Fire the OC?
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Offense overall was fine given the new OC and faces....CT did seem to be sped up in the 2nd half and didn't play all that well.
Talk about throwing your Offensive coordinator under the bus. I see the Frost , Whipple marriage as a train wreck waiting to happen
Whipple won’t put up with Frost using him as his scapegoat. Not in his DNA
Whipple won’t put up with Frost using him as his scapegoat. Not in his DNA
When I was watching, I thought it had to be killing him that he wasn't directing the offense. Especially as we couldn't pound it in from the two yard line on four attempts in the first half until we got that penalty and one more shot at it. Just sad
This is why forced staff changes are never the answer. Frost and whipple will not be able to coexist. This thing is over.
To be fair he probably felt right at home watching that goal line stuffing of the offense
That's funny. In Coach Whipple's defense, he says it takes 3 years implement his offense. That looked alot like his first year at Pitt. Passing all over the place without much to show for the throws.
What a fvcking loser. Sack of **** so bad he had to give up being OC now throws new OC under bus as of it was his fault…
What a fvkin clown
Can wait for Oct 2nd
What a fvkin clown
Can wait for Oct 2nd
With that comment no assistant coach will ever want to coach under him again. He is trash.
He is the head coach so everything that goes wrong is his fault. A true leader would have said something along the lines of: I didn't do a good enough job of explaining to our offensive staff that being creative is a key component to being successful in this league.
Did anyone watch the game and think Northwestern’s offense as more creative? In the second half it was the most boring conservative offense I’ve seen. If you ask me Nebraska needs to be less creative to cut down on turnovers. Focus on doing simple things but doing them extremely well.
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I think it is time to be honest, some based on one game and some on the past.
Our OL couldn't create a little crease in the NW front. NW rarely even needed to have their LB's come up and make the play. They didn't need to blitz, just play us heads up and wear us down. We looked gassed the second half. The last TD they scored our guess were all just standing and watching, embarrassing.
Thompson threw the ball in the second half like his film shows, a lot of them behind the receiver throws which leads to tips. Then he missed the easy outs and the deep throws with overthrows. The second half was a disaster. NW knew we couldn't run, game over, now take chances with your pass coverage and know you will give up one now and then but no way was Nebraska going to drive the ball the second half. Now we all have to wonder which Thompson we will see each week.
I have not been a Chins D fan ever and now I am more so. Every once in a while he brings a safety up but mostly they are deep which begs the O to run the ball which they did at will. Where were our LB's? They are running across the field chasing receivers all day long. No pass rush still or again. Once again, the middle of field is open like the Red Sea.
When are we going to be a good tackling team? We weren't physical on either side of the ball, nothing new here. But still, why can't we tackle?
Turnovers are still an issue - people thought they were gone with Adrian. Perhaps not. The punting game was really good, not what we were doing on kick offs.
Overall, this was a terrible effort all around. We were outcoached and outplayed all around and you have to look deep to find the positives.
Our OL couldn't create a little crease in the NW front. NW rarely even needed to have their LB's come up and make the play. They didn't need to blitz, just play us heads up and wear us down. We looked gassed the second half. The last TD they scored our guess were all just standing and watching, embarrassing.
Thompson threw the ball in the second half like his film shows, a lot of them behind the receiver throws which leads to tips. Then he missed the easy outs and the deep throws with overthrows. The second half was a disaster. NW knew we couldn't run, game over, now take chances with your pass coverage and know you will give up one now and then but no way was Nebraska going to drive the ball the second half. Now we all have to wonder which Thompson we will see each week.
I have not been a Chins D fan ever and now I am more so. Every once in a while he brings a safety up but mostly they are deep which begs the O to run the ball which they did at will. Where were our LB's? They are running across the field chasing receivers all day long. No pass rush still or again. Once again, the middle of field is open like the Red Sea.
When are we going to be a good tackling team? We weren't physical on either side of the ball, nothing new here. But still, why can't we tackle?
Turnovers are still an issue - people thought they were gone with Adrian. Perhaps not. The punting game was really good, not what we were doing on kick offs.
Overall, this was a terrible effort all around. We were outcoached and outplayed all around and you have to look deep to find the positives.
Creative??? Like wasting a series by grouping Brody Belt, Oliver Martin, and Wyatt Leiwer in on an offensive series late in the 4th with a 4 point lead???? Theyll never expect it... I'm not sure how creative you have to be... Northwestern got the run game established and Nebraska couldn't stop it...
Or we just wasn't good enough on both sides of the ball.
I didn't do a good enough job coaching.
Northwestern played the 2nd half to not lose as if they were anticipating a NE choke.
I do think he was including himself in the offensive staff, but who cares he can’t win and these PC’s are the least of our problems.
I was pleased with Whipple’s passing offense, but didn’t see the Frist run game it was supposed to be married to, outside of one option from Smoothers.
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With all the Attention these years on Frost being incompetent, the one person flying under the Radar is Chin ,absolutely is not a P5 DC ,, he had one good year last year playing with a bunch of 24 year olds.
Actually I would rather see the SF offense with a QB that can run not named AM. I thought by the third quarter they had our pass game figured out. CT was forcing throws. He had releases in the flats that he totally ignored on several occasions. Never ran to put some pressure on the D. Unless Frost gets fired he may dump Whip if this things fails and go with Smothers and RPO.
By throwing the Offensive staff under the bus, and with the influx of so many transfer kids, this program has already began to splinter. It took one game?
Right now, it may well be Frost v. the Offensive coaching staff, or the Offensive coaching staff v. Frost.
The inevitable will be firing Frost and jettison Duvall with him.
Gaining 428 yards on offense is enough to win football games. Giving up 525 yards on defense is a good way to lose them.
Having a punter average 47.2 yards is winning football. Having a non-existent punt return game does nothing.
Rushing for 4 (FOUR) first downs is pathetic. NU picked up 3 first downs via penalty.
NU's touted EDGE rushers were silent. Their secondary tackling was crappy.
The LB's were dog tired by mid-3rd quarter. Robinson was as a non-factor and faded into a zero factor.
Nash started with his feet in mud and finished with his feet in concrete. Overall, the defense was in lousy physical condition.
Was it the travel and dead legs? I'm not anxious to watch OU's receivers abuse the D.
The OLine did a very nice job of not jumping offsides, holding calls, etc., they just couldn't move the pile or pass protect for ****. Overall, compared to last year they did okay. But, they will face several way more talented fronts that NW has.
NU threw the ball 42 times. Palmer was the target 13 times with 8 catches. That's too many for not having any real production to show for it. What happens when they match up against a few elite cover guys who can take Palmer out of the game? What's the plan then?
I thought, for just a second, had the Isiah fumble not been lost, and then when Buford hit the kid and the ball wound up in NU's hands that maybe, just maybe, some of the football luck was returning to NU. Then that long *** pass from CT to Isiah and it looked like the worm was beginning to turn.
Then the onside kick brought it all back to reality. NU can't make their own luck, they can only react to the bad luck they force upon themselves.
And fumbled in the red zone, and came close on a hurry up drive to knocking in 3 more points.
Almost hit a couple more big throws.
I did feel that our run game was lacking both from getting OL push and general design. Our run plays seemed to lack creativity and we just ran straight into the brick wall too often.
Also saw some chances for Casey to scramble and get us some yards which could have loosened the NW Defense some.