What Happened: NU vs. Michigan, Drive by Drive

[Mavric]

I've thought about doing this for awhile but never thought I had enough time. I'll give it a go here and see how it goes.

 

Play by play courtesy Huskers.com. My comments in red.

 

MICH WINS TOSS AND DEFERS NEB TO RECEIVE AND DEFEND NORTH GOAL

 

MICH ball on MICH35. Wile, Matt kickoff 65 yards to the NEB0, touchback.

 

1-10 NEB 25 Abdullah, Ameer rush for no gain to the NEB25 (Gordon, Cameron)

Ace-Pistol set; Stretch right. Sirles and ARod get good blocks but Jake Long loses his block.

 

2-10 NEB 25 Armstrong, T. rush for loss of 5 yards to the NEB20 (Black, Jibreel).

Pistol set, Trips left with Carter tight; Sprint Option left. TA fakes the pitch and cuts up. ARod does a nice job reaching the NT but doesn't engage, instead running past him and allowing him to slide off and get to TA

 

3-15 NEB 20 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Westerkamp, J. for 27 yards to the NEB47, 1ST DOWN NEB P1 (Furman, Josh).

Shotgun Spread formation (TE, FL left; Slot, SE right). TA sets and steps up in the pocket, good protection. Finds Westerkamp in a hole in the zone. Nice throw and catch.

 

1-10 NEB 47 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 4 yards to the MICH49 (Morgan, Desmond)

Same play call as the first play but Michigan has thier LBs slid the other way. Both Carter and Enunwa go after the OLB. No one blocks the ILB or CB. AA gets past the ILB but CB gets him.

 

2-6 Mich 49 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Bell, Kenny

Shotgun, TE Trips left. TA throws the fade to Bell who is getting past the CB but the throw is short and to the inside (into the wind). If the ball is out in front of Bell, it's a TD.

 

3-6 Mich 49 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Enunwa, Quincy, QB hurry by Countess, Blake.

Shotgun Spread formation (TE, FL right; Slot, SE left). The biltzer hits TA as he throws the fade but Enunwa breaks the route off at the sticks.

 

4-6 Mich 49 Foltz, Sam punt 29 yards to the MICH20, out-of-bounds.

 

6 plays, 26 yards, 2:02

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MICHIGAN drive start at 12:58.

 

1-10 Mich 20 Toussaint, F. rush for loss of 1 yard to the MICH19 (Santos, David).

Pistol with offset I. Iso-type run left. Randle slows him up three yards deep and allows Anderson to scrape and Santos (who was on the line away from the play) to chase him down from behind.

 

2-11 Mich 19 Gardner, Devin rush for 2 yards to the MICH21 (Cooper, Corey).

Shotgun with two backs and a wing. Zone read right. Evans attacks the mesh point hard and forces Gardner to pull, tripping him up slightly. Cooper (who started lined up at WILL) scrapes and meet Gardner in the hold.

 

3-9 Mich 21 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Funchess, Devin.

Shotgun, one back, three receives stacked right until Funchess motions out of the stack wide right. Huskers have three down lineman with Gregory standing up - six blitz. Gregory hits Gardner as he throws. Pass is wide

 

4-9 Mich 21 Wile, Matt punt 44 yards to the NEB35, Westerkamp, J. return 17 yards to the MICH48 (Wilson, Jarrod).

Nice return by Westy, breaking three tackles with not a lot of room to work along the sideline.

 

3 plays, 1 yard, 1:33

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NEBRASKA drive start at 11:25.

 

1-10 Mich 48 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 5 yards to the MICH43 (Furman, Josh)

Pistol set, Trips left with Cotton tight. Cotton comes inside and isos the ILB, leading for AA. AA makes the unblocked OLB grab air but tries to bounce then comes back inside instead of going straight ahead.

 

2-5 Mich 43 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Bell, Kenny for 6 yards to the MICH37, 1ST DOWN NEB P2 (Countess, Blake)

Shotgun spread set (TE, HB left, Slot, SE right). Play-action quick pass to Bell. Enunwa with a good block and Bell extends the ball for a first down as he's run OOB.

