Huskers Building on '09 success

[Saunders]

Bo Pelini could have said just about anything on the victory podium at the Holiday Bowl. Minutes after a 33-0 beatdown of Arizona -- one Pelini later called "a complete win" -- the list of things that wouldn't further spur the Nebraska faithful's frenzy was short.

 

"Nebraska's back and we're here to stay," he said....

 

ESPN Big 12 Blog Article

[hskrfan4life]

Good find!

[Nexus]

Good find!

 

[sd'sker]

there is a poll on espn regarding this, it is whether nebraska will build on our late season success, or will we slide backwards after the loss of SUH. it is very telling what the states think of nebraska, especially iowa, they really think/hope we will slide back.

[Husker_x]

Keep dreaming. Pelini defenses don't have a 'sliding back' issue and never have, unless you mean the relative backward progress of going from first or third to tenth or thirteenth.

 

You don't replace a player like Suh, but you can change your schemes to plug the hole. When Bo was hired the excitement was that he ran an attacking defense that was blitz and interception heavy. Last season we rarely blitzed because we rarely needed to. Our front four was completely dominant with Suh in the lead. We're still going to have a fantastic line and a premier secondary. Will the defense be better? Probably not, but our schedule is weaker and all the major Big XII QBs are gone. Will it slide into irrelevance? Hardly.

[Enhance]

I really like this Ubben guy. He's a bit more laid back with the blog, but his information is just as good if not better.

[sd'sker]

I really like this Ubben guy. He's a bit more laid back with the blog, but his information is just as good if not better.

i like him as well. goofy picture though, that would be my only complaint. i used to read griffin for just the NU info, but know i'll read every post.

[sd'sker]

Keep dreaming. Pelini defenses don't have a 'sliding back' issue and never have, unless you mean the relative backward progress of going from first or third to tenth or thirteenth.

 

You don't replace a player like Suh, but you can change your schemes to plug the hole. When Bo was hired the excitement was that he ran an attacking defense that was blitz and interception heavy. Last season we rarely blitzed because we rarely needed to. Our front four was completely dominant with Suh in the lead. We're still going to have a fantastic line and a premier secondary. Will the defense be better? Probably not, but our schedule is weaker and all the major Big XII QBs are gone. Will it slide into irrelevance? Hardly.

i think there is still a strong perception that when Nebraska slipped into mediocrity, it was for a permanent stay. we still have a long ways to gain national respect and convince people the nebraska is, indeed, back and here to stay.

whatever though, i mean who cares what they think, and i don't even blame. nebraska has has some tough years, we are a small state (which may indicate not a ton of funding), and the football sands of power shift so quickly. i refuse to believe that miami or fsu will ever return to prominence, and they have just has good of chances, if not better, as us. and i will always believe kansas won't be able to rise above mediocrity for the same reasons many probably believe we will not.

but, i like being (as bush would have said) misunderestimated.