ColoradoHusk

1 hour ago, Toe said:

 

Premature coach-jaculation. 

1 minute ago, GSG said:

 

I know. I'm saying the replay of the helmet hit doesn't seem to show any contact to his helmet

Sounds good.  I thought I saw a knee to his helmet, if you didn't see one, no big deal.  Shedeur was taking a beating, and I am sure he got to a point he wanted to tap out.

10 minutes ago, Caliborn72 said:

I think this could have been the case if they had stolen a win against Arizona or Oregon State in addition to beating Stanford like they should have.

 

But now? Schools were hesitant to believe in Deion before this year. No way any take a chance on the craziness when he’s proving to struggle as a Gameday coach and already has issues with his coordinator.

I agree that the luster is off of Deion, and schools aren't as interested in him  I was mainly joking that Deion is going to try to get out of Boulder and find a new school for Sheduer, since the season ended so poorly.  I know it's doubtful that Deion leaves CU until after the 2024 season.  I do think that once Shedeur exhausts his eligibility, Deion is catching a private jet out of Boulder.

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

Rightly or wrongly, no chance he starts Shedeur next week vs Utah, right?

 

I think they have to shut Shedeur down, and Deion is looking for a loophole in the NCAA regulations for Shedeur to be able to transfer again and immediately eligible next season.

I was sitting on my couch this morning thinking of how Chubba reminds me of the old gum Hubba Bubba, so I got thinking of Chubba Bubba.  My thoughts immediately turned to Bubba Starling, wondering if he had any eligibility left.  Man, NU fans have a lot of scar tissue when it comes to the QB position since Eric Crouch left NU.

10 hours ago, Mavric said:

 

Word is Trev had expressed interest in being the next Executive Director of the College Football Playoff.  Maybe, maybe not.  And maybe he wouldn't have really been a candidate even if he was interested.  But that could have been part of it.

 

I think it's more likely that Carter wanted to make sure things were stable since he's leaving.  He didn't want the two people most responsible for getting Rhule here to disappear that fast.  And with a new football coach, one major building project just finishing up and another bigger on on the docket, it's better to make sure things go as smoothly as possible for the next several years.

Well put, Mav.  In an era of quick fixes and instant gratification, Nebraska and Trev are trying an opposite approach of stability and long-term growth.  Will fans be patient enough to go through growing pains, that's the big question.  I think Rhule and his staff have over-achieved this season, but given how the season has played out, not making a bowl this season will be disappointing.  Outside of football, NU sports are achieving great things this fall, and that's exciting to watch and follow.  But, football is king, and the only thing most Nebraskans and fans care about.

Deion's handling of his kids during this is so weird.  On one hand, Deion is getting his kids a bunch of hype and interest and making a ton of money in NIL. But, on the other hand, Deion isn't really preparing Shedeur for being in the NFL.  Deion is being worse than a helicopter parent, he's being a bulldozer parent, trying to clear every obstacle that his kids are going to face.

What does that do for his kids?  It doesn't force his kids to overcome adversity and learn how to grow for themselves.  All that does is make sure that Deion is able to say to his kids "I gave you all your success". 

Just now, GSG said:

I watched Shedeur's "injury" about 20 times. They kept saying he got hit in the head but I just don't see it. Although I personally wouldn't blame him for tapping out behind that offensive line.

Shedeur’s first injury was to his wrist, and then he got hit later in the game at the back of his helmet. The injuries occurred on two different plays.

39 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

That’s so awesome

13 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

NU QB’s thinking to themselves “at least we haven’t had that type of turnover this season”.

Where is HuskerX or whatever that dude called himself saying that good coaches win in their first season? Maybe he should have just said “good coaches win in September!!”

2 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

The problem I have with this complaint is that if we always call the play that is the obvious play that should be called, we become predictable and very easy to defend.  You have to mix in some of the unpredictable.  Fans also complain about..."OMG....everyone knew what we were going to run".

It’s a derivative of the “call plays that work” argument. 