 

1-10 Mich 37 Cross, Imani rush for 7 yards to the MICH30 (Ross III, James).

Shotgun, two wide both sides. Zone read. TA probably should have pulled as the DE crashed pretty hard but Cross gets past the DE. Looks like Sirles should have come off to block the OLB that made the tackle instead of continuing to double the DT.

 

2-3 Mich 30 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Moore, Alonzo.e

Shotgun, two wide both sides. TA doesn't step into the throw well and it's low. Moore still should have made the catch

 

3-3 Mich 30 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 18 yards to the MICH12, 1ST DOWN NEB (Countess, Blake). R3

Shotgun, two receives both sides. Sprint Option left. AA makes a nice catch on a pitch that is high and behind him. Good run and good down-field blocking

 

1-10 Mich 12 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 3 yards to the MICH9 (Ryan, Jake).

Pistol, HB left, three wide. ARod pulls but we get no push from the left side. AA does a good job to drive forward as there was no hole.

 

2-7 Mich 09 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 4 yards to the MICH5 (Avery, Courtney).

Pistol. Unbalanced, both tackles left. ARod pulls left but again no hole. If AA bounces a step earlier there might have been room but he does a nice job of getting what he did.

 

3-3 Mich 05 Cross, Imani rush for 1 yard to the MICH4 (Henry, Willie;Bolden, Joe).

Shotgun, Trips Right. Zone read look but it's a designed give. Pensick doesn't overtake well after a chip from ARod and the DT gets Cross.

 

4-2 Mich 04 Smith, Pat field goal attempt from 21 GOOD, clock 08:09.

 

9 plays, 44 yards, 3:16

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Bondi, Mauro kickoff 65 yards to the MICH0, touchback.

Hits the pylon. Good precision

 

MICHIGAN drive start at 08:09.

 

1-10 Mich 25 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 10 yards to the MICH15 (Anderson, Zaire)

Ace, Trips left. Gallon motions across the formation to standard Ace set. Anderson comes on the blitz, moving Gardner off his spot. Curry also applies pressure until Anderson finishes him off.

 

2-20 Mich 15 Toussaint, F. rush for 1 yard to the MICH16 (Alexander, L.).

Shotgun, four wide, Trips left. Zone read. Alexander blitzes off the corner. Gregory slow plays to force the give.

 

3-19 Mich 16 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 11 yards to the MICH5 (Randle, Thad).

Shotgun, Funchess motions across the formation to give Trips left. Huskers blitz six. Gardner tries to escape but Gregory pushes him back inside to Randle.

 

4-30 Mich 05 Wile, Matt punt 51 yards to the NEB44, Newby, Terrell return 10 yards to the MICH46 (Bolden, Joe), PENALTY NEB illegal block (Davie, Daniel) 10 yards to the NEB44, 1st and 10, NEB ball on NEB44.

 

3 plays, minus 20 yards, 2:19

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NEBRASKA drive start at 05:50.

 

1-10 NEB 44 Abdullah, Ameer rush for no gain to the NEB44 (Gordon, Cameron;Beyer, Brennen)

Shotgun, Trips left with Carter tight. Zone read. End slow-plays so TA gives. Not much of a hole and the DE recovers to make the tackle

 

2-10 NEB 44 Armstrong, T. rush for 11 yards to the MICH45, 1ST DOWN NEB (Gordon, Cameron). R4

Shotgun, two wide both ways. Zone read off the DT. DT chases, TA pulls. Michigan blitzed both LBs through the hole, The first one is picked up, TA makes the second miss. Very nice run.

 

1-10 Mich 45 Armstrong, T. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 8 yards to the MICH37.

Shotgun, Tight Trips left. Designed rollout left. Throw is low and behind Enunwa but he makes a nice catch.

 

2-2 Mich 37 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 2 yards to the MICH35, 1ST DOWN NEB (Morgan, Desmond;Clark, R5Frank).

