kchusker_chris Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 To be fair, Georgia lost a couple talented WR's, and the backup RB, and Gurley was out a few games. I think Georgia could be comparable, but they had, as we did, a very disappointing season BECAUSE of it. How about the freakin' loss of the starting QB as being one of (if not) THE most significant injury for any team. How many lost their starting QB's? We had a redshirt freshmen, who went 7-1 as starter, take his place. Georgia is the only team I can think of that lost their starting QB. I am sure there's more but you can't just brush that off as "teams have injuries..." Heck, the Patriots missed out on the playoffs in 2008 when Tom Brady was out for the year. Missouri off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Look what happened to the Colt when Peyton went down. LOL. "Everyone has to deal with injuries".. 1 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You have to admit we've had some pretty bad luck for some of those seasons though. you have to admin we've had some pretty spectacular luck for some those seasons though. hail mary, refs against MSU, OSU backup QB, d. robinson injury, heisman QB Murray and entire receiving corp injured... That's part of football, just like injuries......... Cant have it both ways. Quote Link to comment
Branno Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You have to admit we've had some pretty bad luck for some of those seasons though. you have to admin we've had some pretty spectacular luck for some those seasons though. hail mary, refs against MSU, OSU backup QB, d. robinson injury, heisman QB Murray and entire receiving corp injured... Yes the hail mary was lucky, but we were in a position to need that hail mary because of our injuries. I don't agree with the MSU game, even if we don't get the VALID PI call there is still time on the clock to either win or tie the game and then go to overtime. We were starting to shut down OSU before Miller got injured and our offense started to figure out their defense with 0 injuries. We were shutting down Michigan before Robinson was injured. We had way more injuries than Georgia, and our defense was playing lights out by that point in the season. So out of your entire list we were really only lucky once. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You have to admit we've had some pretty bad luck for some of those seasons though. you have to admin we've had some pretty spectacular luck for some those seasons though. hail mary, refs against MSU, OSU backup QB, d. robinson injury, heisman QB Murray and entire receiving corp injured... That's part of football, just like injuries......... Cant have it both ways. The wheels fell off. Unlike Nebraska, where we were roughly the same as the previous few years. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Look what happened to the Colt when Peyton went down. LOL. "Everyone has to deal with injuries".. College and the NFL are not equal. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 We had way more injuries than Georgia, and our defense was playing lights out by that point in the season. Had we played Georgia with their roster healthy, we don't win that game. So i consider it lucky for us they weren't. Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Can you honestly name a team that had worse injuries than us last year? Georgia lost ONE player, we lost almost our entire offense. That's a gross exaggeration. Quote Link to comment
kchusker_chris Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You have to admit we've had some pretty bad luck for some of those seasons though. you have to admin we've had some pretty spectacular luck for some those seasons though. hail mary, refs against MSU, OSU backup QB, d. robinson injury, heisman QB Murray and entire receiving corp injured... That's part of football, just like injuries......... Cant have it both ways. exactly. we've been lucky just as many times as we've been unlucky. but some act like nebraska is the unluckiest team on the planet and the only to experience injuries. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Can you honestly name a team that had worse injuries than us last year? Georgia lost ONE player, we lost almost our entire offense. That's a gross exaggeration. There was a lot of that up there. Including "Our defense was playing lights out by the end of the year". 5 Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You have to admit we've had some pretty bad luck for some of those seasons though. you have to admin we've had some pretty spectacular luck for some those seasons though. hail mary, refs against MSU, OSU backup QB, d. robinson injury, heisman QB Murray and entire receiving corp injured... That's part of football, just like injuries......... Cant have it both ways. exactly. we've been lucky just as many times as we've been unlucky. but some act like nebraska is the unluckiest team on the planet and the only to experience injuries. Who? Quote Link to comment
Branno Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Can you honestly name a team that had worse injuries than us last year? Georgia lost ONE player, we lost almost our entire offense. That's a gross exaggeration. Well let's see how much of an exaggeration it is. Injury reports from before the game: Georgia Injury Report Player Pos. Injury Status Paris Bostick LB toe Questionable Tray Matthews DB hamstring Probable Aaron Murray QB knee Out Nebraska Injury Report Player Pos. Details Status Mike Moudy G shoulder Questionable Thaddeus Randle DT knee Questionable Jamal Turner WR undisclosed Questionable Wil Richards S ankle Questionable Jared Afalava T knee Questionable Tommy Armstrong Jr QB ankle Probable Daniel Davie CB knee Out Tyler Wullenwaber WR shoulder Out Spencer Long G knee Out Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Every team has injuries, its a fact of football.Yes but some are more serious than others. Yes, but if we want to declare that Nebraska's injuries were worse than every other top 25 team (or anything along those lines) someone will have to present hard data. They appear worse because we all focus on Nebraska more than any other team, for starters. And they may hit Nebraska harder because there appears to be a talent depth issue combined with an absence of getting the next man ready. This has been very glaring at the QB position. Yes we focus on Nebraska more than any other team but I bet as a whole our fanbase follows the rest of the country alot closer than most other fanbases. The shallow QB roster wasnt all the staffs fault either. A 4yr starter goes down so they prepare for the next year with the next guy and split time with the Senior walk on. How is that not "getting the next man ready"? A shallow college football roster isn't the coaches fault,who's charged to recruit and fill his roster. Interesting. They only got the next man ready with Armstrong because there was no other choice. In 2011 and 2012, Taylor took nearly every snap. In the past, Nebraska was able to get reps for more than just the starter. Problems happen when that doesn't occur. Look at the 2002 season as an example, Solich let Crouch build stats for his Heisman run in 01, and Lord was pretty green when he started, that was systemic throughout other positions on that squad, as they had abnormal "injury bug" year that year too. Anyway, my rambling point is there needs to be a more proactive approach to getting guys time. Injuries happen. Always. Putting inexperienced guys in and then saying that's why we lost is pretty flimsy. Sure it's not ideal, but it's a "next man up" sport. You look at eVerything as ammunition in your assualt. Brion Carnes transferred so we lost a spot there, Im sure thats the staffs fault for not rotating every QB in at some point in every game. If Nebraska is only up by a handful of points and the game is on the line, why the hell would we toss the next guy in to "get him ready"? We havent been in a position to do that because of poor defense in 2012 (the staffs fault got it). Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I do think Cody Green and Brion Carnes transferred for a reason. I'm not saying they ever were going to start, but I damn sure remember a lot of complaining that Carnes never got reps. Especially after the 2011 Iowa game, for example. Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I usually try to look at it from a standpoint of where would that player's team be without such player. I guess taking more of a "most valuable player" approach rather than "best" player ideal. If that's the case then Tommie Frazier definitely didn't deserve it, and there would be an inherent advantage to great players on bad teams. Quote Link to comment
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