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16 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Might want to check out Scott Frost senior year. Not far off at 14.66 carries per game. 

You're right, but I can accept that as a statistical outlier, at least going back a few years; he averaged 10 a game in '96. In regards to other Osborne QBs and their highest-volume years of rushing attempts/game:

- '97 Frost: 15/game

- '93 Frazier: 11/g

- '91 McCant: 10/g

- '89 Gdowski: 10/g

- '86/'87/'88 Taylor: 13/g

- No other Osborne QBs averaged over 10 carries a game. 

Solich QBs, by comparison:

- '98 Newcombe: 14/game (I can accept this as an outlier, given his position swaps)

- '98 Crouch: 12/g

- '99 Crouch: 15/g

- '00 Crouch: 15/g

- '01 Crouch: 17/g

- '02 Lord: 18/g

- '03 Lord: 17/g

(Now, the "For S's and G's section):

- '12 T. Martinez: 14/g

- '19 A. Martinez: 14/g

- '23 Sims: 15/g

9 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

I agree, the strategy was fine, but no strategy could overcome the turnovers. I"m just saying the combination of running and passing was keeping us in the game. If we try to run it more than the 2:1 splits we've been running -- and some folks here don't want Sims throwing at all -- it will be that much easier for DCs to plan against. We just have to get better at everything we do. 

 

In two games Sims has had 19 attempts and 15 attempts. Believe it or not, those are Tom Osborne era numbers. Nobody is going away from the run. 

I'm being a bit pedantic, but those aren't even Tom Osborne numbers: those are Frank Solich numbers. 

Honestly, play calling can go a long ways to protecting a QB:

- Lean on the run, both RB & QB run game. 2 of your 3 QBs can be capable runners of the football.

- Call low risk, high reward pass plays (play action, roll out, sprint out). 

- Limit the amount of reads you require your QB to make. 

- Playcall your athletes into space; you've got athletic TEs & allegedly fast WRs. Get them in space & let your QB make an easy read.

5 minutes ago, commando said:

maybe some ivermectin?

Did Sims tear Aaron Rodgers Achilles? 

7 hours ago, Enhance said:

It's something to think about. Not a bad suggestion.

 

I see the positive intent behind a Vent thread, but I think it potentially creates a new problem without really solving the original, the new problem being that we'd have to become the arbiters of 'what's a thread that should go in the vent thread' vs. 'what's worthy of staying as it's own thread.' We do that already to some degree but this would sort of heighten that response.

Also, just to be honest, I'm personally not a fan of mega-threads which is what something like that would sort of morph into.

I think you said it yourself: what would go in a Venting thread would fall under the discretion of the Mod team, as a part of their regular moderating responsibilities.

Also, how dare you besmirch the Scott Frost Megathread. 

How about now?

1 hour ago, ECisGod said:

...and the horse they rode in on?

I mean, I don't kink shame, but...

Just now, ECisGod said:

Creighton isn't a state school.  They are a private school within the state.

Yes. 

But still, **** Creighton. 

15 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

And, UNO is part of the Nebraska system.  So is UNK and Wayne State is a state school.

Also, **** Creighton.

14 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

….or ban the 4 jackwagons that keep spewing nonsense and creating multiple unneeded whining threads. Less work for the mods that way 

Don't threaten me with a good time. 

1 hour ago, Undone said:

Zooming back out a little more:

 

Taking penalties out of it, the offensive line's play throughout the game was good enough to help us be in a position to where we could have (and should have) realistically easily finished with between 14 - 21 points when we actually landed at 10. Really we wound up with only 10 points because of the two critical false starts. Our ability to move the chains maybe wasn't "good," but it wasn't "awful." To me it was "fair."

 

We did move the chains to the tune of 181 yards rushing and 114 yards passing. And Fox threw up a stat that said Fleck was 0-for-something when his opponents ran over 150 yards, I think. So we're talking about going up against a good defense here, and we racked up 295 yards of total offense. They put up 251 on us.

