Good step forward

[huskerfan92]

Well, I am not sure we saw a lot of 'improvement' except of course in the 'win' area. Certainly, played well enough to win.

 

What part of 48 points on the road against a team that's beat us two years in a row was not improvement to you?

[InOmaha]

Wins are great, but we still played luckyball. Admit you were nervous with a 13 point lead in the 4th. Armstrong's TD to DPE was a dumb underthrow into double coverage when a FG works to push the lead. Junior QBs don't make those sort of decisions.

 

Win by luck, loose by luck.

[RADAR]

We lost 2 years ago up there to an asst. coach with no head coaching experience ever. I would say we made strong improvement today. Bring home the broken chair.

[zoogs]

^ Yes, that was a pretty lucky throw. Today doesn't change the fact that Nebraska is not a powerhouse this year. Every game should be a fight. We'll win some of those fights. We may lose some of those yet.

 

But it's fun to watch those guys competing and reppin' that N. Love this program.

[RedRex]

Wins are great, but we still played luckyball. Admit you were nervous with a 13 point lead in the 4th. Armstrong's TD to DPE was a dumb underthrow into double coverage when a FG works to push the lead. Junior QBs don't make those sort of decisions.

 

Win by luck, loose by luck.

Glad for the win and what it may do to help the team's psyche, but anyone who says their butt wasn't puckered after Minny got the 2pt conversion is either lying or whistling past the graveyard. Minny didn't look like the team they were last year, but we'll take the win for whatever it brings.

[MichiganDad3]

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

[RADAR]

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

You must be forgetting the last 7 years, sorry for your memory loss.

[Eric the Red]

 

 

Well, I am not sure we saw a lot of 'improvement' except of course in the 'win' area. Certainly, played well enough to win.

how about play calling, game management, Newby, completion percentage, big plays with pierson el ect, penalties, finishing a game. But outside of that I pretty much agree with you

#1 thing was execution

[MichiganDad3]

 

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

You must be forgetting the last 7 years, sorry for your memory loss.

 

I started a clean slate with this year.

[RADAR]

 

 

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

You must be forgetting the last 7 years, sorry for your memory loss.

 

I started a clean slate with this year.

 

So history = 6 games I love it..

[RADAR]

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

Santico Pancio (sp) says hi

[MichiganDad3]

 

 

 

Improved offensive play calling, but this is what we needed.

 

Improved number of penalties, but it is easy to improve when you are so bad, and the refs were not calling much.

 

Field goal kicking still poor.

 

DB play still piss poor.

 

Punt return game worse than ever.

You must be forgetting the last 7 years, sorry for your memory loss.

 

I started a clean slate with this year.

 

So history = 6 games I love it..

 

For this staff at Nebraska ... yes

[84HuskerLaw]

 

Well, I am not sure we saw a lot of 'improvement' except of course in the 'win' area. Certainly, played well enough to win.

how about play calling, game management, Newby, completion percentage, big plays with pierson el ect, penalties, finishing a game. But outside of that I pretty much agree with you

 

Play calling: it was better this week yes but not better than the first three games in which it was OK as well. It was poor in first couple big ten games. Is it improved since the beginning of the year. I don't think we can fairly say that.

Game management: well we didn't really blow it although I am sure we could find plenty of little things to do better. I guess you could say 'improvement' which I consider to be a general not specific term. In general, game management has not been bad or exceptional good. Average. We had serious mismanagement at times but NOT overall in my view. So, I don't see much improvement. Newby? well he ran through a hole wide enough to drive a U Haul truck through straight up the field for a long TD run and average about 3.4 yards per carry on his other 12 or so runs. Improvement? I don't know. Any of our back could have made that long run - any I believe. Maybe Jano would have been caught from behind IDK. completion percentage? 69% is better than some of the prior game numbers but the weather was absolutely perfect for throwing and we three quite abit less. So - improvement? Maybe. He has done well, except in bad weather for the most part. Big plays? We had two or three I suppose but that is about normal isn't it? Punt return was much better but Pierson El also failed to catch one and let it roll all the way to the one - after which the offense was forced to make a 99 yard drive. I believe the ball rolled about 25 yards to get to the one and should have been fielded to avoid Huskers being pinned on the one. Improvement? Maybe. Finishing the game? Yes, better than several but 'improvement' in general. We had a couple times in the early 4th quarter when the team was teetering on the brink of failure once again. We had a series of three incomeplete passes in a row that left the Gooophers with plenty of time to come back and they mounted one. Had the on side kick worked, who knows how we would have come out! Then, we had another series where we three a completed pass to Westy on his back apparently (I only get to listen to the games and can't watch when working) to keep a drive going when we needed a few yards we three for 20 or more? High risk and almost flopped it. We were much closer to making that game another "hail mary ender' than many want to admit. Improvement? Maybe.

[admo]

It was a great win. Nobody expected the Huskers to go on the road and score half a hundred points on Minnesota. Even Vegas had this a real close one. So it is a good step in the right direction to get back on course. Northwestern is up next in Lincoln! Can't wait!

[MichiganDad3]

It was a great win. Nobody expected the Huskers to go on the road and score half a hundred points on Minnesota. Even Vegas had this a real close one. So it is a good step in the right direction to get back on course. Northwestern is up next in Lincoln! Can't wait!

If we can score 30 points, we have a very good point of winning every game. Even with our terrible pass defense, our run defense does a good job of limiting points. I wonder how much the weather conditions had to do with TA's improved passing. Was it weather, or more a result of an establish the run first approach?