B1G Week 1

[Pedro G]

SDU gave the Huskers a hard time when T-Mart was a freshman. Nebraska won, but I don’t remember the score. But if Minnesota is supposed to be a player in the West, they didn’t show it tonight. 

[HuskersNC949597]

15 minutes ago, Pedro G said:

SDU gave the Huskers a hard time when T-Mart was a freshman. Nebraska won, but I don’t remember the score. But if Minnesota is supposed to be a player in the West, they didn’t show it tonight. 

17-3 in 2010.  59-20 in 2013 with freshman Tommy Armstrong starting his first game.  Neither of those outcomes really means much in the context of 2019 of course.  Minny looked average.  Just 1 game, but. . .we'll see.

[brophog]

5 hours ago, HuskersNC949597 said:

17-3 in 2010.  59-20 in 2013 with freshman Tommy Armstrong starting his first game.  Neither of those outcomes really means much in the context of 2019 of course.  Minny looked average.  Just 1 game, but. . .we'll see.

 

And in neither were we outgained on the ground. SDSU was better than Minnesota by 2 yards per play rushing. 

[Nebfanatic]

2 hours ago, brophog said:

 

And in neither were we outgained on the ground. SDSU was better than Minnesota by 2 yards per play rushing. 

Wow. Didn't check the stats but that is significant. I'd be less worried about a close call with SDSU if the offense was struggling. Usually in a first game against a lesser opponent, rust shows on the offense. Getting gashed on the ground isn't really rust...

[nic]

Not a good look for the Gophers.

[30-50 Feral Hogs]

Gophers looked very, very slow.  They have not recruited well at the QB position in quite some time.  I think Gophers fans should be very concerned about year 3 under Fleck looking like this in game 1 regardless of who the opponent is.

[knapplc]

The Gophers, like everyone else, will probably improve quite a bit from this week to next, but there's not much they can do to fix S&C over the course of the season.

 

As several people mentioned, SDSU pushed Minnesota around on both lines. That does not bode well for the Gophers heading into Big Ten play.

[GSG]

Pretty decent B1G slate tonight. Really interested in seeing Wisconsin and Purdue 

[4skers89]

Spartans holding Tulsa to 57 yards passing -42 rushing.  Almost halftime.

[brophog]

1 minute ago, 4skers89 said:

Spartans holding Tulsa to 57 yards passing -42 rushing.  Almost halftime.

 

And very aggressive. Tremendous effort tonight by Sparty.

[Nebfanatic]

Wisconsin and MSU both looking good. Should be a good year for the B1G. USF and Tulsa aren't terrible teams by any means.

[brophog]

Just now, Nebfanatic said:

USF and Tulsa aren't terrible teams by any means.

 

I don’t think either are bowl teams. MSU and Wisconsin are both doing what was expected, though.

[Nebfanatic]

2 minutes ago, brophog said:

 

I don’t think either are bowl teams. MSU and Wisconsin are both doing what was expected, though.

I guess looking at their schedules I would have to agree. AAC has some solid competition honestly.

[deedsker]

Purdue dominates 3 1/2 quarters, but sloppy play and turnovers come back to bite them in the end. Nevada kicks a 56 yard field goal to win.

 

Purdue seems really talented and also really mistake prone. A lot like Nebraska in 2011. Can’t get out of their own way to dominate.

[brophog]

18 minutes ago, deedsker said:

Purdue seems really talented and also really mistake prone. A lot like Nebraska in 2011. Can’t get out of their own way to dominate

 

They’re really young. That said, Sindelar made some very questionable decisions. I still don’t think he sees the end of the season. If you’re going to lose games by playing youth, you might as well develop a QB doing it.