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

Kinda refreshing we aren't talking about "culture" or "buy-in" all the time this season under Rhule.  It seemed like every week for Frost's first couple years there were comments from Frost or a players about who who was in or out.

 

And from reading some stuff about Wisconsin this week it sounds like 2018-19 Nebraska with a lot of talk about "not enough guys have bought-in yet".

Wisconsin players, alumni, and fans are also going with the 2004 Nebraska talk of “we have gone away from our identity and that’s why we’re losing” talk that permeated back then. 

On 11/13/2023 at 4:16 PM, admo said:

Looking back at our schedule and how sub par the opponents have played, this should have been our year.  With our defense playing well, winning the West was a layup.  

 

<sigh> 

 

 

Agree that a lot of things have gone NU’s way to win the West. However, needing to turn to so many young guys on offense isn’t a recipe for success. 

2 minutes ago, lo country said:

 Make the first read. It's either open or not.  If run correctly, the second route should be good.  Like the referenced play with Fidone.  Takes  a very good QB to progress through multiple reads. Unfortunately, we do not have that guy rght now.  Can they learn?  Who knows. 

We are very close t agreeing, but the play with Fidone and Kemp is a one-read pass. The other WR’s are window dressing to keep other defenders occupied. The play is designed to attack man-to-man defenses which Maryland uses. Haarberg’s ONLY read is the safety.  The safety did a poor job of double-teaming anybody, but maybe they instructed him to stay back and play for the overthrow. 

4 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

Man. Just maddening.

People were pointing out Haarberg’s passing will probably lead to INT’s in the Illinois game.  NU skated by in that game with limited damage (until the RB fumbles in the 4th quarter), but the INT’s have cost NU the past 2 weeks. NU has been living in borrowed time the entire season. 

19 minutes ago, GSG said:

 

Yeah, that was perfect!!! Bravo!!!

I also would have accepted 1) he’s not old enough to drink or 2) he hasn’t hit puberty yet. 

4 minutes ago, lo country said:

Good stuff.  I think that's the difference in a "fast blinker".  They process very fast.  They interviewed Penix last week or 2 on game day and he was going over film.  Was running a RPO to the right with a wide out the far left set to do a drag route across the field.  Penix said he was watching the safety knowing that he was going to stay :high" and that the CB was responsible for the RB.  He snapped, froze the safety with a look to the center.  Saw CB start back pedaling then when he went with the RPO saw the CB plant his leg to drive on the RB.  Said he knew the receiver in the drag would be wide open running to his "mark".  He was.  Unsure if that makes sense, but listening to a QB break down their reads and keys is pretty good stuff.  We are not there yet, but as you mentioned (limiting routes imho) and getting the QB's to understand the first read they need and then where to go will make a huge difference.  

From what I have heard, DeBoer is a great QB coach, and that’s what is missing from Satterfield’s expertise.  Penix is also a very talented QB, who has started for 4 years of college football.

However, you call for an easier reads, and that play should be an easy read. Both players are in the same window, coming from the right side of the formation into the middle. All Haarberg has to do is read the safety, and throw it short to Fidone if the safety backpeddles or throw it deep if the safety is squatting. 

11 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

In my opinion yes.  
 

What the play looks like to me is man with a double of Fidone to guard against him hitting the seam route.  You can tell this my the free safety mimicking Fidone’s movement. Safety gets a half of step of depth as Fidone comes of the line but immediately tracks Fidone to the middle when Fidone breaks and HH isn’t even in throwing motion yet.   HH would know all of this pretty darn quickly by reading the eye’s of the safety(just as DB’s try and read QB eyes)  on his drop, and at the college level, many times the safety gives away what he’s doing by where his eyes are immediately after the snap in a man situation. 

Again, as soon as HH sees the safety not immediately bail to the two receiver side, he should know to go deep because the safety can no longer help on the deep ball.  

I agree with you 100%. This was a play design to specifically attack Maryland and try to score points. The design of the plat works, because it puts the safety in no-man’s land, and he only gets the INT because of a terribly thrown pass.