Pistol, Ace set. Outside zone left. AA starts the wrong way but recovers.

 

1-10 Mich 35 Armstrong, T. pass incomplete to Bell, Kenny.

Pistol, Ace set. Play action. Bell has a step but the ball is thrown out of bounds.

 

2-10 Mich 35 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 12 yards to the MICH23, 1ST DOWN NEB (Wilson, Jarrod). R6

Shotgun Spread set (TE left). Sprint Option. Pitch is high and behind but AA catches, stumbles and gets a nice gain.

 

1-10 Mich 23 Armstrong, T. rush for 2 yards to the MICH21 (Ross III, James).

Shotgun, Unbalanced left, Offset I. Lead Option right. Not much there, TA gets what he can.

 

2-8 Mich 21 PENALTY MICH pass interference (Furman, Josh) 13 yards to the MICH8, 1ST DOWN NEB. X7

Shotgun, Spread set (TE right). Play Action. Pass is low and behind Burtch.

 

1-G Mich 08 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 8 yards to the MICH0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:50.

Pistol, Unbalanced right. Michigan doesn't adjust properly. Outside Zone right. Blocked really well

 

1-G Mich 03 Smith, Pat kick attempt good.

 

8 plays, 56 yards, 3:00

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Bondi, Mauro kickoff 49 yards to the MICH16, Hayes, Justice return 8 yards to the MICH24 (Jackson, C.).

 

MICHIGAN drive start at 02:50.

 

1-10 Mich 24 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 13 yards to the MICH37, 1ST DOWN MICH P1 (Evans, Ciante)

Shotgun, Spread set (TE left, Funchess stacked right). Funchess catches the quick out, making Evans miss at first before he recovers for the tackle.

 

1-10 Mich 37 Toussaint, F. rush for 1 yard to the MICH38 (Anderson, Zaire).

TE and WB right, I formation. Shift both TE and WB left, unbalanced. Evans frantically motions Green to move up to put 8 in the box. Power right. No push and Anderson scrapes for the tackle, breaking his helmet in the process.

 

2-9 Mich 38 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Butt, Jake (Evans, Ciante).

Shotgun, Spread set (TE right). Huskers blitz six, including Green late. Evans and Santos get in each others way. Almost INT.

 

3-9 Mich 38 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Gallon, Jeremy for 16 yards to the NEB46, 1ST DOWN MICH P2 (Mitchell, Josh).

Shotgun, Bunch left, Gallon right. Huskers blitz six but get no pressure. Gallon gets a pick on the crossing route.

 

1-10 NEB 46 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Gallon, Jeremy for 12 yards to the NEB34, 1ST DOWN MICH P3 (Cooper, Corey)

Shotgun, Offset I, Three wide, Gallon in motion across the formation. Gardner flips it to Gallon as he runs by. Good cross block on the outside to create space.

 

1-10 NEB 34 Green, Derrick rush for 7 yards to the NEB27 (Valentine, V.).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Huskers blitz MIKE and possibly Santos supposed to be coming on a blitz across the formation but doesn't get there in time so there is a hole in the middle

 

2-3 NEB 27 Green, Derrick rush for 1 yard to the NEB26 (Moss, Avery).

Full House backfield (IB, FB, HB) Gardner trips coming away from center. Power left but no where to go.

 

END OF 1st QUARTER: Nebraska 10, Michigan 0

 

3-2 NEB 26 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

 

3-2 NEB 26 Green, Derrick rush for no gain to the NEB26 (Anderson, Zaire;Santos, David)

Diamond Formation, QB under center. Power left. No where to go.

 

4-2 NEB 26 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 8 yards to the NEB18, 1ST DOWN MICH P4 (Green, Andrew).

Shotgun, two backs. Funchess motions across the formation to a stack right. Gets a pick from the front receiver. Designed roll right, quick out.

 

1-10 NEB 18 Green, Derrick rush for 3 yards to the NEB15 (Cooper, Corey).

