Armstrong's Smile Had Me Worried . . .

[sd'sker]

i would say to him what my golf instructor said to me, "this isn't a game!!!".

 

[NUpolo8]

i would say to him what my golf instructor said to me, "this isn't a game!!!".

It's more like torture.

I tee off in 75 minutes too!

 

[NUpolo8]

So, in the future...

Nebraska players can't smile, yet can't be tight while running plays that shouldn't have too much passing in it, but better not be conservative.

 

[HuskerFowler]

So, in the future...

Nebraska players can't smile, yet can't be tight while running plays that shouldn't have too much passing in it, but better not be conservative.

I don't think anyone said its the players, it's the mindset of the staff. We clung to the lead for a quarter and a half, and left the game in the hands of the defense and a dropped pass at the 10 yr line. Good teams score and put teams away. It's definitely a mindset we need to establish or it's going to cost us a critical game, almost cost us this game.

 

[Mavric]

So, in the future...

Nebraska players can't smile, yet can't be tight while running plays that shouldn't have too much passing in it, but better not be conservative.

I don't think anyone said its the players, it's the mindset of the staff. We clung to the lead for a quarter and a half, and left the game in the hands of the defense and a dropped pass at the 10 yr line. Good teams score and put teams away. It's definitely a mindset we need to establish or it's going to cost us a critical game, almost cost us this game.

So second half possessions that included Touchdown, Touchdown, Interception, dropped pass by Enunwa that would have been a first down and a dropped pass by Newby on 2nd down that could have been close to if not a first down. That leaves one possession before kneel downs. We ran AA twice and then missed an open Enunwa on an out for a first down.

But those are all definitely the coaches fault for not being aggressive enough.

 

[StPaulHusker]

Well if all there is to criticize about the game is our smiling QB, then I say it was a good day.

 

[HuskerFowler]

This is how you close a game. You drive the ball down the field, you don't let Bama have the ball back, or try not too. Like how OU is playing to win and not to lose

 

[huskerfan92]

 

[shyndy]

Our players looked like they were having fun, I don't think that is bad. I think our coaches do let up when they get leads. Personally I think Pelini gets too conservative with a lead but the other way can backfire too. I think duke got too aggressive and panicky as ATM started to comeback and ended up gift wrapping them the game

 

[Joe_5700]

When we got up 24-12 and had the ball, there was a play where (I believe) Armstrong had a big smile on his face. When I saw that, I thought to myself, "We are letting off the gas way too soon. We cannot start relaxing." Sure enough, Georgia worked their way right back into the game and almost won. I'm totally pleased with how we played, but, for that brief period, we let off. It's a small thing to work on, but we have to remain intense until the final buzzer. A small thing to gripe about, but, I honestly thought to myself, "We're going to lose if we keep smiling." Just ask Dwight Howard how far smiling has gotten him in his illustrious career. Totally glad I was wrong, but, we had the chance to put them away and we let them back in.

I recall Tommie Frazier smiling late in the Miami game when we were getting yards in chunks and that game was far from being over.

 

[True2tRA]

Dumbest sh#t I've ever read on Huskerboard? Not by a long shot. Still.....pretty damn stupid.

All the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run better run, out run my gun....all the other kids with the pumped up kicks better run better run, faster than my bullets........

 

[Glendower]

I saw him smiling and thought, "Awesome! Finally someone's loose and having fun!" It was a good omen to me. I mean, yeah, it's different when players are jacking around, but it looked like he was relaxed and enjoying the game (in a good way).

 

[Ziebol]

Can we close this thread seriously?

 

[Minnesota_husker]

When we got up 24-12 and had the ball, there was a play where (I believe) Armstrong had a big smile on his face. When I saw that, I thought to myself, "We are letting off the gas way too soon. We cannot start relaxing." Sure enough, Georgia worked their way right back into the game and almost won. I'm totally pleased with how we played, but, for that brief period, we let off. It's a small thing to work on, but we have to remain intense until the final buzzer. A small thing to gripe about, but, I honestly thought to myself, "We're going to lose if we keep smiling." Just ask Dwight Howard how far smiling has gotten him in his illustrious career. Totally glad I was wrong, but, we had the chance to put them away and we let them back in.

but ya.. i think it is a bit ridiculous to criticize a kid for having fun.

 

[jsneb83]

There's no fun in football.