gobiggergoredder

Death threats and harassment are unacceptable, but unfortunately it is part of the landscape that we are under. Take a look at what the Boise State kicker is dealing with HERE.

Beebe is a coward and this seems more and more like partisan politics everyday. Nebraska bad - Big 12 good. As someone stated earlier, I would like to see the national media pick this up. I actually think there is something here. The whole volleyball deal was what finally convinced me.

At the end of the day, this loser can do whatever he wants...which he has proven. The real thing that we now know as fans is that Beebe's skills as a leader, that use to be behind closed doors, are now on display for all of us. It make more sense everyday why the leadership at Nebraska chose to go a different way.

I'm not trying to be a homer, but can anyone explain what Dan Bailey (OSU Kicker) has done? I saw above that he is the all time leading scorer at OSU. Is that it? I don't know the specifics of each kick, but he's missed 4 field goals this year.

Bailey Career Stats

Congrats to Lavonte David. Had anyone known how good he was at the start of the season(he got some pub), he'd be an all american.

Haven't seen it, but heard tonight on the radio that nebraska is the only team in the graphic that has been left out. I'm sure it was an accident. I would like to see it as well.

Here's my favorite.

Will Snyderwine - All American PK

Career/Season Stats

Alex Henery - Future Millionaire

Career/Season Stats

Championship Trophy Presentation

Big 12 Trophy Presentation by a tool that is using propaganda to make the huskers look bad.

Jim Svoboda

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Iowa-Nebraska guy. Won everywhere he has been. On the rise until he was on a lousy staff at UCLA.

Looks Like: Same Thing!

I agree as well. I just can't read the entire post. Way too long for my message board attention span.

To reiterate: QB development has actually been pretty impressive...from Ganz's jump in Year 3, to his even bigger jump in Year 4 (both with Watson as OC)...then Lee, who faded last year but he had a throwing arm injury and has been known to be a smart player making all the right reads...then Taylor, talk about impressive, getting some passing development there.

 

 

 

If I was Joe Ganz I would kick anyone in the nuts that said they developed me. He was left to rot on the bench so that one guy could stink out loud. By the way, the offense was horrid too! He was only put in because they had to.

 

The one thing I will give him credit for is that unlike Cam Newton's dad, Watson was able to use Ganz to get a solid gig.

 

Oh please. Ganz loves Watson and would I'm sure give a ton of credit to him for his development. Ganz would also be the first person to say that he was a different guy in his last 2 years than in his first 3.

 

It is an absolute myth that Ganz was left on the bench to rot. Redshirt, #3 QB as RFR, #2 QB as RSo, and lost a tight battle for a starter as a junior.

Interesting Take

With the downturn of the economy I pretty much don't have to do interviews anymore. Just a few years ago I was doing 30-60 a year. I had always given preference to those that could provide specific examples, documentation, project data and/or certification of their leadership and skills. I can honestly say that I have never had a candidate tell me to 'Ask Joe, he use to work for me...He will tell you how good I am". It may be better to just make a list of references rather than a resume at all.

I may try that when the economy turns around.

Don't forget.... They are a well coached team & (Insert Name Here) is a good football player. We will need to execute.

To reiterate: QB development has actually been pretty impressive...from Ganz's jump in Year 3, to his even bigger jump in Year 4 (both with Watson as OC)...then Lee, who faded last year but he had a throwing arm injury and has been known to be a smart player making all the right reads...then Taylor, talk about impressive, getting some passing development there.

 

If I was Joe Ganz I would kick anyone in the nuts that said they developed me. He was left to rot on the bench so that one guy could stink out loud. By the way, the offense was horrid too! He was only put in because they had to.

The one thing I will give him credit for is that unlike Cam Newton's dad, Watson was able to use Ganz to get a solid gig.

I don't know, part of me thought it was too bad we didn't score points to make the refs a non issue, but I felt like somehow, the refs would have done something to get it called back. If Bo gets fired for this, Nebraska would lose a great Coach. He was just reacting to Nebraska getting screwed again. I was fuming at home to yelling at the TV. I imagine we see Bo saying "I apologize for how I reacted during the game". What Osborne and Co need to remember is we have 1 more Regular Season Game, Possible Big XII Championship, then Bowl, and we are out of the Big XII and then on to bigger and brighter things.

I can't help but think Bo wouldn't explode on every call if Watson knew what he was doing. Every call was huge in this game because they can't score. The officials are pathetic, but they are just hiding a problem.

Bo say whats on your mind - Hey AD (Insert Name Here), Wats will be a great head coach and I don't know what we'll do without him. He's yours now...good luck!

I'm probably going to catch some crap for this. So be it.

 

The entire time we've had this offensive coaching staff, I have always told myself, "they just need their players, they'll get things turned around, cut out the mistakes and we'll be fine, blah blah blah, etc.". I have always backed Watson. Stayed on his bandwagon all last season, and up until now in this season. But tonight, I've seen enough.