Shotgun, TE Trips left. Zone read. Cooper blitzes left and catches Green from behind.

 

2-7 NEB 15 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Gallon, Jeremy for 5 yards to the NEB10 (Jean-Baptiste).

Unbalanced left, I formation. Play action. Tunnel screen.

 

3-2 NEB 10 Toussaint, F. rush for no gain to the NEB10 (Rose, Michael).

Double Tight, motion to Power I. Power left. No where to go.

 

4-2 NEB 10 Gibbons, B. field goal attempt from 27 GOOD, clock 11:47.

 

13 plays, 66 yards, 6:03

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Wile, Matt kickoff 54 yards to the NEB11, Bell, Kenny return 15 yards to the NEB26 (Capatina, A.).

 

NEBRASKA drive start at 11:47

RKIII in at QB. Pelini in at Center, Pensick moves to RG, ARod out

 

1-10 NEB 26 Abdullah, Ameer rush for loss of 3 yards to the NEB23 (Black, Jibreel).

Pistol, Ace. Outside zone left. Pelini misses his block and his guy gets the TFL

 

2-13 NEB 23 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 7 yards to the NEB30 (Wormley, Chris;Gordon, Cameron).

Pistol, TE Trips left. Inside zone. J. Long doesn't keep his block and his guy makes the tackle after a decent gain.

 

3-6 NEB 30 Timeout Michigan, clock 10:49.

 

3-6 NEB 30 Kellogg III, R. pass complete to Enunwa, Quincy for 6 yards to the NEB36, 1ST DOWN NEB. P8

Shotgun, four wide, Trips left. Enunwa with a great diving catch, just geting the first down.

 

1-10 NEB 36 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 4 yards to the NEB40 (Morgan, Desmond;Avery, Courtney).

Unbalanced I right. Power right. Not much there but AA squeezes through for a short gain.

 

2-6 NEB 40 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 3 yards to the NEB43 (Ryan, Jake).

Pistol, TE left, WB right. Outside zone left. Not a lot of room.

 

3-3 NEB 43 Kellogg III, R. pass incomplete to Enunwa, Quincy.

Shotgun, two wide each side. Pass is behind Enunwa but he gets both hands on it.

 

4-3 NEB 43 Foltz, Sam punt 45 yards to the MICH12, downed.

Poor punt but gets a decent roll to help.

 

6 plays, 17 yards, 2:45

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MICHIGAN drive start at 09:02.

 

1-10 Mich 12 PENALTY NEB holding (Cooper, Corey) 10 yards to the MICH22, 1ST DOWN MICH. X5

Unbalanced right with WB. Play action (fake jet sweep). Alexander is blatantly held rushing late but no flag. Gallon makes Anderson miss once but he recovers. Never showed the penalty.

 

1-10 Mich 22 Toussaint, F. rush for 4 yards to the MICH26 (McMullen, Greg)

Heavy set left (TE and WB). Huskers have 9 in the box. Power right.

 

2-6 Mich 26 Gardner, Devin rush for no gain to the MICH26 (Alexander, L.).

Pistol with Offset I, two wide left. Zone read. Gregory slow-plays then still chases Gardner down, helping Alexander finish the tackle.

 

3-6 Mich 26 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Gallon, Jeremy for 9 yards to the MICH35, 1ST DOWN MICH.

Shotgun, Bunch right, Gallon left. Huskers blitz seven - Cooper and Alexander hit Gardner as he throws. Pass is low but Gallon picks it off the turf.

 

1-10 Mich 35 TEAM rush for loss of 10 yards to the MICH25, fumble by TEAM recovered by MICH Gardner,Devin at MICH25.

Pistol, Spread set (TE left). Bad snap.

 

2-20 Mich 25 Timeout Michigan, clock 05:41.

 

2-20 Mich 25 Gardner, Devin rush for 1 yard to the MICH26 (McMullen, Greg).

Heavy left (TE & WB), two wide right. Play action left, boot right. McMullen does a great job staying home and tracking Gardner down with Bando there to help.

