Minnesota: What Did We Learn?

Toe said:
You think 4.5 ypc rushing is a bright spot? Unless you mean that play where EJ was blocking for Dylan and got completely trucked by the defender? I'm sure he was seeing stars after that, so maybe that was a 'bright' spot... 🤷‍♂️

He had one good game last week, but otherwise he's been thoroughly mediocre.
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EJ has played consistently tough all season...gaining yards when he shouldnt. Without him we have 2 more losses.
 
Savage Husker said:
At one point he was 12 for 50+, 4.5 ypc, not too bad
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No, 4.5 ypc is very bad. Like... I'm looking the CFBStats list of top rushers, and I don't know how far down the list you'd have to go to find someone who averages 4.5 ypc - their list 'only' shows the top 99 rushers in FBS, and the guy at the bottom of that list has 5.62 ypc.

Seriously, I'd like to know what the hell is going on here that we have so many people who think EJ is a good RB? Has it really been so long since Nebraska had a legit rushing offense that the fans now think that 4.5 ypc is good?!
 
Somebody merge these two threads, please…

2nd & manageable was Holgorsen’s kryptonite. Just couldn’t do anything efficient in that scenario, just had to call a deep drop back pass where we’d take a sack.

Dumb. It was like waking up from a coma where Satterfield is still OC.
 
minnesota’s first TD; aided by a no-call holding on the 70 yard run. Followed by a no-call illegal motion on the tush push, the man in motion was moving forward into QB pre-snap. Then the incredibly obvious push in the back on the screen to setup the 3rd score.

Gotta play through it and be the better team, but funny how the narrative of officiating on big plays swung quickly against the Huskers.
 
Toe said:
No, 4.5 ypc is very bad. Like... I'm looking the CFBStats list of top rushers, and I don't know how far down the list you'd have to go to find someone who averages 4.5 ypc - their list 'only' shows the top 99 rushers in FBS, and the guy at the bottom of that list has 5.62 ypc.

Seriously, I'd like to know what the hell is going on here that we have so many people who think EJ is a good RB? Has it really been so long since Nebraska had a legit rushing offense that the fans now think that 4.5 ypc is good?!
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Before tonight he had the second most yards in the Big ten of all the running backs
 
Savage Husker said:
minnesota’s first TD; aided by a no-call holding on the 70 yard run. Followed by a no-call illegal motion on the tush push, the man in motion was moving forward into QB pre-snap. Then the incredibly obvious push in the back on the screen to setup the 3rd score.

Gotta play through it and be the better team, but funny how the narrative of officiating on big plays swung quickly against the Huskers.
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One of our biggest plays was a PI that was questionable
 
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Toe said:
No, 4.5 ypc is very bad. Like... I'm looking the CFBStats list of top rushers, and I don't know how far down the list you'd have to go to find someone who averages 4.5 ypc - their list 'only' shows the top 99 rushers in FBS, and the guy at the bottom of that list has 5.62 ypc.

Seriously, I'd like to know what the hell is going on here that we have so many people who think EJ is a good RB? Has it really been so long since Nebraska had a legit rushing offense that the fans now think that 4.5 ypc is good?!
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I believe you are leaping to an argument that I’m not making and clipping my points while also pulling quotes of my text out of context to build your argument.

“not too bad” is not equal to “good,” as you put it. What you left out from my post mentioned sticking with the run before popping a big one. To Minnesota’s credit, they tackled well and prevented EJ from springing loose. To your criticism of EJ, yes - he could have broken more tackles. To back my point, as *multiple* media pointed out, why not run the ball more when he was averaging 4.5 yards, which isn’t too shabby and sure beats the sacks - the main point of my post. Mix in screens, jet sweeps, whatever the means to slow down the defense and give the OL relief from what they appear to struggle at - dropping back in protection.

I understand you have a craw to pick, but seems to be extrapolating more than I’m stating.
 
I learned we gotta start wearin diapers cause outside of a few players pretty much everyone pooped the bed.
Players got outplayed, coaches definitely got outcoached.
We looked...(ohhh don't say it don't say it)...dare I say...distracted?
of course you could list a crap ton of appropriate adjectives.
-Disinterested
-Unprepared
-Confused
-Unfocused
-Incompetent
-Sloppy
But worst of all - SOFT
 
Savage Husker said:
minnesota’s first TD; aided by a no-call holding on the 70 yard run. Followed by a no-call illegal motion on the tush push, the man in motion was moving forward into QB pre-snap. Then the incredibly obvious push in the back on the screen to setup the 3rd score.

Gotta play through it and be the better team, but funny how the narrative of officiating on big plays swung quickly against the Huskers.
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Don't want to hear about officiating in this one. Were there missed calls? Yes. Doesn't matter cause they got whooped. A complete no show. Got away with a bunch of mistakes the last few weeks escaping with wins and gave us some false hope that this year could be a little different from the past few years. Our worst units are on the offensive line and defensive line. Hard to win when you lose at the line of scrimmage. Got to get that fixed before we can compete for real and beat the teams we think we should. Got completely out coached. All the rumors were a distraction and they weren't prepared for this one. Northwestern always gives us a tough game so we better lock back in and get back on track because the schedule isn't getting any easier
 
That really was the worst loss of the Rhule era.

It makes me sick.

We show regression on the lines. What does it matter that we have all these great wideouts if our OL can’t block and our QB holds onto the ball forever?

It’s depressing. Every other blue blood, every other even marginally notable team has risen and fallen and risen again over the past 24 years and we can’t even manage a single great season in that time.

It’s done. Until some miracle HC comes in and turns it around like Devaney, it’s done.
 
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