huskerfan74 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It seems like destiny has already given Mike Riley his golden excuse for the loss. "We did not have our key weapons on the field". The truth of the matter is that this game will be a good measure of where we will be next year. We are losing so many weapons and we have no idea what we have in the cupboard. I am afraid it is going to be a bad bowl loss and a bad start for next year. Of course, we can always hope for miracles but after the Iowa game, Mike Riley and company stole what is left of my hopes and dreams. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 this game will show us nothing about what we will have next year in offense. Quote Link to comment
PaulCrewe Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Hearing a lot of people saying Gerry is out; but no one has confirmed. Is there a source for this speculation? Practiced today 1 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It seems like destiny has already given Mike Riley his golden excuse for the loss. "We did not have our key weapons on the field". The truth of the matter is that this game will be a good measure of where we will be next year. We are losing so many weapons and we have no idea what we have in the cupboard. I am afraid it is going to be a bad bowl loss and a bad start for next year. Of course, we can always hope for miracles but after the Iowa game, Mike Riley and company stole what is left of my hopes and dreams. The bowl will barely resemble anything we do next year... Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It seems like destiny has already given Mike Riley his golden excuse for the loss. "We did not have our key weapons on the field". The truth of the matter is that this game will be a good measure of where we will be next year. We are losing so many weapons and we have no idea what we have in the cupboard. I am afraid it is going to be a bad bowl loss and a bad start for next year. Of course, we can always hope for miracles but after the Iowa game, Mike Riley and company stole what is left of my hopes and dreams. Why would this game be a good measure of where we will be next year? If your hopes and dreams include a quarterback who can complete more than 51% of his passes, I have good news for you. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 It seems like destiny has already given Mike Riley his golden excuse for the loss. "We did not have our key weapons on the field". The truth of the matter is that this game will be a good measure of where we will be next year. We are losing so many weapons and we have no idea what we have in the cupboard. I am afraid it is going to be a bad bowl loss and a bad start for next year. Of course, we can always hope for miracles but after the Iowa game, Mike Riley and company stole what is left of my hopes and dreams. Why would this game be a good measure of where we will be next year? If your hopes and dreams include a quarterback who can complete more than 51% of his passes, I have good news for you. It's not a good measure, my guess is it's just an excuse to bag on Riley and Co again for not winning the national championship this season. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Riley handling most of the special teams duties for now. No big changes so far though DPE said he noticed some blocking assignment changes. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Wait....there is blocking? 3 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I want to see some freakin wrinkles in the dang offense. With a banged up QB, need to find more ways to put 2 RB's on the field and/or run the wildcat. Can't remember the game but it was either San Diego State or Arkansas St lined up 3 players behind the QB all in a straight line, motioned the TE I think over to the sideline and faked the hand off to one RB and ran an option to get a 1st down or a TD. I mean ... I'm pretty much with you on the first line. Been saying our offense - especially the running game - has been pretty vanilla since Langs has been here. That being said, I'm not particularly convinced that we need to do things completely different (not that you said that). If we could find a couple wrinkles in the running game and dial up the same passing game plan that let both Ryker and TA complete about 70% in a couple games we wouldn't be in bad shape. Been screaming for a wildcat look all year. It isn't so much needing a gimmick but more of giving an opponent a different look as well as putting your guys in a position to succeed using their strengths. A DPE attacking the edge in a wildcat has more probability for success than him running any jet sweep With Langs, if we ran DPE in the Wildcat it would probably be right up the middle. So unfortunately true Truth Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Riley handling most of the special teams duties for now. No big changes so far though DPE said he noticed some blocking assignment changes. Probably not changes. Guys are now actually told to block....... Well, I guess that is a change from the 20+ games! 1 Quote Link to comment
onlyHskrfaninIL Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Is Joe Burrow gonna start? Quote Link to comment
Igetbored216 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 If there is some blocking on punt returns, that would be a huge change. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 It would be funny/frustrating if we scored 2 TDs off of punt returns in this game. Quote Link to comment
SUHperman Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 https://twitter.com/OWHbigred/status/811662569152905218 Not any more. https://twitter.com/gbrosenthal/status/812030870538383361 1 Quote Link to comment
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