*****Ohio State Game Day Thread*****

First Half Observations

  • Solid first half of football for Nebraska. Physically this team looks about as good as they have in years. O-Line especially looks solid.
  • If it wasn't for some very questionable gift calls by the refs in Ohio State's favor this would be an even closer game.
  • LOVE the multiple uses of McCaffery. Always play your best 11 players and find any way to get your skill players involved, and Frost is doing that.
  • LOVE the switch to a progression style of passing for this offense. It will dramatically help Martinez's passing efficiency and hopefully limit turnovers. By not having to read coverages he can now just PLAY. 1st read, 2nd read, 3rd read, run or throw away.
  • LOVE the use of the I-formation with Mills at the fullback spot. We will be seeing a little old school Nebraska option sometime this year...guaranteed.
  • Difference in the game is the talent gap between the Ohio State offense and the Nebraska defense. Our linebackers are still slow and cannot match Ohio State's speed, but to their credit they are playing with all out effort.
  • Nebraska still needs to recruit some elite outside linebackers to help provide a consistent pass rush.
  • Finally...win or lose today...Nebraska is playing football again! And in 2020 that's a win.

Things I'd like to see in the 2nd Half

  1. Keep playing the time of possession game, and hope Ohio State makes a mistake. The longer Nebraska at least stays in the game, the more confidence it will give the players.
  2. Get Dedrick Mills more involved.
 
BigRedBuster said:
Not a real big fan of using Luke as an RB as much as we did.  
 

we have a good RB. Use him.  
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Luke is a home run threat & change of pace. Robinson is getting double teamed. We have nobody else who has an ounce of speed or that scares OSU. 

 
Mavric said:
Eh ... after you get the holding penalty and not really getting anything down the field, it's better to regroup than try to force something and turning it over right before half.
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No.  Ohio State is too good to give them help with idiotic game management. 

With 1:10 on the clock and 2 timeouts there's zero excuses for not trying to score.

The off chance of a turnover is not a good excuse.

 
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The Dude said:
No.  Ohio State is too good to give them help with idiotic game management. 

With 1:10 on the clock and 2 timeouts there's zero excuses for not trying to score.
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That is not idiotic game management.  That's not being stupid.

We were going to give it a go but got a holding call.  We have no outside receivers to push the ball down the field.  We only have one catch by an outside receiver for the entire half.  There wasn't any need to take any chances that had a very slim chance to succeed and could possibly give them more momentum.

 
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