I expected a win, they are soft against the run. I thought we should run the ball on them. Turns out we aren't a very good running team. Huskers have to get better in the run game in the 2nd half of the season.
I'm concerned not one of our running backs has the vision to run to space. I understand blocking is supposed to open a hole, but to have zero cut backs against a gap-filling Rutgers D is a little odd.
This has been a concern from day 1. 4 average backs no Ameer Abdullahs, Rex Burkheads, and certainly no Lawrence Phillips, Mike Roziers, or Ahman Greens amongst others.
Agreed. It’s been a while since we’ve had a true #1 back who’s play stands apart from the rest of the backs.
I mean were like one win from 6 wins. That would be the first time since 2016 and Mike Riley. Let that sink in.
One thing our o line got there asses handed to them in the second half they couldn’t run block or pass pro
As the radio broadcast said today, lots and lots of “firsts” since 2016. Riley’s 2nd season
We haven't won 6 games since 2016 under Coach Riley. Of course this is big. Day by day...
We have fallen a long ways. 7 straight losing seasons how many big 10 games did we win over those years? Stop trying to discount the wins these last 2 weeks.
Nobody’s discounting anything
Some people on here seem unhappy that it wasn’t Ohio State and Penn State that we’ve just beaten. Unhappy it was over Purdue and Rutgers calling them FCS level teams.
They are.
The sad thing is we’ve resided in that group for a long time. Maybe we can seperate from the bottom 2/3 of the conference. Top 6 can we finish in there
I see it differently. NU put Bullock on him as a spy, negating his ability to affect the game
Do you not think it had anything to do with defensive adjustments? It seemed me, at the least the game that was on my TV, we were missing tackles, not keeping leverage and missing the gang tackling that best describes our D. I think it was more about what we did than they did. He was getting stuffed after that first quarter.
Rutgers tried running it but TW went to a 4 DL look and shut it down. It was more about what TW did to them than their OC’s play calling. Likewise I think Schiano’s adjustments gave us problems. We burned through our new run play wrinkles in the first half.
We brought an extra man into the box and made Rutgers have to beat us by passing against that strong wind. You probably didn't notice this but their backs weren't averaging much per carry after the first quarter.
Were good. Not great. Same issues keep coming up at the wrong times.
After watching the highlights, I do feel a little better.
With the exception of one of those "amazing" seasons that happen from time to time...It is safe to say that most of the teams that NU will have to play in the conference will be pretty lame.
We also got lucky their WR dropped an east TD late in the game. It can go both ways. It was a close game we used to find a way to lose. The defense found a way to win this time.
I agree with that for sure.
