I know that Davie gets a lot of heat for the game against Miami. If IIRC, they scored 19 points after he was pulled and 17 before....... Not starting another thread on Davie, but he is the focus of my concerns. Not as a player, but as a scheme.
So against USA, Davie was exposed. Fans were concerned. Next week we would face Kaaya, I guy who I think will play Sundays. Fast forward to the press conference:
“We could have rolled the corners up and played the safeties over the top, but in that game, it wasn’t about statistics,” Banker said of the South Alabama game. “It was about getting those guys ready to play those balls.”
Stewart hinted that NU does have fixes that it didn’t have to show against South Alabama.
“We were ahead by a few points,” Stewart said, “so there was no need in tipping our hand and showing them other things when we can just ride it out and get our guys to play 50-50 balls.” (for the record IIRC Davie was beat by USA 8 out of 11...not 50/50)
So how did we "adjust" the scheme, how did we get those guys to play the ball? Their idea was to have Davie beat and humiliated? The reality is that Banker is married to this system. It's all he knows. 3 games in isn't an anomaly. It what his D is......
Here are some quotes after the game from Kaaya. Seems it might not only be a "high school" D to play in, but possibly one to go against as well.....
Quote from Kaaya:
But Hurricane quarterback Brad Kaaya still threw for a career-high 379 yards. After the game, Kaaya said Miami's players had watched a lot of Banker's old team — Oregon State — to get a bead on how to attack Nebraska.
“It was a lot of quarters coverage — safeties Nate Gerry and (Byerson) Cockrell playing 10 yards from the line of scrimmage,” Kaaya said. “Their linebackers like to turn and run so we thought we could expose them with certain crossing routes. ... It's a good defense. It's a veteran group. But with those safeties being locked on those inside receivers, that was a huge thing for us. Watching Gerry — he's all over the field. When Nate Gerry's to the field, we know they're bringing some kind of buzz (blitz) or piggybacking the linebacker, so, usually, Nate Gerry's the guy you watch. He's the one making plays.”
Props to Gerry. Looks like folks don't like to go his way!
So against USA, Davie was exposed. Fans were concerned. Next week we would face Kaaya, I guy who I think will play Sundays. Fast forward to the press conference:
“We could have rolled the corners up and played the safeties over the top, but in that game, it wasn’t about statistics,” Banker said of the South Alabama game. “It was about getting those guys ready to play those balls.”
Stewart hinted that NU does have fixes that it didn’t have to show against South Alabama.
“We were ahead by a few points,” Stewart said, “so there was no need in tipping our hand and showing them other things when we can just ride it out and get our guys to play 50-50 balls.” (for the record IIRC Davie was beat by USA 8 out of 11...not 50/50)
So how did we "adjust" the scheme, how did we get those guys to play the ball? Their idea was to have Davie beat and humiliated? The reality is that Banker is married to this system. It's all he knows. 3 games in isn't an anomaly. It what his D is......
Here are some quotes after the game from Kaaya. Seems it might not only be a "high school" D to play in, but possibly one to go against as well.....
Quote from Kaaya:
But Hurricane quarterback Brad Kaaya still threw for a career-high 379 yards. After the game, Kaaya said Miami's players had watched a lot of Banker's old team — Oregon State — to get a bead on how to attack Nebraska.
“It was a lot of quarters coverage — safeties Nate Gerry and (Byerson) Cockrell playing 10 yards from the line of scrimmage,” Kaaya said. “Their linebackers like to turn and run so we thought we could expose them with certain crossing routes. ... It's a good defense. It's a veteran group. But with those safeties being locked on those inside receivers, that was a huge thing for us. Watching Gerry — he's all over the field. When Nate Gerry's to the field, we know they're bringing some kind of buzz (blitz) or piggybacking the linebacker, so, usually, Nate Gerry's the guy you watch. He's the one making plays.”
Props to Gerry. Looks like folks don't like to go his way!