 

Watson's playcalling and offensive schemes are neither creative nor effective. The offense is extremely undisciplined (see false starts, illegal formations, etc.), inconsistent, and doesn't seem to really have a knack for what is going on. Tonight, I actually had the chance to watch the game all by myself in the comfort of my living room. Now, as lame as that sounds, I did this for a reason. I really wanted to analyze what we are trying to do offensively. After dvr'ing the game and watching most of it twice, I still have no clue.

 

The route combinations on passing plays are so simple that any defense (even bad ones such as A&M's, although they played lights out tonight, go figure) seem to be able to figure it out. Up front, we absolutely get manhandled more often than not (see the play in which Martinez gets stepped on, Caputo was getting absolutely b*tched). Watson is terrible at making adjustments on the fly when something isn't working. I could go on and on and on.

 

All in all, as a staff, this offensive football team is not prepared to win a majority of football games. The Nebraska D played spectacularly against a very good offense tonight, but losing games like this seems to be the offense's specialty. Throw out the KSU and Washington game (and the 1st and half of the 4th quarters of the Mizzou game), this offense has been stagnant. Good coaching staffs can still score points when everything isn't ideal (Martinez not being 100%). Tonight was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I will no longer have any confidence in this offense to win a game.

 

Colorado seems to be coming around in their own right, and this game is far from a guaranteed win as it can be. It's just frustrating to see a defense play as well as it did, only to lose the game due to an anemic offensive showing, most of which was on the coaching than anything else. We've got enough talent to score more than 6 pts on an average at best A&M, 20 on a bad Kansas, 17 on a bad SDSU, essentially 6 on a bad Texas, essentially 17 on a bad ISU, and so on and so forth. Here's to Watson turning it around, because this team is going to need it.

 

Blackshirts, we pray for you.

 

FIFY

 

Watson just kills me because he's a smart guy but he seems so horrified of messing up that he doesn't get creative enough. During the Callahan years it seems we were good for several really well-executed trick plays every season (many of them in the redzone for touchdowns). But since Bo there's been very little of that. Maybe there's something psychological in play between Wats and Bo. Who knows? But this game could have been changed with one creative trick play (like on our final scoring drive) and its frustrating to see us not even try one.

 

But trick plays aside, I don't know that Wats will ever be an elite OC. TM being able to break 60 and 70 yard runs with his freakish cuts and acceleration made Wats look like a genius, but without that he doesn't seem to know what the offensive identity is. Nobody does. It's just a mess, and it's sad that a hobbled quarterback is all it takes to revert back to 2009-like ineptness. TAMU is solid but certainly not an elite defense this year.

+1....Best of luck Watson

1) Is Cody Green really a better option than Zac Lee?

 

2) Should we start putting some of the blackshirts on offense?

 

3) If you're at Kyle Field, and you're clearly out of bounds on an interception, there's no conclusive evidence to overturn it.

 

4) Is the QB the problem, or the Off Coord?

4) is the biggest question and I don't have the answer.

I have been concerned about the effectiveness of this offense for a good chunk of the year. I have been called out in several threads because I called this offense 'Big Play or Bust'. This is no knock against Tmart, but besides his huge games when he is untouched and going for 60, is there anything? This is really more a question about the offense than his skills(he has ability). I had grown confident in the obvious improvement of his passing skills, but he has been limited since his injury.

I have been a Watson defender since day one, but I have officially abandoned ship as of yesterday. This offense has no identity. If they aren't making a huge play, they can't score. The play calling baffles me. Why are we running the zone read when they clearly can't execute it (QB is hurt or we have #17 in there). When you allowing a defensive lineman to run free as part of the read, do they go after the slow/hurt qb or the running back that IS GOING TO GET THE HAND OFF???? It is basically a wasted play. aTm loads up the box and there doesn't appear to be any philosophy and/or play change. Against Iowa State the only effect thing we had was Burkhead in the Wildcat and we go away from it. It seems like the Solich offense to me (Everyone knows what play is coming). That two minute drill at the end of the game, much like the another from a few weeks ago, was a train wreck.

What happened to Mike McNeil? Where is the guy? He use to be a gamer and now he's non existent. Is Zac Lee really hurt? What's the whole story here?

We all bought into Watson when Ganz was making plays. Throw Keller into the mix and he's a pretty weak resume. I'm going to give Martinez the benefit of the doubt, but I'm not convinced we know what we have a QB just yet.

I know the penalty concerns are what everyone wants to talk about and rightfully so, but the defense and the 150 in penalties only resulted in 9 points....C'mon Watson. How can Bo take the worst defense in the country to one of the best and we can't score consistently?