 

What I really care about is whether our line is at least somewhat better than last year. And honestly it might be. Need to play a few more games to say for sure. But it wasn't what lost us the game.

 

 

That, and we're a blown replay away from having 17. 

1 hour ago, BIG ERN said:

Just some plays that stood out to me:

• Piper had a couple whiffs in the run game 
• Corcoran had some whiffs in the pass game 
• Reimer came down to the ball nicely 
• Singleton had some good sticks from the Safety spot 
• Wright had a few nice plays 
• DL was alright. Nash made some havoc in the middle
• DBs were too far off the ball most game
• Only getting one possession in 1Q (starting from the 1 yard line) wasn't ideal 
• Sims with some nice runs (obvious poor decisions passing)
• Two false starts inside the 5 were absolute killers 
• Throwing 3x in a row after getting ball back with 12 min was mind boggling dumb 

 

Commercials and the new running clock are going to massively suck vs teams who bleed the clock 

Thereinlies the biggest issue to me: our biggest win is going to come if/when Prochaska can get healthy. Corcoran is not a LT, and while Piper is a fantastic ambassador for the program, Teddy getting healthy allots for Corcoran to slide inside to a more natural position. 

9 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

It is a great idea but the people posting their tantrums won’t keep it confined to one thread. The same stupid knee jerk topics will be created anyway, they always are.

Mods can combine the threads under one banner to keep the main forum cleaned up.

Has there every been any thought given to establishing an official Venting thread after each game? To give people a place to place their anger, instead of having the 6 different threads all covering relatively the same knee-jerk topics that were posted immediately after Thursday's game? 

Yes. 

28 minutes ago, teachercd said:

To those of you that are against players being able to transfer and play, after the first "free" transfer, can you explain why?

 

Why are you against people having the freedom of movement to create new chances and opportunity?  

 

I have personally never heard a good reason against letting kids transfer and play.

I've always thought that scholarships across the board, for all sports, should be treated as guaranteed contracts between the school and the athlete for a minimum of 2 years, with early outs for the school in regards to athletes not meeting academic requirements as students, and early outs for athletes for extenuating life circumstances (death of close family member, etc). Scholarship athletes get paid a % of revenue pulled in by the NCAA and are allowed NIL opportunities through the university. After two years, if the athlete wants to transfer, no harm no foul, and if the university doesn't want to extend the scholarship for the rest of the athlete's eligibility, no harm no foul on their part. 

3 hours ago, RedDenver said:

What a silly take. Regular college students are allowed to do it. Why should the athletes be any different?

Athletes are not regular college students. 

1 hour ago, HuskerX said:

I’m seriously concerned with our kicking game / starting a freshman. Tonight this could matter GREATLY. I hope he’s ready for the spotlight.

Kid nailed a 50 yarder to win a state title last year; he's going to be just fine. 

One of the absolute coolest moments in the history of the stadium, and athletic department as a whole. 

5 minutes ago, Micheal said:

I feel like if he is suspended he probably would just transfer away? Just a feeling I have. 

I just don't know how you do something like this when you already are under some scrutiny. 

This would be his third transfer. 

21 hours ago, Dr. Strangelove said:

Who's going to gain the most after the horde of Republican voters watch the debate tonight? 

 

I'm going with Ramaswamy. His particular brand of unserious quackery speaks to the GOP base. His grift is so easy to spot that it's bound to work on the people watching Fox News.

 

Trump is going to run away with this nomination, but Ramaswamy is really making waves with his absolute moron-schtick Trump voters love.

He's running to be Trump's VP. 

Nevermind. 

6 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

 

Why is that leopard eating his own face?

2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

I  have questions as to why we have let both our chancellor and president within a short period of time.  
 

Both were doing very well here. 
 

Is there a reason they left?

Probably a better question for the P/R Forum. 

Can we add Ted Carter to the list?