 

3-19 Mich 26 PENALTY MICH false start (Lewan, Taylor) 5 yards to the MICH21.

 

3-24 Mich 21 Gardner, Devin rush for 7 yards to the MICH28 (Alexander, L.).

Shotgun, two wide both sides. Plenty of time but no one open. Randle and Gregory both get a chance but miss. Ankrah running him down before Alexander delivers a great stick.

 

4-17 Mich 28 Wile, Matt punt 69 yards to the NEB3, downed.

No idea what Newby was doing here. Had lots of time and room to make the catch. He was running to the side as if to decoy them. Maybe thought he was closer to the end zone and it was going to go in??? Ball landed on the 15.

 

6 plays, 16 yards, 5:18

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NEBRASKA drive start at 03:44.

 

1-10 NEB 03 Armstrong, T. rush for loss of 2 yards to the NEB1 (Ryan, Jake).

Heavy left (TE and HB). Supposed to be power left with Cotton blocking across the formation but he runs into TA, who does a great job just to get out of the end zone. Cotton was definitely supposed to block across the formation (pick up the unblocked end), so that makes me wonder if we were supposed to be in Pistol but TA was under center.

 

Sirles hurt; Sterup in

2-12 NEB 01 Abdullah, Ameer rush for 1 yard to the NEB2 (Ryan, Jake).

Double Tight, Full house backfield. Power right. Not much room.

 

3-11 NEB 02 PENALTY NEB false start (Qvale, Brent) 1 yards to the NEB1.

 

3-12 NEB 01 Armstrong, T. rush for 2 yards to the NEB3 (Henry, Willie).

Double Tight, Full house backfield. QB sneak. Not much room

 

4-10 NEB 03 Foltz, Sam punt 38 yards to the NEB41, Gallon, Jeremy return -1 yards to the NEB42 (Gerry, Nathan).

Not a great punt but a great tackle by Gerry.

 

3 plays, 0 yards, 1:49

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MICHIGAN drive start at 01:55.

 

1-10 NEB 42 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Gallon, Jeremy for 7 yards to the NEB35 (Mitchell, Josh).

Shotgun, Trips right. Huskers blitz six. Good tackle by Mitchell on the quick slant but needs to play tighter, especially with the blitz coming

 

2-3 NEB 35 Gardner, Devin rush for loss of 1 yard to the NEB36 (Randle, Thad).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. QB Draw but Gardner runs right into Randle

 

3-4 NEB 36 Gardner, Devin pass incomplete to Funchess, Devin.

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Four man rush, not much pressure. Throw is over Funchess' head, double-covered.

 

4-4 NEB 36 Gardner, Devin sacked for loss of 3 yards to the NEB39 (Moss, Avery).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Gallon motions into a stack left with Funchess. Huskers rush four but flush Gardner out of the pocket where Moss tracks him down.

 

4 plays, 3 yards, 1:02

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NEBRASKA drive start at 00:53.

 

1-10 NEB 39 Kellogg III, R. pass incomplete to Abdullah, Ameer.

Shotgun, Spread set (TE left). Not a lot of pressure but the check-down to AA is wide.

 

2-10 NEB 39 Kellogg III, R. rush for 5 yards to the NEB44 (Gordon, Cameron).

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Michigan only rushes three but a lineman splits Moudy and Qvale to force RKIII to scramble.

 

3-5 NEB 44 Timeout Nebraska, clock 00:37.

 

3-5 NEB 44 Kellogg III, R. pass incomplete to Enunwa, Quincy.

Shotgun, TE Trips right. Designed rollout right. Enunwa is well covered and RKIII throws it away.

 

4-5 NEB 44 PENALTY NEB substitution infraction 5 yards to the NEB39.

 

4-10 NEB 39 Foltz, Sam punt 50 yards to the MICH11, Gallon, Jeremy return 16 yards to the MICH27 (Seisay, M.).

