*** The Official Rutgers Scarlet Knights Game Discussion Thread ***

[The Duke]

AA comes in and BOOM, score out of the diamond.

Beck would be the smartest OC in FBS if he would read this board every week. Diamond needs to be more prominent in this O with teams stuffing the box to stop AA.

The reason that diamond formation works so well is because it's a balanced formation. We can make an audible and no one has to shift. That is why Osborne loved to use balanced sets out of the I-Formation, Ace, and Shotgun.

It also puts so many weapons and speed in the backfield that the defense is really pretty much screwed when we use it.

Exactly! You could have 3 running backs, or I-Formation personnel, or 2 tight ends...the possibilities are endless. In a way it's a glorified version of Osborne's "OzBone" or Power-I formation.

 

[alwayshusking]

Man. As good as our defense has looked.for a majority of the game, this letting up is making the game look much closer than it actually is

Outside of the 2nd quarter they've moved the ball on us pretty well.

 

[Decked]

Saw Love in there. DL backups in too?

Only starters I saw were Bando, Cooper, and Gerry.

 

[NebraskaHarry]

This is embarrassing. Coaches and players acting like this is High School football.

 

[Hammerhead]

If this was our 2nd team defense, sure, give up a garbage time TD. That should NOT be happening with our 1st team defense on the field.

 

[QMany]

I understand you want to get players game time and experience, but this isn't the time to do it.

We were up 25 with minutes left in 4th. When is the time to do it?
Bo is exhausted keeping up with Huskerboard directions.

 

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

Come on Illinois!

 

[ithinkiloverg44]

Are people impressed by this? This bad football. Rutgers is likely to lose out. Not a championship mentality and it starts up top.

I feel like your trolling at this point. Stop picking apart every little thing. We're winning, that's the goal. We have this in hand and will be fine. Enjoy a sound husker win. We didn't bury them but were winning big. Relax and gbr

 

[NebraskaHarry]

I understand you want to get players game time and experience, but this isn't the time to do it.

We were up 25 with minutes left in 4th. When is the time to do it?
Bo is exhausted keeping up with Huskerboard directions.

Half a quarter left, and Rutgers barely takes any time off.

 

[Hammerhead]

Uh oh, Illinois just got the lead back.

 

[ColoradoHusk]

I understand you want to get players game time and experience, but this isn't the time to do it.

We were up 25 with minutes left in 4th. When is the time to do it?
Bo is exhausted keeping up with Huskerboard directions.

Come on Q, stop using logic.

 

[beanman]

I understand you want to get players game time and experience, but this isn't the time to do it.

We were up 25 with minutes left in 4th. When is the time to do it?
Bo is exhausted keeping up with Huskerboard directions.

I agree.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

This is embarrassing. Coaches and players acting like this is High School football.

I've never seen someone represent their avatar so well.

 

[alwayshusking]

Are people impressed by this? This bad football. Rutgers is likely to lose out. Not a championship mentality and it starts up top.

I feel like your trolling at this point. Stop picking apart every little thing. We're winning, that's the goal. We have this in hand and will be fine. Enjoy a sound husker win. We didn't bury them but were winning big. Relax and gbr

I'm not trolling at all. We look bad today. Winning against Rutgers means very little, it's about being great. Something this team is a long way from being.

 

[yort2000]

AA comes in and BOOM, score out of the diamond.

Beck would be the smartest OC in FBS if he would read this board every week. Diamond needs to be more prominent in this O with teams stuffing the box to stop AA.

The reason that diamond formation works so well is because it's a balanced formation. We can make an audible and no one has to shift. That is why Osborne loved to use balanced sets out of the I-Formation, Ace, and Shotgun.

I'm not only a huge fan of the diamond formation, but with Nebraska's roster, I'm a fan of the diamond personnel grouping. You can go up tempo with bell, westerkamp, AA, Newby, and Cross. Diamond formation. Three wide with newby split out, four wide with,Newby and AA split out. You have it all there, power run, horizontal spread, vertical spread. How can a defense substitute to stop that, especially uptempo?