How will we look back at this game?

[zoogs]

By the time this game ends, we'll have a 41-7 blowout under our belts. OK, even if it's less, lets say a prety handy 38-10. I missed half the game, so maybe someone can tell me: is the current dispirited attitude about the team well-deserved?

The comparison I want to draw is to our earlier OOC games, especially game 1. I felt that was a very lackluster showing and some of the disappointment and boo-birding was very well deserved

But all of that was mostly put aside because hey, we ended up with a big win.

So to someone who has been watching all night: when we end up with the big win, is it just another "Big bad Nebraska blows out cupcake team" we shouldn't worry about? Or are the weak points still being exposed?

 

[NUance]

Look back? For the next few days we'll analyze every mistake and gnash our teeth. A month from now we'll look back and say, well, at least we beat Wyoming.

 

[knapplc]

Think SDSU last year, but the opponent didn't have as much moxie. That's the way I see it.

Of course, I'm just now at Wyoming's first TD - I DVR away games and skip the commercials. I know we're up big in the second half, but we're very definitely playing down to the level of our opponent.

This seems to be a hallmark of Pelini teams. We're a little over three years into the Pelini era, but this malaise against lesser opponents keeps cropping up.

 

[krc1995]

using the rear view mirror

 

[Hercules]

I thought the team played fine tonight. The defense showed improvement, and while the offense beat themselves a bit in the first half, it wasn't that bad.

I think the people who are disappointed are the ones who go into every game thinking that we should be up 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and finish with a 63-14 win like we did in the mid-90's.

All this team has to do is take it one game at a time, and keep getting better every week. They did that this week, and they're 4-0.

However, with that said, I don't expect us to win in Madison next week. Our defense isn't ready, and our offense isn't going to put up 40+ like they have been.

 

[Husker_x]

Uh, we were in control of this team the whole way, and we beat them soundly.

Chances are we won't look back on it unless it's Rex Burkhead highlights.

 

[zoogs]

I think I would agree with all of that Hercules, based on what I saw in the second half.

Really don't think Brett Smith did well against us through the air at all. I mean, he did as well as he could have and it was an admirable effort, but he finished with a measly 107.7 rating. And we only gave up 14 points. Sure it could have been less, but not much less.

 

[The Dude]

Uh, we were in control of this team the whole way, and we beat them soundly.

Err, if by "control" you mean "Wyoming repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with penalties and dropped passes", then yes, we were in control the whole way.

 

[Husker_x]

Uh, we were in control of this team the whole way, and we beat them soundly.

Err, if by "control" you mean "Wyoming repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with penalties and dropped passes", then yes, we were in control the whole way.

I mean we never trailed and could run a power toss play about fifteen times with five different running backs and gash them for yards. We were never in danger of losing this game and the final score is reflective of what happened. Wyoming helped us out as much as they could, but so what? We won and won big.

 

[Marf]

A lot like the University of Idaho game last season...

Just a win. Nothing special, nothing flashy.

 

[irafreak]

My internet went bye bye at the start of the 4th so i didn't see us "pull away" but I am still very unimpressed with the defense. Poor tackling. Secondary looks helpless half the time (I guess I'm just tired of seeing us give up the easy 3rd down and 3-7 yards because if we're going to play off the recievers than we should be in position to prevent the big play right....RIGHT...)

Offense is fine. Taylor still can't throw but thankfully we have enough talent around him to compensate and then some because frankly his passing tonight was just awful.

Edit: in summary I'm still looking for the defense to start making some large strides because we are NOWHERE near the hype...

 

[The Dude]

Uh, we were in control of this team the whole way, and we beat them soundly.

Err, if by "control" you mean "Wyoming repeatedly shot themselves in the foot with penalties and dropped passes", then yes, we were in control the whole way.

I mean we never trailed and could run a power toss play about fifteen times with five different running backs and gash them for yards. We were never in danger of losing this game and the final score is reflective of what happened. Wyoming helped us out as much as they could, but so what? We won and won big.

Your statement of being in control the whole way is disingenuous. Our "control" had a lot more to do with Wyoming shooting themselves in the foot. Although, you're right about the power toss plays. Our bigger, stronger athletes wore them down by the 4th quarter.

 

[zoogs]

It does sound like we were in control of the game though.

The only reason this wasn't a massive blowout isn't because the defense allowed 14 measly points. It's because the offense didn't put up 50.

And I am not even that worried about that, since the offense clearly wasn't trying to, as evidenced by that last drive.

 

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

It does sound like we were in control of the game though.

The only reason this wasn't a massive blowout isn't because the defense allowed 14 measly points. It's because the offense didn't put up 50.

And I am not even that worried about that, since the offense clearly wasn't trying to, as evidenced by that last drive.

Eh...Wyoming had two sure-fire passes dropped for TD's and the out of bounds pass in the endzone could have possibly been reversed for another TD. So really, we allowed 5 TD's but Wyoming failed to convert

 

[zoogs]

I didn't watch the whole game but you can't count all of them, because you aren't allowed to score two TDs in one drive. That last one that was overturned, they scored on the next play.

To be honest I think I'd put a little of that on the offense. When you aren't putting up points to put the other team away early, you are keeping them in the game and you should expect the other team to score a few times. In the end, we DIDN'T allow five TDs, we allowed two. Although I can't speak for the two surefire drops I didn't see. I suppose if they happened on drives where Wyoming didn't score anyway you could start counting them, but playing "ifs" always is misleading.