All Hail Herbie Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 40 minutes ago, krc1995 said: So Betts doesn’t practice well and his half of the playbook was cut because Illinois had an extra lineman? Fordham now knows that they need to do the opposite of their tendencies in order to win on Saturday. Coach Costanza will have his players ready! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jason Sitoke Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Crusader Husker said: I live in the Cleveland, OH area now feel sorry for me. fify Quote Link to comment
SDSker Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Obviously the offense has struggled under Frost. At some point shouldn't Frost just say screw and go no huddle, fast tempo for a series or two just to switch it up? Something obviously needs to change and changing the tempo would possibly cause a lot of confusion for the defense because we rarely ever go full speed. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, SDSker said: Obviously the offense has struggled under Frost. At some point shouldn't Frost just say screw and go no huddle, fast tempo for a series or two just to switch it up? Something obviously needs to change and changing the tempo would possibly cause a lot of confusion for the defense because we rarely ever go full speed. Just a thought. That only works if you have a running game and can complete passes consistently. 1 Quote Link to comment
All Hail Herbie Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, SDSker said: Obviously the offense has struggled under Frost. At some point shouldn't Frost just say screw and go no huddle, fast tempo for a series or two just to switch it up? Something obviously needs to change and changing the tempo would possibly cause a lot of confusion for the defense because we rarely ever go full speed. Just a thought. The problem is, we cannot execute plays at regular tempo. I suppose under this scenario our goal would be to hurry up and get penalized. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Speaking of having to adjust to the unexpected, Illinois lost its starting quarterback in the first quarter, and actually got better. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
hunter49 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 7 hours ago, SDSker said: Obviously the offense has struggled under Frost. At some point shouldn't Frost just say screw and go no huddle, fast tempo for a series or two just to switch it up? Something obviously needs to change and changing the tempo would possibly cause a lot of confusion for the defense because we rarely ever go full speed. Just a thought. we would only confuse ourselves if we went no huddle. 7 hours ago, All Hail Herbie said: The problem is, we cannot execute plays at regular tempo. I suppose under this scenario our goal would be to hurry up and get penalized. LMAO Quote Link to comment
ZippyMorocco Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Dawg fan here. Don't want to add to your misery, but that was a sh.t sandwich. You obviously had better personnel, but found a way to lose. Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Frost looks like he hasn't slept in days. 1 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 minute ago, suh_fan93 said: Frost looks like he hasn't slept in days. That was on Sunday, he probably had not slept since the game. He looked fine in the Monday presser - kinda surprised some people aren't pissed about that. "He shouldn't sleep until we win!! Not working hard enough!!!" 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It's strange. The more I look back on this game it's a game we probably should have won. Heck CTB's punt return gaffe along with Culp's 2 missed extra points - that's 4 points right there off of those 3 crazy plays. Even though the throwing out half of the playbook line was amazingly ridiculous there would have still been the aspect of a largely young team still actually going up against a brand new coaching staff/scheme in Illinois. I'm not making excuses for the poor play and coaching (preparedness) but looking back on this game there was so much going on before and during. Seems like it wasn't Nebraska's first rodeo in games like this however. I think in a perfect world a change at quarterback would do this offense and team wonders but that is for another thread. Quote Link to comment
DefenderAO Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, suh_fan93 said: It's strange. The more I look back on this game it's a game we probably should have won. Heck CTB's punt return gaffe along with Culp's 2 missed extra points - that's 4 points right there off of those 3 crazy plays. Even though the throwing out half of the playbook line was amazingly ridiculous there would have still been the aspect of a largely young team still actually going up against a brand new coaching staff/scheme in Illinois. I'm not making excuses for the poor play and coaching (preparedness) but looking back on this game there was so much going on before and during. Seems like it wasn't Nebraska's first rodeo in games like this however. I think in a perfect world a change at quarterback would do this offense and team wonders but that is for another thread. The more I think about it, a slim-margined win masks the core of the issues. We have won a few times in Frost's tenure, but when has it looked like that momentum has fixed core, root issues? I think there are things going on with Frost and the staff behind the scenes. Murmurings about them showing up at noon. Comments about being stymied by Illinois' sets. The lack of player development, the mistakes, the same presser commentary over and over and over. I'm not convinced it can be turned around with this staff. 2 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I've had skepticism towards SF and his staff as well long before the season even started and I think it's more than just being a mostly young team. I'm actually not in the camp of firing him at least right now especially during the season and am willing to let this season play out but I'm also am interested to see if SF actually has the cajones to look at his own staff and ultimately know that changes might be needed if he wants to even sniff turning this thing around. It takes more than just 'culture'. Then I also question his actual awareness when it comes to his staff and sadly to a certain degree how football is played, etc... Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Think about this, if Frost gets canned, then Bielema would have been the opposing coach who really kicked the fanbase into gear to lose faith in 2 of our staff’s. He’s not good enough to win the poker tourney but good enough to win money back with the “bounty” knockouts lol. 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Illinois is not looking so good against UTSA. I really wish the Nebraska team that showed up against Fordham had done so a week earlier. Quote Link to comment
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