traveled something like 20 yards in the air and then got a lucky initial bounce that brought the ball down to the 1. Defense already looks like they have playable depth. In the first half, Minnesota ran 32 plays and Nebraska had 15 different players involved in a tackle. The offense took their TOP deficit in the first half and made it almost equal by the end of the game.

25 minutes ago, desertshox said:

 

If you are referring to the deep throw on the td drive, the defender was making a play on the ball and the receiver came back into him. The no call was the right call.

Same thing happened to Betts in '21 Wisconsin, and I remember a whole lot of complaints about a no call there.

11 minutes ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

Really bad play call and an even worse pass.

Bad pass Nate was open. Underneath where the throw went. 

Keisei helped spark a come back as Japan was down 17 halfway through the 3rd and ended up winning by 10. He ended with 17.

He's currently cooking for Japan as they try to claw back from a deep hole against Finland.

On 8/13/2023 at 8:51 PM, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

 

hey. I figured it out. 
 

Guess I won’t be using the app for a while. 

Isn't it the Wisconsin Governor the one who appoints the replacement if they impeach her? Who is of course a Democrat.

On 7/28/2023 at 6:14 AM, ColoradoHusk said:

I’ve never heard of Androff, and Malcom was one another player I expected to move on during this offseason. 

Androff was a TE in Minnesota at Lakeview South(?) the opposite school of Benhart. Got here and they were already half joking about getting him on the oline (not because of Jurgeons, just his body style probably warranted in the change to Tackle)

1 hour ago, Moiraine said:

 

 

McConnell has no charisma and never has as far as I'm aware. I don't know how he won elections to begin with.

You do. It involves the state he represents and the letter next to his name.

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