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[NIRVANA]

Well, I personally think that we should package this thread and send it to the coaches office. I mean, there is so much information here that a coach that has been coaching for longer than some of us have been alive could use.

 

I am sure it would be quite the eye opener and something he has never heard of before. Ever.

believe me they know...and he has to be on the hot seat.

The only reason he would be on the hot seat is because a certain faction of fans are putting him on that hot seat. Steve P is not putting him on the hot seat at all!!!!

keep the preassure on....we own that school

[NIRVANA]

the D only gave up 305 yard verses OU, that aint half bad. I would take that for a average every game. The days of giving up 250 a game are over. Mcbride is gone, so is the ballsy blitzing.

 

The embarrassing part was OU throwing at Grixby for about 5 plays in a row. They knew the weak spot. The D as a whole played well, but there is no mistaking the weak spots.

please.......cosgrove chokes

[NIRVANA]

I try and stress Defense because its the only way we are going to win NCs in lincoln...roll dice and pick an offense...offense does NOT win championships! never has....heisman running backs, all pro QBs, Outland tackles, non of these wins championships.....i cannot express to you how important defenses are....example 1 83 HUSKERS.........example 2.........Stoops NC team @ OU. its very important we have a functional DC. Cosgrove is not the guy, no matter how talented our defense gets he will choke, just like McBoofoo against texas and applehead during the regular season game. he has proven it year in and year out @ wisconson. and almost every away game at NU.

[Glendower]

In my opinion..... Andre Jones was BY FAR the weakest link on the D last year!!!

Wow.....he did strugle at times because of inexperience, but Grixby seemed out matched most of the time.

Saying that one of our top tacklers was the weakest link is insane.

Having your corner being one of the top tacklers is a very bad thing. That doesnt mean he is good , that means O-Coordinators are targeting him......wonder why?.........Oh ya cause he sucks.

 

Exactly. He'd face guard, not move on the ball, and then tackle the receiver after he caught the ball for huge yards.

[skersOVRsc]

Grixby has no excuse for playing...Bowman should relegate some of this if healthy, but Grixby is too slow, too short, too anything to compete at the Big 12 level.

 

It's pretty sad when you can predict the moment he is going to be throttled and put Nebraska in a hole. Happens way too often.

Grixby couldnt cover a practice dummy

So you don't like Coz or Grixby, got it.

its not so much not liking him, its the "this is what works" and "this is what you are doing" thing. we go from a lumbering Defense "read and react" (McDufus) to a lights out attack speed D (K.Steele) back to the lumbering read and react D (Coz).........the read and react thing is dying. we lead the country in sacks one year and cant buy one the next with more exp players? 300lb strong side defensive end (Carriker) that alone was a major mis use of talent. just think of Carriker playing NT last year and B.Turner getting a whole season of starting snaps? just that decision alone...1 player made a huge impact on how other OCs attacked our D. Carriker will never play a down at defensive end in the PROs. B.Turner is an AWESOME football player. a real play maker! sat the bench last year while Carriker fell 1 or 2 steps short of a sack. and no offense to Adam he is nails and i wish him all the best in the pros(wish he went to the Broncos) but man, this isnt UNO we dont have time for a guy with TONS of stroke to figure it out by himself. Chiznik laffs at the stuff Coz does.....hes at Iowa state now he wiil pick apart cosgroves D with division 2 players. we are NEBRASKA where the BLACKSHIRTS win championships. this isnt defense 101 for K. Cosgrove. when he was at Wisconson he mannaged to lose one huge game every year...can u say "CHOKE" that prevent D crap he ran last year?????? go look at film, embarrrraaaasssssing!

Having a weak corner trickles through your whole defense and makes you compensate for them. Hence the conservative D.

not really...thats when you need to apply more preassure and force the issue, playing conservative feeds into the opposing teams game plan.

Well this is just a matter of opinion then cause I think that blitzing the LBs to apply more pressure and force the issue is a high risk, high reward scheme, nothing wrong with that, but when you have a huge hole at corner the risk for giving up six becomes to high and its not worth it any more. I'm not saying I'm a huge Cos fan, just speaking to stratagies.

i understand............john david booty 3rd and 7...............1.7 seconds to make a decision...........or 3.1 seconds to make a decision?

i understand............john david booty 3rd and 7................6 yards or 6 points?