The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 minute ago, C-4 said: I’m dumbfounded by how bad our OL is in all our games, whether it’s Oklahoma or Illinois. Most of these guys seemed like great prospects: Corcoran, Jurgens, and Benhart in particular; and Piper seemed super solid with a lot of strength and awareness. I know all 5 besides Jurgens are young and most are inexperienced, but their issues go beyond inexperience. They play soft and without intelligence. Being tough and smart is the definition of a good OL. What the hell happened with their development in these two areas? Also, he may have a Steinkhuler mentality to the idea, but I wonder if the Polar Bear would be open to moving to be a long term OG? We have no good long-term prospects there, and we need a nasty fighter at OG. Piper should never play another down for the scarlet & cream Quote Link to comment
Born N Bled Red Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bigred_inSD said: Pickering was the #1 kicker and that obviously didnt go well We have the returning BIG kicker of the year... amazing how crappy he has been. Quote Link to comment
Cornfedred Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 If Frost doesn’t declare open tryouts for kicker next week. I think the kicking game was better when we had to pull people off the streets. Quote Link to comment
TGHusker Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Nebraska played better that expected - much better. This is a win if there weren't the dumb mistakes Proud of the D - Let's see if they can build on it and win the next 3 Quote Link to comment
funhusker Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 31 minutes ago, chamrocck said: Style points, let them play. You are not going to bat it down and get a crazy tip. I know, I’m just bitter… Quote Link to comment
Born N Bled Red Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I'd say Martinez outplayed Rattler with half the supporting cast. Quote Link to comment
Archy1221 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Good effort Boys. Special teams cost the team the win unfortunately. 9 point difference if ST’s actually make the basic plays. 3 on the missed field goal. 3 on the Extra point mans 3 when we had to go for it on 4 and 18 instead of being able to kick. 1 Quote Link to comment
chamrocck Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said: Frost should have pulled jurgens out of game after second costly penalty so players see that there are consequences for their mistakes. Not sure the love affair with Jurgens. My guess is that he is the center and has lots of responsibility and AM is used to him. Whoever is the center with Smothers I hope it is much better. Sense he’s reluctant to pull a position of such importance because Jurgens should have been pulled plenty of times and is a liability costing us penalties, loss of yards, drive killers, and turnovers. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan74 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Based on this game, our biggest weaknesses are the unspecial teams and our OL. When Martinez is given time, he makes great throws but he is rushed 90% of the time. This game ends 23-21 Nebraska win if we score our two field kicks and point after that turned into two points for OU. We were our worst enemy in this game. Obviously not a talent issue but a coaching issue. Frost needs to hire a dedicated special teams coach and I mean a top notch coach and fire our OL coach. Quote Link to comment
ZRod Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, chamrocck said: Not sure the love affair with Jurgens. My guess is that he is the center and has lots of responsibility and AM is used to him. Whoever is the center with Smothers I hope it is much better. The just sense he’s reluctant to pull a position of such importance because Jurgens should have been pulled plenty of times and is a liability costing us penalties, loss of yards, drive killers, and turnovers. I'm fine with his penalties the last shouldn't have even been called, and the first was questionable too. I want mean mast offensive linemen. He a decent center, better than we've had in awhile. He's not the problem on the line. 2 Quote Link to comment
Scarlet Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Archy1221 said: Good effort Boys. Special teams cost the team the win unfortunately. 9 point difference if ST’s actually make the basic plays. 3 on the missed field goal. 3 on the Extra point mans 3 when we had to go for it on 4 and 18 instead of being able to kick. Add 3 on the 50+ harder that hit the goalpost too. Can't make them all but damn Quote Link to comment
BoNeyard Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 This game was worth it if we win the next couple games Quote Link to comment
gossamorharpy Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, C-4 said: I’m dumbfounded by how bad our OL is in all our games, whether it’s Oklahoma or Illinois. Most of these guys seemed like great prospects: Corcoran, Jurgens, and Benhart in particular; and Piper seemed super solid with a lot of strength and awareness. I know all 5 besides Jurgens are young and most are inexperienced, but their issues go beyond inexperience. They play soft and without intelligence. Being tough and smart is the definition of a good OL. What the hell happened with their development in these two areas? Also, he may have a Steinkhuler mentality to the idea, but I wonder if the Polar Bear would be open to moving to be a long term OG? We have no good long-term prospects there, and we need a nasty fighter at OG. It’s a direct by product of having a MAC level coach in the big 10 who’s in over his head Quote Link to comment
mwj98 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 If we had a kicker we would be undefeated. Let that soak in. Quote Link to comment
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