JohnStOnge
Walk-on
Last year Nicholls State was a better football team than Troy and comparable to Louisiana Tech. The Colonels rushed for 408 yards...6.3 yards per attempt...on Indiana.
Yes, I know Indiana's a bad BCS league team. But Nicholls State really should've won that game. They were at the Indiana 11 with four minutes left and a 31 - 28 lead...with the Hoosiers showing no signs of being able to stop their running game...when they fumbled. Indiana then drove it down and scored with 47 seconds left to win 35-31.
I guess from your standpoint it's not helpful to your team because they run an offense Nebraska won't see from others. It's that double-wing option Navy runs. But don't be surprised if they're able to move the football. Hard to say now because they did lose their QB to graduation but I woudn't be shocked.
By the way...I know you'll think I'm crazy but I think your adminitration made the wrong choice in ditching option football. That's what made Nebraska what it was. I think they should've hired Paul Johnson (Navy) and let him run that offense. You had the personnel for it. Then you'd have been the only big time team in the country running it. You'd have had your pick of the best option personel in the country every recruiting season.
You wouldn't have necessarily gotten a lot of NFL type players, but you don't need NFL type players to run that offense. It takes a different kind of player. A different kind of QB and a different kind of offensive lineman. But every time another big time team played you they'd have been playing an offense dramatically different than anything else they'd seen all year. No way they could adequately prepare for it being run with the kinds of athletes Nebraska could've gotten to run it. And nobody knows how to make it hum like Paul Johnson does.
Yes, I know Indiana's a bad BCS league team. But Nicholls State really should've won that game. They were at the Indiana 11 with four minutes left and a 31 - 28 lead...with the Hoosiers showing no signs of being able to stop their running game...when they fumbled. Indiana then drove it down and scored with 47 seconds left to win 35-31.
I guess from your standpoint it's not helpful to your team because they run an offense Nebraska won't see from others. It's that double-wing option Navy runs. But don't be surprised if they're able to move the football. Hard to say now because they did lose their QB to graduation but I woudn't be shocked.
By the way...I know you'll think I'm crazy but I think your adminitration made the wrong choice in ditching option football. That's what made Nebraska what it was. I think they should've hired Paul Johnson (Navy) and let him run that offense. You had the personnel for it. Then you'd have been the only big time team in the country running it. You'd have had your pick of the best option personel in the country every recruiting season.
You wouldn't have necessarily gotten a lot of NFL type players, but you don't need NFL type players to run that offense. It takes a different kind of player. A different kind of QB and a different kind of offensive lineman. But every time another big time team played you they'd have been playing an offense dramatically different than anything else they'd seen all year. No way they could adequately prepare for it being run with the kinds of athletes Nebraska could've gotten to run it. And nobody knows how to make it hum like Paul Johnson does.
Last edited by a moderator:
Please, please let a sleeping dog lie. LOL!!!!
