What I Learned at School Tonight

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Well, this was sure an enlightening game. I think we learned quite a few interesting bits of information that will more than likely carry over the rest of the season.

 

1.) We suck. Pure and simple. And this isn't alcohol-induced rage talking; it's reason as pure and glittering as the sun on a mountain lake. We have NO talent. NONE. I dare anyone who disagrees with me to name a SINGLE game-breaker we have on either side of the ball, or special teams. Callahan left the cupboard so bare that the flies that used to live there starved to death. No deep threat, no running back, a sketchy QB lost without Purify, an O-line that can't block, average tight-ends, a D-line that can't get pressure, slow linebackers, inept corners, and safeties so useless it's almost beyond belief they get a free education to play their position.

 

2.) Missouri is the real deal, but we'd never know it, given that even the most painfully average offense looks like Florida against us.

 

3.) I'm not the first person to mention this, but I think I'll go ahead and throw myself out there anyway. Either Watson needs to get rid of the West Coast Offense, or he needs to find another job. He talks all the time about "being multiple," but let's not kid ourselves. We can't even be single. Our offense has no identity. There's nothing they do well. Our line can't run block or pass block, and we're constantly stuck flopping on third and medium.

 

4.) The team has no discipline. Our penalties are almost hilarious. It would be funny were it not so sad. I can't believe that we're the only team in the country that can't get a play off with more than three seconds on the clock. It's pathetic and unacceptable.

 

5.) A bowl game would be a miracle this season and probably next. Sad fact is, we have no talent, and no reason to believe it's going to get a lot better. Pelini has a lot of shaking up to do on the depth chart. If it were me, I'd be thinking about getting as many of the young guys out there as possible. Winning games this season isn't even much of a goal anymore. Preparing for the future is. The fact that Ganz was still in in the fourth is ridiculous.

 

I'm sure there's more to talk about, but a performance this degrading really can't be harped on enough, so I'll quit here. I'm really disappointed in this team. They didn't even put up a fight this evening and I'm shocked that it got as out of hand as it did. I really felt Pelini's hire would bring something to this defense, but it hasn't, and it won't this season. At least they're not wearing blackshirts. A small mercy, but an improvement. Small improvements is all we can hope for. Day by day, game by game.

 

Buckle your seat belts, Husker fans. Texas Tech and Oklahoma are going to do the same thing. Every team on our schedule has the potential to get ugly. It's the sad reality of having zero talent and high expectations, I'm afraid.