HeyBurke

Why the hell should Ryker get more minutes? Two quarterback systems are stupid. We saw that last year. Ryker will get garbage time minutes, just like he did last night.

I'm fine with pictures or text, but I don't think videos and gifs should be allowed. Could you guys maybe just make an option for us to turn off the signatures all together?

 

 

 

 

The first moment, I thought Warren Buffet !!! BTW, Mr. Buffet is a NU booster? Probably not, cheapskate !!!

I sure Buffet donates money to the University, but most of it is to the College of Business.

 

I am sure you are kidding, but I think it's funny when people complain that Buffet doesn't donate enough to the Athletic Department. It's his choice to do whatever he wants to with his $, and he contributes to a lot of charity organizations (mostly the Bill Gates foundation).

 

 

Aside from philanthropist guy (Gates Foundation), he's still a penny pincher.

 

 

So what? I admire him more because he doesn't flaunt around his money. When he dies, he is giving most to charity. Making his kids earn their own money...I like it

 

...by serving as paid directors of the charities that he is sheltering....errrrr donating his money in.

 

I really hope you aren't so jaded that you think guys like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are using charities for ulterior motives. They're trying to help change the world for the better. That's it.

Something I've been thinking about is the quality of team that McNeese State is. They are an FCS powerhouse. Hell, even after losing to us, they're still ranked 6th in the FCS. This is a team that's used to winning games, just like South Dakota State was in 2010 when we played them. McNeese State could beat any bottom feeding FBS team any day of the week and give most top teams a run for their money. That's they did to LSU a few years ago.

We played Idaho State in 2012, committed murder on a football field, and then proceeded to get murdered by Wisconsin in the B1G Championship Game. I don't think we should put too much stock into a game against an FCS team.

Since when did Texas invent football?

 

That's true. I hope they get a good test before the conference season starts. I think the safeties will be fine, but it will be interesting to see how Josh Mitchell and Daniel Davie perform against better receivers.

 

They looked pretty good. Mitchell especially. I was less than impressed with him before last season. He's come a long ways since then. Davie has always been a guy I'd hope could step up. You run a 10.2 100m and you're going to bring something to that backfrield that not many athletes can. A lot of potential there.

 

As far as being tested, Fresno will air it out - but neither of those QBs are very good so not sure it will be much of a test. They'll get plenty of chances to defend the pass though.

 

My only worry is that Josh Mitchell is so small. That was the only problem that Prince and Fonzie had. When you put a big receiver on a small corner, the big receiver is gonna win every jump ball.

 

I thought Josh was pretty good saturday. Except for the one play where he got tangled some and got a penalty. My favorite part is how he played with swagger and confidence. Corner is not position to be second guessing yourself in any way shape or form. And he looked that part. Like a guys whom the light's come on for and knows it.

 

What even happened there? Was that Mitchell's fault? I never saw a good replay.

 

From what I can tell, Josh knew he got beat by the receiver, so he decided to take him down and get the penalty instead of a long completion. Smart move.

 

 

Ya... I felt way better about last Saturday than I did about the Southern Miss game. That came was 14-14 at one point.

 

Exactly. Offensively, the two openers are pretty similar, but it's a night and day difference on defense.

 

We hope. This secondary hasn't been tested.

 

That's true. I hope they get a good test before the conference season starts. I think the safeties will be fine, but it will be interesting to see how Josh Mitchell and Daniel Davie perform against better receivers.

 

 

That Southern Miss game was a solid outing that had me sucking Koolaid out of a 50 gallon drum. Receivers were grabbing everything (if you remember they dropped a lot of passes in 2011), offense looked great, pass D was dominant, penalties erased, turnovers gone...then we went through the rest of the season.

 

I don't think we could ask for a better start, but I'm holding out for about 5-6 more weeks before I form much of an opinion one way or the other. Great start though. A few questions answered.

 

There are definitely parallels, but we also gave up 20 points to a team that finished 0-12. This felt a lot more like the 2010 season opener, to me.

 

 

Ya... I felt way better about last Saturday than I did about the Southern Miss game. That came was 14-14 at one point.

 

Exactly. Offensively, the two openers are pretty similar, but it's a night and day difference on defense.

 

 

That Southern Miss game was a solid outing that had me sucking Koolaid out of a 50 gallon drum. Receivers were grabbing everything (if you remember they dropped a lot of passes in 2011), offense looked great, pass D was dominant, penalties erased, turnovers gone...then we went through the rest of the season.

 

I don't think we could ask for a better start, but I'm holding out for about 5-6 more weeks before I form much of an opinion one way or the other. Great start though. A few questions answered.

 

There are definitely parallels, but we also gave up 20 points to a team that finished 0-12. This felt a lot more like the 2010 season opener, to me.

 

there was a borderline meltdown after the 2010 season opener as well becuase WKU was actually able to run the ball some. And people thought kansas St was gonna shove down our throats for 4 quarters and so on and so on.