Finally a good punt by Foltz, pinning Gallon in the corner. But Mitchell can't tackle him and he has some running room before Seisay gets blind-sided and (luckily) falls into Gallon.

 

3 plays, 0 yards, 0:34

 

HALFTIME

[RedDenver]

Since this is halftime (I guess), I'd like to take a moment to say thanks for doing this. Very informative.

[Mavric]

MICH TO RECEIVE AND DEFEND NORTH GOAL

 

NEB ball on NEB35. Bondi, Mauro kickoff 65 yards to the MICH0, touchback.

 

MICHIGAN drive start at 15:00.

 

1-10 Mich 25 Toussaint, F. rush for no gain to the MICH25 (Rose, Michael).

Heavy TE Trips left (TE, WB, FL). Power left. GREAT fill by Rose.

 

2-10 Mich 25 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Toussaint, F. for 25 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN P7 MICH (Rose, Michael).

Pistol with Offset I. Pro look. Jet motion. Play action, fake jet sweep, fake to IB. IB screen left. Reciever cracks on Evans. Mitchell doesn't pick up the screen fast enough. Slow recognition by everyone. Great hustle by Rose

 

1-10 Mich 50 Toussaint, F. rush for loss of 2 yards to the MICH48 (Green, Andrew).

Heavy I left (TE, WB) shift to unbalanced right. Power left. Great play by Green.

 

2-12 Mich 48 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Butt, Jake for 19 yards to the NEB33, 1ST DOWN MICH P8 (Jean-Baptiste).

Shotgun. Doubles stacked both sides. For some reason, SJB chases the second guy inside even though the front guy goes straight outside and he has no help out there.

 

1-10 NEB 33 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Toussaint, F. for 8 yards to the NEB25 (Rose, Michael;Ankrah, Jason).

Shotgun, TE Trips left. Motion to Stack right. Play action. Huskers rush four. Lots of time but no one open. Rose does a good job picking up the back out of the backfield but he has enough room to make the catch.

 

2-2 NEB 25 Gardner, Devin rush for loss of 3 yards to the NEB28, fumble forced by Ankrah, Jason, fumble by Gardner, Devin recovered by MICH TEAM at NEB28.

Shotgun, Ace Trips Left. Zone read look. Huskers blitz six. Rose can't get Gardner down but good pursuit.

 

3-5 NEB 28 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Chesson, Jehu for 9 yards to the NEB19, 1ST DOWN MICH P9 (Jean-Baptiste;Evans, Ciante).

Shotgun. Stack Trips left, motion out of trips. RG is unblocked but they roll away from him. SJB hit the receiver as he catches it but doesn't wrap and lets him get five more yards.

 

1-10 NEB 19 Gardner, Devin rush for 3 yards to the NEB16 (Rose, Michael;Gregory, Randy).

Shotgun, Ace Trips right. Zone read look. Rose misses a tackle but Gregory swarms.

 

2-7 NEB 16 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Butt, Jake for 11 yards to the NEB5, 1ST DOWN MICH P10 (Green, Andrew).

Pistol, TE Trips left. Play action, pop pass to TE. Green hits him immediately but can't get him down as they push him forward for several extra yards.

 

1-G NEB 05 Gardner, Devin pass complete to Funchess, Devin for 5 yards to the NEB0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:56.

Shotgun, Trips Right. Both Evans and Rose take the short receiver leaving Funchess all by himself. Evans had to take Funchess.

 

1-G NEB 03 Gibbons, B. kick attempt good.

 

Michigan 10, Nebraska 10

 

10 plays, 75 yards, 5:04

[In the Deed the Glory]

I as well. This is awesome work.

[California Husker]

Since Mavric took the time to do all of this I feel obligated to make at least one comment.

 

So a comment on that last punt return of the half, when Seisay got hit...I would just like to say that back when we played Oklahoma State, all of the announcers (and the NCAA by the way) acted like Eric Martin was the devil for a hit like that on a kick return...that hit on Seisay didn't even draw a flag. Where in the EFFFF is the consistency?