Purdue - What did we learn?

[lo country]

ST and self inflicted mistakes is the main thing holding us back. 
 

Emmett needs to be the back. Quit rotating. He showed some patience when waiting for blocks or waited for an opening. Better too end speed. 
 

D needs to get that killer mentality back. We have 7 games to get 2 wins. 
 

I do wish DR would take off on some of the coverage plays instead of throwing the ball away. 
 

Receivers need a better coach.  Satt’s play calling is about as schizophrenic as some of my posts on the game thread.  
 

We won. In an ugly game. Those games we usually lost in the past. 
 

Progress is measured in wins. Everything else is subjective. 2 more needed to do something we have witnessed in 8 years. Go bowling. That would be huge. 
 

Some freshman really shining. 

[huskerfan74]

Wisconsin, Iowa, Rutgers, and Indiana will be close hard fought down to the wire games. If we win 2 out of the 4, I call that real progress. If I had a choice, I want us to beat Iowa and Wisconsin. I hate those two teams. What worries me about close games is that our kicking game is the difference. We just don’t have reliable special teams to get us that elusive win in close games.

[knapplc]

One other thing - Gunnar Gottula started at LT and you never heard his name once this game. Good game, young man.

[Guy Chamberlin]

1 hour ago, Mavric said:

Those who wanted to see us play a good second half should be happy.

 

I'm going with this. We corrected what needed corrected and won going away. 

 

At the end of the day, we ran the ball 32 times and passed the ball 27.  Pass blocking was amazing. Run blocking not so much. Dylan Raiola has arm and decision talent, and it's kinda weird to criticize Satterfield for leaning on the passing game, given a great QB and legit receiving talent, include those RBs coming out of the backfield. It got easier to run the ball when Nebraska was playing from ahead. It always does. 

 

It looks like we can't just run it down an opponents throat. Then again, not many teams can.  

 

Defense looked better against a worser quarterback, so hard to tell. 

 

I'm going to enjoy the rest of this weekend more than I did last weekend. Gameday thread remains an awful hive of s#!tty takes.  

[SouthLincoln Husker]

Dylan was a little off the first half

 

O-line run blocking needs work.

 

Good bounce back by the defense.

 

Good lord our kickers are awful!

[Waldo]

That if Dowdell starts next game, it’s strictly an NIL decision. For being a bruiser, he collapses at any form of contact. 

[Lorewarn]

13 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

It looks like we can't just run it down an opponents throat. Then again, not many teams can.  

 

 

 

Generally, yeah, but Purdue gave up 700 rushing yards in the last two games.

[mwj98]

We typically lose these type games. 
 

we don’t have a kicker. 
 

Raiola needs to stop throwing off back foot and drive through longer passes. 
 

defense stepped up when needed. They are hosses. 
 

Love this board!

 

GBR

[presidentjlh]

1 hour ago, knapplc said:

Despite looking shaky for a lot of the last five games, this team is at four wins not even halfway through the season. How that compares to the last ten years:

 

Year        Coach        5Games    Total
2015     -     Riley     -     2     -     6
2016     -     Riley     -     5     -     9
2017     -     Riley     -     3     -     4
2018     -     Frost     -     0      -     4
2019     -     Frost     -     3     -     4
2020     -     Frost     -     1     -     3
2021     -     Frost     -     2      -     3
2022     -     Frost     -     2     -     4
2023     -     Rhule     -     2     -     5
2024     -     Rhule     -     4     -     ?

Man Scott Frost really sucked lol

[Hagg]

24 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

I'm going with this. We corrected what needed corrected and won going away. 

 

 

 

Yeah the 2nd half improvement over the 1st half near meltdown did say something about coaching, imo. 

 

Now.  That 4 quarters of Husker Football.  Not the 4th quarter, FOUR QUARTERS of Husker Football.  Hit that stride and we're competitive in this conference.

[commando]

maybe Rhule needs to get a flag more often.   the huskers responded after that call.

[Hagg]

We're not talking about turnovers much any more.

[Hayseed]

I learned my expectations were way too high.

[308_Husker]

We're 4-1. I'm looking forward to Rutgers

 

As long as we have Dylan Raiola, let's enjoy the ride. He's a very special player

[Touchdown Tommie]

Finished a frustrating game with a win...that is progress.

 

Rhule publicly saying he will fight for his guys...the penalty woke the boys up a little to keep them going.

 

There's got to be a kid on campus that long snapped in high school.