Hercules

While, I agree that there is a much more exciting atmosphere surrounding the team than we all expected. I think all of us had the first five marked down as wins. Texas will be the best defense we face all year and will be our biggest test to see not if this offese is explosive but just how explosive it really is. Everybody had them marked as wins... But I don't think anybody really expected the wins over Washington and Kansas State to be by 35 points each. As far as your comment about Texas... Yup. By the end of that game we will truly know who we are.

Unfortunately for you Cy, all of the really important turnovers you guys forced last year happened inside the 5 yard line (4 of them in all)... And since our offense generally only scores from 50 yards or further away, your best option is probably to just put a couple spies on Martinez and have them wait for him at the goal line. Martinez...bah. We're gonna be running that new 1-3-4-4 defense that Wally drew up on a cocktail napkin at the bar last night. Prepare to be shocked! Sounds good. All of the penalties for having 12 men on the field should cancel out our incessant fumbling. May the best team win from that point on.

Ugh. 1. Callahan ruins it 2. WTF with the players not touching the horseshoe? Suh? NO WONDER NUNN FUMBLED. 3. The over-hyped players also don't get it. This is how the greatest football team of all time enters the field. All business. Way more intimidating. My personal favorite tunnel walk, in terms of the video production, would actually have to be the OU/KSU versions from 2009, with the "In the Deed the Glory" video preceding it. Although the countdown theme was a little bit of a stretch, it's cool because it leaves room for improvement!

Unfortunately for you Cy, all of the really important turnovers you guys forced last year happened inside the 5 yard line (4 of them in all)... And since our offense generally only scores from 50 yards or further away, your best option is probably to just put a couple spies on Martinez and have them wait for him at the goal line.

At least last night against KSU, you could see players wrapping the ball up with two hands throughout the night, so you know they're thinking about it. I'm sure it'll continue to be addressed. Sometimes I wonder if this is just the risk you run with a running team. Osborne's teams often had fumble issues as well, I seem to remember. Hopefully they can get it fixed though, because I think that just about the only way UT can stick with us is if they win the turnover battle.

Well, OSU is going to pull this one out, but they aren't looking good. Half of their offense was just throwing the ball up in the air and hoping Blackmon #81 would find away to come down with it. That's going to be a lot of interceptions for Pelini's flying ninjas. But at least they pulled out the win, and should stay ranked for another week.

That was one of the things that annoyed me most about Callahan. I understand getting junior college players, but at QB it sounds like a terrible idea. Especially with a complicated offense. We had 6 QB in 8 years if I'm counting right. Callahan wasn't around for 8 years During the callahan era we only had 4 starters Daily,Keller,Taylor,Ganz 4 starters over 4 years... Definitely not a recipe for success in college football. When you think of the great teams, there's a lot of stability at the QB position. Even at Nebraska, Gill had 3 years, Frazier had 3.5, Frost had 2, Crouch had 3.5. Tebow had 3, Colt had 4, Vince Young had 4, the list goes on and on.

OSU 24-21 now.

OSU just got picked off again. wow.

sorry, my bad.

UL-LAF just took the lead. 21-17. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: 21 seconds to go in the half.

So that they're ranked when we play them. So the Big 12 has some semblance of respect nationally when we roll through it. So that our SOS doesn't look worse than it already looks...

As of right now, LA-LAF just made it a 3 point game, and OK ST just threw an interception with nearly 4 minutes left in the first half. 17-14 osu right now. We need OSU to win.

David was great last night. Finished with 16 total tackles. However, as for the Farley comparisons, I wouldn't put him on that level quite yet. Farley (and that entire 1995 defense) was NASTY, they were flying all over the field recklessly, and Farley in particular had a way of forcing lots of turnovers, and even had a way of scoring on a lot of them. David definitely has the physical tools to get there though, and Farley didn't really start his 1995 tear until about this point of the season.

Ubben apparently finally started drinking some koolaid while in Manhattan. Just watched his video though, and he said Nebraska's defense was "good," "one of the better ones in the Big 12," "definitely not as good as last year." Hope the Blackshirts are listening...

Wear Red. Be Loud. Beat Texas. 10.16.10

video Listening to him talk about the safeties coming up, and how that makes the defense vulnerable to those big runs, just makes me think about the influence he's had on designing this new offense. Hearing him talk about how he hasn't seen a player with burst like Martinez, and that the efficiency of the offense last night surpasses even his more productive games... wow. This is getting serious.

Whatever guys. There are going to be Texa$ or "horns down" signs that show up in Lincoln this week, and more of the like, so unless you think that is classless, stop talking about the KSU signs. They weren't that bad.

Yeah, Taylor really seems like the kind of guy to hang out on message boards and ask all of us for our thoughts on the game.

So, here are my thoughts on the game we've been looking forward to since last December. At this point, I'm not even remotely worried about our defense's ability to shut down UT's offense. I think we're capable of shutting them out. The only guy that seems capable of making a big play is one of their backup running backs, D.J. Monroe, who has looked very fast, but I don't think the Blackshirts are going to give him or anyone else much space to work with. Here are the two things that worry me: Our ability to throw the ball should Texas stop our running game, and turnovers. Unlike Kansas State, I think Texas has a talented enough secondary to load the box with 7 or 8 guys, and play man coverage on the perimeter. If they're able to shut down our run, do we have the receivers to get open against man coverage? I think Taylor can make the throws, but can he always make the right decision? How will our pass blocking hold up against UT's fast and talented DE's? It was ugly at times last year, and they'll be bringing heat again with Sam Acho and Jackson Jeffcoat. Which leads me to my next point: Turnovers. UT's defense is more than capable of forcing turnovers against us, especially with an inexperienced QB, WR's who have yet to prove to me they can beat elite defensive backs, and an entire offense full of players that apparently can't hold on to the ball. Seriously, even Rex Burkhead fumbled earlier tonight, and I didn't think that was possible. THIS is UT's best shot at scoring on us I think - either getting the ball deep in our territory, or just having one of their opportunistic ballhawks run one back for a score. I know that UCLA and OU already put up 34 and 28 points on UT respectively, and if we put up that many, we should be sitting pretty. But while I think we have a much more explosive offense than either UCLA or OU, I still think we are more mistake prone. Your thoughts?

I basically agree, but that's because the Heisman isn't a legitimate award, imo.

You'll have your answer by the end of next Saturday. Texas will be the best defense we face this year, outside of a bowl game. If we can put up points on them, we can put up points on anyone else left on our schedule.

Yeah, it's a heartfelt goodbye from me to KSU this week, and to every other Big 8 team as the season plays out. Snyder's a class act though, and it's a good football program. So long, Manhattan.