Mother nature forces Sat to run the ball and we win. EJ with 121 and Dowdell with 75 yards. 35+ yard catch by Banks for a TD. If we don't we win have real problems......
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Mother nature forces Sat to run the ball and we win. EJ with 121 and Dowdell with 75 yards. 35+ yard catch by Banks for a TD. If we don't we win have real problems......
Purdue is not a good football team. If we don’t run the ball well against them it will be a bad omen of a rough season ahead. Dowdell is good but he is inconsistent. Same for all of our running backs. None of them have consistently good vision for which crease to hit. So far this year we run well only when the line opens up obvious running lanes.
If our line blocks well in this game we should win comfortably. If they don’t it will be another close game. Because bad as they are, Purdue will score against our poorly schemed **** defense.
If our line blocks well in this game we should win comfortably. If they don’t it will be another close game. Because bad as they are, Purdue will score against our poorly schemed **** defense.
I also wish Rhule would get out of this pro mentality of not trying to run it up. In CFB, style points matter and we need to hammer these teams if we have the chance. If we get up 40 fine, yank everyone, but we are not a good enough team yet to think even 21 pt lead in the second half is good. We've been burned way too many times.
I do agree PU is horrible, but we can't overlook anyone right now. If we play like we did against ILL on D, it is going to be a street fight. We can't give them any hope. We need to step on the gas early and continue it so they quit like they did against ND.
IF it’s a rain game, teams can sell out to stop the run. Just because it’s Purdue I wouldn’t make any prop bets on yardage if it gets sloppy. Don’t they have the crappy grass field? Can’t remember.
We ran fairly well against Colorado so there should not be no problem with our run game against Purdue..
Would like to see our defense hold them to less than 300 total yards.
Would like to see our defense hold them to less than 300 total yards.
"If we play like we did against ILL on D, it is going to be a street fight. We can't give them any hope."
I'm kind of a pessimistic wreck heading into this game. I would love to see us have this game under firm control before halftime.
I'm kind of a pessimistic wreck heading into this game. I would love to see us have this game under firm control before halftime.
I think we will going away. I actually think we will play better on the road than with all of the pressure and hype at home. But... if we do not win in dominant fashion a lot depends on the why. If we play solid defense but just have an "off day" on offense I think we are ok. But if we have another sub par defensive performance then that will be three games in a row and not a good sign.
Well until we prove otherwise that is the bar we have to set. All these 9-3 and 10-2 predictions by people pre season were just ridiculous. They listen to the sunshine pumping web sites and go brain dead.
7 or 8 is the ceiling imo. 6 would be progress, but would leave a lot of questions about the competency of the coaching staff.
8 would be a big achievement! If only 6 you’ll see a lot of people saying that is how rebuilding works under Rhule, you have to wait until year 3. I ask why must that same pattern be locked in?
34-17 Huskers
OL looks better
Multiple combinations of guys are tried out on the OL
Defensive play calling is more aggressive, but gives up a couple big plays
Nash has his first big game of the year
Good "growth game" heading into IU
OL looks better
Multiple combinations of guys are tried out on the OL
Defensive play calling is more aggressive, but gives up a couple big plays
Nash has his first big game of the year
Good "growth game" heading into IU
How quickly we turn on them. Give them a chance, they’ve proven up until recently they’re pretty dang good.
It would be amazing progress but most people on this board won’t recognize progress and say it’s embarrassing that we’re celebrating 8 wins because we should be a national championship program
We were 5-7 last year and just lost another close game to a team we should have beaten. This is not “quickly turning” on anyone as if we have been doing well but have just hit a little bump in the road. We won games against 3 **** teams and then lost to the first team with a pulse. We have sucked for 8 years now. Longest bowl drought for any P5 team. So you say “up until recently they are pretty dang good”. No they have not been.
Those of us who are being critical of this staff after the Illinois loss have 8 years of reasons for being skeptical. 8 years of “it is a process! Give them time!”
Rhule needs to start winning games against good teams and not just teams that are everybody’s road kill. And until he does I will not cut him slack. He is the highest paid public employee in Nebraska. He is a rich man. He needs to start earning those millions by doing more than talk a good game.
He doesn’t have to wait until year 3 because “that’s how he did at Baylor and Temple”. Why not wil this year
34-13 good guys.
Defense plays with near CO intensity and Dowdell becomes our first 100 yard rusher in forever.
Defense plays with near CO intensity and Dowdell becomes our first 100 yard rusher in forever.
Not sure of a score prediction - I feel like this could be a win that provides more questions than answers.
But as far as oddly specific, Dylan gets a rushing TD on a naked bootleg…
But as far as oddly specific, Dylan gets a rushing TD on a naked bootleg…
Overlook!? We’ll likely enter that game as underdogs.let’s not overlook Rutgers
I should have clarified that I was responding to your comment about our defense being crappy. I agree we have sucked for a long time but I was specifically mentioning that our defense has been pretty dang good under this staff until very recently. Give them a chance.
Exactly! Those predictions are pipe dreams. With the players that are healthy right now, I'm seeing 7 wins max. If we lose another key player or two, 6 might be a struggle.
Hell, until a week ago, there were a few on here that even had USC as a W with our only real challenge being OSU. We were playing in the conference championship game and going to the playoffs. Despite the fact that most of our starters would be second string at USC. Several probably wouldn't crack their 2 deep. But, you know, I'm probably just a troll who's bashing the team when I say that.
this is going to be an important game. if we get off on the wrong foot here, this can really push the rest of the season's vibe down hill. The season is already 1/3 over with the back half being pretty difficult. I would also like to see a much stronger commitment to the running game, but have doubts that we will see that. I don't get the sense that the offense has an identity yet. The defense needs to shut down the run on Saturday.
No. We should not risk unnecessary injuries to our players by trying to run up style points. You also lose an opportunity to give the younger guys game experience, which pays off later. The W is all that matters.
Eh, I'm gonna have to go ahead and sort of disagree here. You don't sacrifice your starters getting game experience so that the backups can get game experience. Not when you have the starters we have. They looked like they could use all the game experience they can get to me. I mean, when our best player is a true freshman, that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about whether these guys need more experience or not. They definitely do.
Similar to @Landomatic I will agree to disagree. Our guys have not played a good full game yet and we need to try to get them to do that. We already rotate enough players that a lot of people are getting playing time. At this point we haven't been a well oiled machine for 4 quarters. We need to see that. Development is already happening with Rhule as a number of freshman and sophomores are seeing time in crunch time already.