What Did We Learn - Ohio State Edition
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lo country
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Wow!!!! So screens don't work and over 10 yards don't work. I'm guessing slants and quick outs......
Loved the stat you posted about his rushing/scrambling yards 6/42. I thought he did a great job with that. Didn't know he averaged 7/carry. I love a dual threat QB (DR is not), but would love to see him get a few designed run calls per game. Again, much better than I thought on his runs.
lo country
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Ref the incompletions you mentioned, poor throws, great coverage or both? Refs, missed a few PI's, but regardless his 10+ yard 10% completion route isn't going to win games.
Nebfanatic
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I understand where you are coming from but at the end of the day we need those throws to connect. There have been several throughout the season. He is elite but those are the plays we need him to make to go from OK at best to great on offense. The elite guys he wants to be like connect on those throws 9/10.
He is a freshman, it will get better but in my opinion he rushed the throw a hair. That timing will become natural with more reps and he will give it that extra half beat it needs to become a completed pass. It seems like he is trying to anticipate but does so a hair too early and just doesn't have the natural feel for the perfect timing quite yet.
To your point it's much better he is jumping the gun by an inch than throwing too late. Those throws turn into interceptions.
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admo
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Ohio State came into this game with one loss already. They still have to play undefeated Penn State, undefeated Indiana, the rivalry game vs Michigan, and a B1G championship game, possibly against Oregon.
There was no way OSU was going to be allowed to lose to Nebraska in an upset. That would be 2 losses, and The conference would lose their minds if that happened.
In other words, they needed some help to beat Nebraska. And remain #4 in the Country and play #3 Penn State next Saturday.
They cannot afford to lose one more game before the CCG. Because a 2 loss tOSU would probably make it.
If OSU has 2 losses going into the CCG and loses, they do not make the playoffs. With one loss already and a big challenge ahead of them, there was no way they lose to Nebraska, even if the zebras need to help them to do it.
There was no way OSU was going to be allowed to lose to Nebraska in an upset. That would be 2 losses, and The conference would lose their minds if that happened.
In other words, they needed some help to beat Nebraska. And remain #4 in the Country and play #3 Penn State next Saturday.
They cannot afford to lose one more game before the CCG. Because a 2 loss tOSU would probably make it.
If OSU has 2 losses going into the CCG and loses, they do not make the playoffs. With one loss already and a big challenge ahead of them, there was no way they lose to Nebraska, even if the zebras need to help them to do it.
huskerfan74
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Unfortunately, our fan base has become accustomed to moral victories. We went from not being satisfied with Bo Pelini who was giving us 9 win seasons consistently to making excuses for coaches and players and hoping we can get an invite to the toilet bowl. Our expectations have been lowered so much that we stopped believing we deserve better.
The game yesterday is what good teams manage to find a way to win. We had at least 4 chances to win the game and either OC called a bad play or our QB missed a wide open receiver. You don’t get many chances to have an elite team on the ropes in their own backyard. A good coached team finds a way to win those. If Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Illinois were in the same position we were yesterday, they would have found a way to win. We stopped believing we can win these close games because (1) we don’t know how to do it, and (2) fans stopped expecting our team to be able to win these games. Rhule has been 1-7 in these games. So, if it is not coaching and not the players, is it the fans fault? Apparently, that is what several posters are implying. Fans are too spoiled for expecting our team to finish a game that is within their reach. Until we stop dining on moral victories, nothing is going to change.
The game yesterday is what good teams manage to find a way to win. We had at least 4 chances to win the game and either OC called a bad play or our QB missed a wide open receiver. You don’t get many chances to have an elite team on the ropes in their own backyard. A good coached team finds a way to win those. If Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, or Illinois were in the same position we were yesterday, they would have found a way to win. We stopped believing we can win these close games because (1) we don’t know how to do it, and (2) fans stopped expecting our team to be able to win these games. Rhule has been 1-7 in these games. So, if it is not coaching and not the players, is it the fans fault? Apparently, that is what several posters are implying. Fans are too spoiled for expecting our team to finish a game that is within their reach. Until we stop dining on moral victories, nothing is going to change.
Packerhuskerfan
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He doesn't seem to have much touch on his long balls. Packers backup Malik Wilis came into the game today and threw a nice one late to basically win the game to an open WR. I thought to myself that Dylan probably misses that one right now.
admo
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If you are mad that Nebraska lost to Ohio State, then I cannot take you seriously. It obviously upsets you, so.....
And why bring up Pelini from 10 years ago? This message board has 10 years of good and bad Pelini talk already in it's history, so it doesn't make any sense to go so far backwards.
I don't know what else you are talking about with morals, Minnesota, lowering our expectations. And every week you talk about how Nebraska will somehow lose and you have already said you are nervous about playing UCLA.
Just relax a little bit man.
huskerfan74
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Thank you for proving my point. And it is obvious you did not understand my post. I spoke about moral victories, not morals.
admo
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Undone
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Obviously it's Ohio State so they'll always have a crazy combo of strength and speed, but holy crap, our screen passes just aren't fooling anybody. This is pretty much officially a trend.
I would maybe look at switching things up and look for quick slants to try to get just on the top of the blitz on 1st & 2nd downs at this point. I really do think we're officially in "we need to do something different" territory.
Undone
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Nope. I think you're wrong. It's another false dichotomy where there are only two options:
- Our fan base is all about moral victories when we lose big games but it was close.
- Our fan base isn't satisfied with close losses against anybody and there's no such thing as moral victories for the Huskers.
Here's another option: we are obviously not on the same continent as Ohio State, generally speaking. If we played them five times this season I can pretty much guarantee we go 0-5.
So while nobody is satisfied with a 21-17 loss, it was extremely unlikely that we were going to win that game anyway so it's way better than our 56- 7 embarrassment to f****** Indiana. Right? But that's just a take grounded in reality, it's not a celebration of the loss being close.
It wasn't a moral victory. The game showed how far we have to go still on offense. And it's a long damn way.
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Cy the Cyclone
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I learned something doesn’t have to leave your hand to be considered “slammed down”. Come on people…the headset never left Day’s hand.