 

turnovers and an inability to adjust. Players drop passes and are responsible for penalties. It is the coaches responsibility to determine if these players are hurting their team.

 

Turnovers aren't the fault of coaching. Many are the fault of poor officiating, and many are just brain lapses by the players. Watson has even addressed the situation, saying that they are working on it, but there's only so much you can do from the sideline. Don't even start on inability to adjust. You CANNOT say that Bo and Carl can't adjust after watching 4 years of Callahan and Cosgrove.

 

Offense

-Dependent on big plays. K-State & Missouri. Watch the long runs....backs and qb's aren't even touched. Kyler Reed has been a big play receiver.

 

-At times they look unprepared. Can't run a two minute offense.

 

So we're a terrible offense because we score quickly? Wow. If this team is this bad, I can only imagine how bad the '95 Husker squad was. Against Florida they looked like garbage. That Tommie Frazier dude sucks. Give me a break. Also, when have we even tried to run a 2 minute offense? Like, legitimately tried, not just simply being on offense with 2 minutes left. There's a difference.

 

I believe that the point gobiggergoredder was trying to make is that if it weren't for the big play giving us a quick td (like Martinez with his feet), we probably wouldn't have been able to make an 80 yard sustained drive and still score against some of those teams. Therefor, our "deficiency" of not being able to make a sustained drive was "bailed out" by the big play-making ability of one of our players. I understand where he's coming from. If a team shuts down our big plays this year, they often shut down our scoring. It is a valid point and one that I've often thought about myself.

Paul in WI.....You put it better than I could about the big plays.....Thanks. dutch91701, I didn't say the offense was terrible, but thanks for your interpretation.

dutch91701.....Turnovers, penalties, dropped passes and mistakes become a coaching issue when the same players continue to make them. I don't like calling out players, but I think there are some legitimate questions as why they allow some player(s) to continually make plays that put the game in jeopardy.

As someone pointed out above, this team was a disaster just 2 1/2 years ago. Pelini and the staff have done an outstanding job to this point. This is the guy that I hope leads our team for a long time.

My observations are not about wins and loses as much as about how the team seems to be so inconsistent.

I want to first say that I am extremely glad that we have the coaching staff that we do and I hope they are here for a long time.

I also believe that husker_99 is on to something. I don't claim to be an expert or an insider, but I do have an opinion.

I think Bo and the staff are flat out getting out coached right now. They are surviving on Big Offensive plays and those alone are hiding the problems with the rest of team. I think they are getting beat by special teams, field position, penalties, turnovers and an inability to adjust. Players drop passes and are responsible for penalties. It is the coaches responsibility to determine if these players are hurting their team.

Special Teams

-Kickoff team is suspect. The only thing that doesn't make everyone hold their breath is that Adi puts in through a good chunk of the time.

-Punt Return. Not only can they consistently not field a punt, they get very little yardage when they do happen to get their hand on it. It took half a year to remove Niles from punt return. Obviously dropped passes were huge against Texas, but punt return absolutely killed the Huskers as well. The Rugby punted 3 times before adjustments were made.

-Punting. We have a great punter. We give up a lot of yards on punt returns. Watch how many huskers are around the ball when the punt it caught vs when we get the ball.

-Punt and kick off teams have been a big factor in the horrible field position the huskers have battled in close games.

Offense

-Dependent on big plays. K-State & Missouri. Watch the long runs....backs and qb's aren't even touched. Kyler Reed has been a big play receiver.

-Penalties and drops at the worst times.

-With the exception of the big plays noted earlier, don't appear to making adjustments to what is working. (Using Cody Green to run read option over and over again, going away from Rex running the offense, not throwing on first down against Texas).

-Takes too long to get a play in.

-At times they look unprepared. Can't run a two minute offense.

Defense

-Players with a knee on the ground when the ball is snapped.

-No pass rush.

-Blitz doesn't seem to be effective.

-Much like the offense it seems to take a long time to get the play in.

-A mobile qb will destroy this defense. Once a running back or qb gets past the d line they're good for 10 yards.

-Without Lavonte David, they are in serious trouble.

-Great call to change safeties because of poor tackling.

-Defense does a great job when they have 80 yards to play with, but because of bad field position they are giving up points.

They have always had experts (I use the term expert loosely). An expert being a former coach or player as hosts. I would imagine it is an effort to increase rating, but I think it's annoying.

I think she does ok talking about injuries or interviewing a coach at halftime, but everything else seems like BLAH BLAH BLAH. I don't recall what team it was a few back, but she was literally breaking down a play....what?

Thoughts?

I've been there three times and there are husker fans everywhere. They pile us in the south endzone, but every section has a ton of huskers.

Nothing to do with Iowa State, but I couldn't resist.

Real short on time and my photoshop skills are not what they once were. Dan Beebe gave me the inspiration to find some time.