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If you are trying to develop a qb, you give him playing time no matter what. Think Gary Pinkel. He had Brad Smith as a Senior and gave Chase Daniel a series in the first half of almost every game to get him some experience. I think it was the same with Gabbert. You need to have a backup you can rely on, especially if you have a starting running qb because the chance of injury is pretty high.

every once in awhile, one game flips the light switch for a team and they totally gel. This sure looks like the one for the Huskers. Poor Minnesota. Could be another 84 point beat down.

In fairness, he only played with a torn pec for a few plays at the end of the OSU comeback. He played with what we can all pretty well believe was a concussion for a couple of weeks, though. He also played with the remainders of his Spring knee injury all season, which is probably the single biggest factor in his play this year. He actually came back into the game after coming out the play before the int by SJB. With about 4:30 left in the game, he came out his stance favoring his left arm in obvious pain. No contact with anyone. Kinf of weird. I think knapplc was mainly referring to how bleed4blackshirts made it seem like Crick had been playing with this for awhile, when he hadn't. I didn't notice him do anything with his arm when he left the game. All I saw a pretty nasty cut on his lip. I'll have to rewatch that later. I saw him reach for his pec in the 4th. I thought it might be a shoulder injury or a stinger, but the announcers never acknowledged the injury so I figured it was nothing...Rome should be able to step in...he has the same type of motor as Crick and is 10 lbs heavier. He is going to be a beast for us going forward.

I refused to text my kids, refused to answer the phone when they called during the first half. But I did it to change the luck of the team LOL! A mature and voice of reason type of man and I am reduced to superstitions during NU games like all of the other idiots out there! Oh, well. We won, so I will do the same in two weeks....

and against a team who just got their best offensive lineman back, allowing them to shift the rest of their line to their most effective positions. It may not be the game of the century, but it was a very good win and showed that we actually have some heart

that couldn't be more opposite from the truth. Who else in College Football cheers a great performance by the opposition, win or lose?? We may think we know more than we actually do, but what fans don't think that? These are some of the best fans in the country - just ask any coach who has played us at home.

He was helped by a much improved play calling job by Beck. They worked to his strengths as opposed to trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. That said, he showed more leadership in this game than ever before. When down by 21 he was on the sidelines talking to the offense telling them we were going to win. Biggest positive sign? When his teammate (Legate?) picked him up after the game and lifted him up in celebration. That move is reserved for the leader of the team.

lol!! Great post!! You just described my night perfectly! thanks for the post.

Cry more. Maybe the butthurt media guys shouldn't get all pissy when they get called out for trolling. couldn't agree more!

Definitely a Jekyll-Hyde performance by the Blackshirts. I think some of what we saw in this game was that the Offense was actually able to put together some long drives in the second half, allowing the D to rest. That said, the D definitely needs a gut check. Hopefully this game will jump start their level of play.

Sean Fisher...for finally being in the right position to make a tackle!

agree with your overall premise, but disagree with some of your points. Bo does need to show more composure in some of his pressers. However, he had every right to have a chip on his shoulder during this one. His team had just proved that they do have the right quarterback, they just need to put him in the right plays (more option - less passing). I don't blame him at all for having an "I told you so" attitude. As for the boo's, there were more than a few. I wasn't at the game, but on TV you could hear them loud and clear. I don't blame the fans because I would have booed as well, given how poorly we were playing at that point in the game. Bottom line is that this is what we signed on for when we hired Bo. We all knew what he was like before we hired him as the head coach. We shouldn't be surprised when he shows his fire.

injuries are a part of every season for every team. We will be OK

what ever happened to disguising our defense?? We line up with the 3 backers 4-5 yards off the ball and they stand there like statues. fake a blitz.....move around...do SOMETHING that might help the front 4 get to the qb easier.

He is a 20 year old kid. Give him a break. exactly! He is 20 yrs old. Not 16! Someone needs to tell him to be a man (maybe an unnamed coach from Okie State?), take your lumps like a grown up and stop acting like a kid who didn't get his way.