 

Yeah, we all know how the 2010 defense struggled against the run. Bobby Rainey made it to the NFL, though. I think we've forgotten just how good the 2010 team was when Taylor Martinez was healthy. There were very few teams that could have beaten that team with a healthy Taylor (Texas was one of those teams, unfortunately).

 

Randy looks none too pleased to be out of practice.

Bad news for whoever the hell.

 

The fury will be unleashed. it's almost sympathetic.

 

Almost, but not quite. It will be nice to see Randy cracking skulls again.

That Southern Miss game was a solid outing that had me sucking Koolaid out of a 50 gallon drum. Receivers were grabbing everything (if you remember they dropped a lot of passes in 2011), offense looked great, pass D was dominant, penalties erased, turnovers gone...then we went through the rest of the season.

 

I don't think we could ask for a better start, but I'm holding out for about 5-6 more weeks before I form much of an opinion one way or the other. Great start though. A few questions answered.

There are definitely parallels, but we also gave up 20 points to a team that finished 0-12. This felt a lot more like the 2010 season opener, to me.

You thought the 09 offense was decent? I thought it was pretty impotent...

If you actually read my comment, you'll see that I said that they were decent until everyone got injured. Every starter and backup (plus some third stringers) on the O-line were injured, Roy Helu Jr. was injured, Rex Burkhead was injured, and Zac Lee was injured. The only people who weren't hurt most of the season were the receivers, and they couldn't catch a ball to save their lives.

I will say this....the first time we played FAU we put up nearly the same points with the 09 offense...so my optimism is still tempered. Nice win. Took care of business. We'll see.

The '09 offense was pretty decent until literally everyone on the two deep was playing with an injury.

Randy looks none too pleased to be out of practice.

Tai played pretty well in the small amount of time he was on the court. Defended well and looked alright on offense. Can't expect much better than that when you're a college sophomore playing against Kyrie Irving and Derrick Rose. This tournament should definitely help his growth as a player.

Don't they have to get to 60% completion percentage before they stay at 60%?

You're not wrong, but... You know the rest.

 

 

 

Sean Callahan ‏@Sean_Callahan 50m

Nebraska's newest PG recruit Glynn Watson is coached by Gene Pingatore from the documentary movie Hoop Dreams, he also coached Isaiah Thomas

 

 

That's Isaiah Thomas, who plays for the Suns right now, not Isiah Thomas, who is the Pistons HOF.

 

 

The Isiah Thomas the HOF'er did play for Pingatore at St. Joe's in the late 70's.

 

Ah, okay. The tweet is wrong, then. I'm glad it's wrong, though.

 

Sean Callahan ‏@Sean_Callahan 50m

Nebraska's newest PG recruit Glynn Watson is coached by Gene Pingatore from the documentary movie Hoop Dreams, he also coached Isaiah Thomas

 

That's Isaiah Thomas, who plays for the Suns right now, not Isiah Thomas, who is the Pistons HOF.

 

Steven M. Sipple ‏@HuskerExtraSip 43m

Bo Pelini said, "You'll be seeing some news guys, some shuffling around, especially in the special-teams area." Hmmm. #Huskers

 

I think it's safe to say that De'Mornay will be the main punt returner for the foreseeable future.

A Pelini defense never started out the season like yesterday's defense did. Last week, I posted a thread called "Why Not This Year." I feel that this year could be special. After watching all the floundering that went on around the college football world yesterday, bring anybody on.

The 2009 defense started out against FAU, only allowed 3 points, forced 5 turnovers, but gave up 352 yards. I'd say that was better than yesterday, to be honest.

 

 

 

Very impressed with Pierson-El. I think he could be a good punt returner.

 

They did better with blocking on the punt returns and I could've swore I saw them line everyone up to go after the punter and try to block it.

 

 

They almost did get the block, too. Even though we only got one decent punt return, I like what I saw from the punt return unit. Kick coverage needs work, though.

 

Ameer was in the game for two punt blocks. He actually almost got one.

 

Kenny Bell should not be returning punts for us the rest of the year, and I suspect (and hope) the coaches are smart enough to recognize how completely lost he is. I respect him for being a senior and wanting to help the team and volunteering for the role, but his results were quite terrible. He obviously fumbled, which is less concerning than him completely misjudging the flight of two punts. That is the stuff that left us with terrible field position last year, luckily it didn't specifically hurt us yesterday. But overall, you need a PR that has that ability to read the ball in the air and KB does a lot of things well, but this is something he clearly struggles with.

 

Now that De'Mornay's redshirt has been burned, I see no reason not to have him be the top PR. He looked better than Kenny did out there.

 

Very impressed with Pierson-El. I think he could be a good punt returner.

 

They did better with blocking on the punt returns and I could've swore I saw them line everyone up to go after the punter and try to block it.

 

They almost did get the block, too. Even though we only got one decent punt return, I like what I saw from the punt return unit. Kick coverage needs work, though.

Anyone have a recap of the tunnel walk? What's new?

38-13, Good Guys.