HuskerfaninOkieland Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Journal Star Blog A hard-hitting Wednesday practice Nebraska apparently hasn't backed off on hard hitting in practice since the start of the regular season (cue the Bill Callahan criticism). "I'll tell you what, this may have been the most physical practice of the year that we just had," Husker offensive line coach Barney Cotton said right after Wednesday's full-pad session at Memorial Stadium. Why did Nebraska turn it up Wednesday? "We wanted to play at full speed," Cotton said. "We expect to be playing against another defense that, even though we don't know for sure what they'll do, we expect an awful lot of movement. And the only way to block movement is to block it fast." San Jose State was based out of a four-man front, while New Mexico State features a three-man front or sometimes even a two-man look "with an awful lot of fast and athletic guys running around and getting in all sorts of different positions where you really have to be assignment sound and make sure you're putting a hat on a hat." As for Lydon Murtha's return, Cotton said, "He probably took a fourth to a third of the snaps, a little bit with the ones (first string), more with the twos. We'll just gauge the effects of pads and contact and go from there." As for Murtha's two-game absence, "The biggest thing, it affected our depth. You always hate to lose a guy you were counting on. But we were fortunate enough to have some depth. But Lydon was a starter going in. Hopefully he'll recover quickly and knock the rust off. I think the biggest thing is the conditioning aspect. I'll tell you what, though, he looked awfully fresh-legged today." Quote Link to comment
HuskerJosh82 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'm not mad at em. Quote Link to comment
Apathy Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 We'll they better play more physical on both sides of the ball because I'll be there and I've never seen Nebraska lose when attending a game......EVER so lets keep it that way. Quote Link to comment
CENTEXHUSKER Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 They are 3-1 when I have gone to a game down here.....05 at Baylor, 06 at A&M, Alamo Bowl...then lost to Auburn in the sh!thole they call the Cotton Bowl Irrelevant to the topic, just throwing it out there Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I hope they play much more physical and I really think that they will. My record with going to NU games, even though I'm not going to this one. Mizzou '00 Won Texas '06 Lost Big XII Championship '06 Lost USC '07 Lost ISU '07 Won KSU'07 Won WMU '08 Won So 4-3 so far for me. Quote Link to comment
Huskerballz Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I salivate at the fact that we're hitting hard. The days of namby-pamby practices are finally over. Quote Link to comment
bbhusker Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 This is great to hear. But, like Coach Pelini said earlier this week, they have been practicing great and now we just need to get them to play like that on game day. It's time for the offense, defense, and special teams to show up and perform. Start fast and finish the game strong. We need to start building on consistancy before we get into our Big XII games. Here's to hoping this next game is a complete blowout. GBR! Quote Link to comment
papersun87 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Since everyone else is 92 Oklahoma State W 1-0 (I actually don't remember going to this game . . . I was four) 95 Pacific W 2-0 96 Kansas W 3-0 96 Missouri W 4-0 96 Colorado W 5-0 99 Oklahoma State W 6-0 01 Texas Tech W 7-0 04 Colorado L 7-1 06 Big 12 Championship: Oklahoma L 7-2 So I'm not on a good streak at the moment . . . Edit: Holy crud, I forgot one. Updated. Quote Link to comment
JHaWk Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Argh!!!! I was at the 06 KU @ NU game, what a heartbreaker for us. But a good game Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Everyone else is: all 1996-1998 home games...only one loss 1999 away game at iowa plus all home games...undefeated 2000 ND game and all home games...undefeated 01 KSU game..win 01 Rose Bowl....ouch 03 KSU...Ouch ouch 05 Maine. win but empty inside 06 USC Ouch ouch ouch 07 USC Ouch Ouch OUch OUCH!!! Ever since I graduated it has really gotten crappyy. I take full blame for this. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Nobody got hurt, though, right? RIGHT?! And since it's the thing to do... I'll just post the last two games I've been to... '08 WMU - win '08 SJS - win That's called a winning streak, boys! Quote Link to comment
zE bOp Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 The 1st game can remember was in '70?, and the JET took a punt 2 da houz vs UCLA, HA! The last was '94? w TD TOMMIE vs CSU, I think. Saw about 30 games overall and only 2 losses: OU '76?, and MO '78. Oh yeah, L 2 OU '78 Orange Bowl-was in the marching band. Bookended by NC teams! Quote Link to comment
blackshirtsfaninmiami Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Well I guess since everyone else is doing it: 94 Orange Bowl National Champ.: Win 97 Orange Bowl National Champ.: Win 07 @ Wake Forest: Win Unforutnately I cant say I've been to a game in Lincoln. Sad i know Quote Link to comment
admo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Okay BRI and NUpolo8, nothing against you guys, but if it's a big game - STAY AWAY Quote Link to comment
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