Stuntz 2 Crouch
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First and foremost: YES, THERE WERE TERRIBLY OBVIOUS POSSIBLY EVEN BIASED CALLS AGAINST NEBRASKA REGARDING THE A & M GAME. However, at some point deep down you HAVE to admit you NEVER leave the fate of a game in the hands of a referee. (Before immediately posting negative response please refer to first sentence).
There are very few instances where in fact, two teams have gone head-to-head for almost 60 minutes before one final play decides the game and possibly subject to a referee's call (again refer to the first sentence of this topic).
I am as much of a BIG RED fan as anyone here. As hard of a pill the A & M loss was to swallow, the game facts can not be ignored.
1. Martinez was kept in the game WAY to long. No doubt he is the best quarterback NEBRASKA has when HEALTHY... I repeat, HEALTHY! Of which he was not possibly even before the game. At this point does the coaching decision to keep him in that long come into play? (possibly another topic).
2. Roy Helu Jr. did not get enough touches, PERIOD !!!! How do you not give a running back that has played as good as he has, more carries? Yes, Burkhead played great but how much better would have the TEAM (yes that's team) have faired if the carries had been shared keeping "fresh legs" in the game? (no one knows, just a thought).
3. "DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS". The defense played MAGNIFICIANTLY! Most college coaches would give an arm or leg for holding an opponent to 9 points, and those stats. (look at average college defensive stats now).
4. Bo Pelini had every right to be furious about the play calling. Everyone has a breaking point, and when you CARE so much about something emotions are going to come into play. That's passion. Passion is an emotion.
5. Refering to #4, If you want to see a true raving lunatic, watch just one quarter of the Arizona Wildcats football coach Mike Stoops. Here where I live this circus clown has actually become hilarious and more entertaining and productive than the program which he is the Captain.
To summize, there were terrible referee calls against the Huskers. Martinez was played for possibly too long. Bo was obviously furious with the referee's poor calls and the teams performance. And alas, there lies the subject of the topic.
At some point every young man that has the HONOR of putting on a NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER football uniform, has to ask himself: Did I play every down as it is the last? Did I actually give MY ALL each and every play? Did I HONOR those players, fans, and the student body that has come before me, and all that will come after, everything that it is to call one's self a NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER.
There are very few instances where in fact, two teams have gone head-to-head for almost 60 minutes before one final play decides the game and possibly subject to a referee's call (again refer to the first sentence of this topic).
I am as much of a BIG RED fan as anyone here. As hard of a pill the A & M loss was to swallow, the game facts can not be ignored.
1. Martinez was kept in the game WAY to long. No doubt he is the best quarterback NEBRASKA has when HEALTHY... I repeat, HEALTHY! Of which he was not possibly even before the game. At this point does the coaching decision to keep him in that long come into play? (possibly another topic).
2. Roy Helu Jr. did not get enough touches, PERIOD !!!! How do you not give a running back that has played as good as he has, more carries? Yes, Burkhead played great but how much better would have the TEAM (yes that's team) have faired if the carries had been shared keeping "fresh legs" in the game? (no one knows, just a thought).
3. "DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS". The defense played MAGNIFICIANTLY! Most college coaches would give an arm or leg for holding an opponent to 9 points, and those stats. (look at average college defensive stats now).
4. Bo Pelini had every right to be furious about the play calling. Everyone has a breaking point, and when you CARE so much about something emotions are going to come into play. That's passion. Passion is an emotion.
5. Refering to #4, If you want to see a true raving lunatic, watch just one quarter of the Arizona Wildcats football coach Mike Stoops. Here where I live this circus clown has actually become hilarious and more entertaining and productive than the program which he is the Captain.
To summize, there were terrible referee calls against the Huskers. Martinez was played for possibly too long. Bo was obviously furious with the referee's poor calls and the teams performance. And alas, there lies the subject of the topic.
At some point every young man that has the HONOR of putting on a NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER football uniform, has to ask himself: Did I play every down as it is the last? Did I actually give MY ALL each and every play? Did I HONOR those players, fans, and the student body that has come before me, and all that will come after, everything that it is to call one's self a NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER.
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