Ziebol
All-Conference
I’m very optimistic, 9 wins is optimism overload with our remaining schedule and what we have seen so far.
What did we learn? (The NW edition, sponsored by the MASH 4077)
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Jack Burton
Four-Star Recruit
Schedule is favorable. Minny, Indy, Purdue, Maryland are very winnable games. Pick up 1 extra is 9. Iowa looked ordinary to me today.
Ziebol
All-Conference
We do have issues but we have players like Robinson, Spielman, and Mo when he’s not banged up that help mask them and until the young talent we have develops that’s what we have to deal with. We have the youngest roster in the BIG 10 so we have to rely on these difference makers until others step up. So you creating hypothetical situations doesn’t do anything except create gloom in your own mind. Robinson was recruited so he can be our Rondale Moore and take over games, that’s what he has done. Enjoy it or keep imagining he isn’t here.
Mierin
Assistant Coach
Why do people do this? Wandale is part of our team. Our coaches were able to recruit him. He's not some bonus thing you can take away or add willy nilly to try to make a point.
You may as well just say "If we hadn't scored more points than the other team we would've lost!"
It makes about as much sense as an argument.
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olddominionhusker
Starter
Iowa is definitely winnable. However, every game you mentioned is very loseable as well. The way this team is playing now there is not one auto win on that list
Mierin
Assistant Coach
No one is saying we don't have issues, but that doesn't make your post about taking away big plays make anymore sense.
Jack Burton
Four-Star Recruit
No doubt. I should have phrased it better. We CAN win 9 this year although most likely 7-8.
4skers89
All-Conference
We can play NW ball better than NW! 0 turnovers and 1 for NW. Penalties favor NW but not excessively 6-50 vs. 8-74 for us. Coaches can't do much about penalties but they can help with turnovers. Maybe due to turnover concerns and the wind we had conservative play calling. Unless you are vastly superior, the way to beat NW is not to beat yourself. If NW had 400 yards to our 319 it would have made it a perfect ugly win, NW style.
Jack Burton
Four-Star Recruit
We had 3 more rushing yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week
We had 73 more passing yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week
We had 76 more total yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week
Our offense scored 3 more points against Northwestern than Wisconsin's did last week
We had 73 more passing yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week
We had 76 more total yards against Northwestern than Wisconsin did last week
Our offense scored 3 more points against Northwestern than Wisconsin's did last week
10_point_buck
Banned
No, no one is taking it away from him as he is special. What is real is that other teams will realize how below average we are if they take him away, then what? Is there others to step up? Through 6 games, I’d say no.
10_point_buck
Banned
No, just they did what we wanted to do better than we did it.....kinda like when we play WI and they also out Nebraska us using the formula they took from us and now do it better than us with lower ranked recruiting classes.
HuskerJax
Starter
I think the only real positive you can take from this game is we won in a close game. Last year, we lost these games, so that is progress. However, the offense looks lost, completely effing lost. Thankfully our defense has progressed and is able to
make stops. With a “superstar” quarterback we should be rolling in games like these, but we are not. Still waiting for the light to come on, hopefully it will
make stops. With a “superstar” quarterback we should be rolling in games like these, but we are not. Still waiting for the light to come on, hopefully it will
10_point_buck
Banned
Oh good, so we are beating WI now too due to the transitive property. We will soon be playing for the Big too