Of course, Satterfield critics will say “why are we even calling this play, given the fact our QB’s can’t do execute it”.  I somewhat understand that argument, but we don’t know if this play is being executed well in practice, so Satt is putting it in the game plan for a house call. This is why I am giving Satt mostly a free pass on this year. For me his grade is an incomplete, because he doesn’t have the players to run the offense he thought he was going to run. In fact, I give Satt credit for trying to bring in some option wrinkles to take advantage of what Haarberg does well. 

1 minute ago, BigRedBuster said:

Did you mean to say Haarberg didn't have the patience?

Yes, now edited. Just a typo. 

27 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yeah, I thought it was pretty obvious that Fidone was the intended target with the pass and it was just a horrible pass.  However, I have been educated lately that, typically, the first QB read is the deep route....then work down do shorter routes.  The deep route is open.  It's 1st and 10, so it's not like they are thinking....just need to get the first down.

 

No matter what, both Fidone and the deep guy were open.  A good experienced QB should have been able to hit either one.

Haarberg didn’t have the patience to see if the safety was squatting on the TE route over the middle, which allowed Kemp to break open behind him from the slot.

Defenses now know what Haarberg tendencies and errors are. They know that he targets Fidone more than any other receiver, and when he throws a bad pass, it sails high.  The safety was standing there, following the TE route over the middle. He wasn’t worried about getting beat deep, and he was waiting for the bad throw.

Satterfield is calling that play for a house call. NU had stolen a possession from the fake punt, and gotten into Maryland territory.  NU needs to score on chunk plays and Satt was going for one. 

1 minute ago, HuskerInLostWages said:

I may be mistaken but Coleman also has more drops than catches this season as well.  Other than Kemp most of our WR's have bricks for hands IMHO.  

While he’s an amazing athlete, Coleman is a project at WR. He’s only been playing organized football since 9th grade.  He could be great down the road, but he could have been special if he was willing to bulk up and become a DE/OLB. 

OWH had an article on McGuire this week, and how he has adjusted his coaching to work with the younger WR’s. McGuire has come down to the sideline during games, while Satterfield has gone up to the booth. Sounds like McGuire prefers to be able to do one on one coaching and encouragement during the games, which is good when the young group of WR’s have been forced to play more. https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/nebraska-assistant-garret-mcguire-says-gameday-switch-has-helped-with-freshmen-receivers/article_1e554be1-b6b3-5d53-adf4-0e181477a295.html

18 minutes ago, twofittyonred said:

The Raiola connection to Ben Scott was a key factor

When you look at connections, Scott has a few to Nebraska.

He played high school football at the prestigious St. Louis in Honolulu, Hawaii. That is also the home of both current Husker offensive line coach Donovan Raiola and his brother Dominic.

It’s no coincidence that Dominic Raiola was in town the weekend of his Dec. 8 visit. He sat with his brother Donovan near Scott and his family during the Purdue vs. Nebraska basketball game.

“Having coach Donovan Raiola as the offensive line coach and being from Hawaii and his brother Dominic being from my high school who I trained with before one spring break. I knew the technique Raiola teaches and how it translates to the field and the NFL,” Scott said of the Raiola family. “It is great to have that Hawaii connection and someone that can relate to me and understand my mindset and goals of going to the next level is great!”

 

https://www.on3.com/teams/nebraska-cornhuskers/news/huskers-land-transfer-portal-commitment-from-arizona-state-lineman-ben-scott/

 

 

Thanks. I thought there was a connection with Scott and Raiola, but I wasn’t sure. 

7 hours ago, Gorillahawk said:

Touche. I don’t know why but it seems like he’s missed on a lot of guys but it could just seem that way because the oline has struggled and he inherited a crap show that’s going to take a couple years to fix 

Walter Rouse would have been a big get for NU in the transfer portal. NU had him committed, but then OU came in and got him last second with the help of more NIL $. But, if you want to say Raiola isn’t good at recruiting because of that, so be it.