15 - which is where I thought we should have been ranked to begin the season

Please.... NU consistently is under-prepared and is constantly unfocused --- and plays consistently un-focused football, with poor fundamentals and are really poorly coached. How does this manifest itself? In dropped passes, missed blocks, blown coverages, fumbles, interceptions... and mental lapses on the part of players and also the team simply freaking out and playing too tight. These are the very things you cits as your "if only these things did not happen" Well sure, if only these turnovers and mental mistakes and penalties did not happen we might win. Sure! But they happen every week. It is not that the B10 is so awesome... it is that NU is so bad. Fear Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and Northwestern --- no none of them are awesome --- but all are better coached, better prepared to play than us, and all of them have a better chance of beating us than we do of beating them (or are about even with us). We will not lose them all, but we will lose most of them. I repeat, this is not because these teams are so good --- but because NU is so bad. When I say NU is so bad, I refer to the problems with fundamentals, with coverage assignments, with blocking assignments, with fumbles, with penalties, with losing focus and sleep-walking on the field, with lack of fire, lack of passion, playing seemingly too tight, with a QB who is asked to do what he cannot do, with interceptions, poor QB fundamentals, etc... It is coaching... for the most part, that results in this. Theoretically, it can all change and get better --- proper coaching can fix most of these problems (not all, but most) --- it is just that there is no evidence that this staff can fix things --- they caused these things... it is their job to fix them. In the interim, NU will field again and again what it has fielded these past few years --- an unfocused team ready to implode. No, our struggles in the B10 are because of NU. Not the B10. We have been the #3,4 or 5 team most years in the B12... rarely, rarely competing against the conference elite and that is how NU would have been if they were in the B10 too. Until NU coaching gets better... much better... the future will be like the past... posters will lament "if not for our penalties/fumbles/interceptions... we would have won" and each week, with rare exceptions, they will be right --- if it were not for these mistakes we would have won --- only we make these mistakes every week (against solid competition) and we did not win. Unfocused - definitely. Unprepared - I am not convinced about that. I would say undisciplined. overreacting to the first move by receivers. Biting on the play action. over running plays. Penalties. Fumbles. These all speak to lack of discipline. I also don't like that the coaches are not raising their hands and taking some of the blame themselves. I worry that Bo will lose the players if he continues with the allegations that it is all their lack of execution.

gotta say that I am very concerned with Raymond. The DB's play WAY too soft! Their footwork looks horrible. Ciante and Andrew can't cover anyone. And everyone gets fooled by the first move. This coach was in the NFL. Nothing he has done on the field is being translated to the players he now coaches. As for the backers, Fisher sucks! He was not one, but two steps slow. How can he be the starter? Are we really that thin? Still like David a lot, even though his aggressiveness causes him to over run some plays. Compton - I can take him or leave him. Serviceable LB for now. Pelinis continue to blame the players. If they continue to do this they are going to lose them. They need to take some ownership here to show some loyalty. The coaching has been less than stellar and I don't hear anyone on the staff raising their hand and lay claim to the blame. We talk about players reading and believing their press clippings too much. Maybe that is the case with this coaching staff. Be men! Step up and own your mistakes and your own lack of execution as coaches! Then move on and FIX IT!

until Beck and Pelini commit to an offensive style, we will all be frustrated with Tmart. He will never be a good passer. That much is crystal clear. His only chance is to use the pass to surprise or keep the defense honest. If we are going to be a passing team, then they need to start recruiting passers, not runners who can throw a little.

I'll say under, TM still doesn't throw well but he is better getting better about throwing picks. Over/Under on Lavonte tackles at 9 Over on the tackles for David. O/U false starts on our Oline - 5 Under. They seem to have been better thus far this season O/U Carries for Burkhead -20 Under. We would have to get first downs for him to be able to carry that often and that is going to be tough for both teams. O/U Maher averages 45 yds per punt

Speaking of timeouts, has anyone noticed that we are not managing ours very well at all??

An even better field maintenance coordinator. Then again he would probably try to mow the grass before each home game

+1

Choi is one of the feel good stories of the season so far. Anyone on the board lamented over the lack of playing time for Rodriguez? Burkhead is the real deal. No weaknesses in his game. Did we make the wrong coach hiring decision in Raymond? The DB's are playing soft and the scheme doesn't seem to work. Martinez is not just a relatively weak passer, he is a liability for the offense. Inaccurate and weak-armed. That will bite us down the road (probably next week) as teams load up the box and dare him to beat them via the pass We have not shown all of our cards on defense. We haven't run a single d-line stunt this year. There is more out there to come. Much like our games, this will most likely be a second-half-of-the-season team. Our young players will grow as the season goes along. The only question is going to be can we hang on until then.

Carnes hasn't looked good running the option so far (he just needs more reps), but I've heard more than once that the offense he ran in high school was a lot like the offense we're running now. I don't know if it's true or not, but I would trust the couple times I have heard that over just looking at his high school highlights tape. That last option pitch by Carnes was not good. It was accurate, but it was extremely late and dangergous. He needs to be more decisive. disagree....he waited until his red committed and then made a beautiful pitch that the back would have no trouble handling. I have run that option, albeit not at the college level, and that was a thing of beauty!