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Their plan is to take losses and 1st and 2nd to set up a TD run on 3rd and 18 with simple off tackle run.
I read these posts and it makes so sad to be a husker fan for life but the state of the entire program is in the dumps right now. Really worry we are counting on recruitment by Frosty to dig us out of this 20-year hole, but once again I am concerned that we don’t hold onto some of the find recruits (although) a low number throughout this current recruiting cycle which will only place more pressure on each successive recruiting. Frost was my choice so I refuse to be a puss and say fire him because he was or is my man and I have faith in him for the next 7 years. I also expect him to do the right thing for the husker football program and the state of Nebraska as our chosen son! Good, bad, or indifferent I will stick with Mr. Frosty, but if coaches must go or players must sit - he better f’in make it happen. Practice harder and strive to limit miscues and for the love of the corn heads around the world stop telling how great practices are, or summer ball was great and S&C is incredible and instead just show us how great jurgens is and that AM is the best QB in the B10 by doing it on the field of battle instead of through the press.
Personally I vote for maybe letting linebackers and safeties who execute their responsibilities play. I'm so sick of linebackers taking themselves out of plays. Give me some more Brody Belt at RB. Time to let some other people have a shot at it . We have nothing to lose against Wisconsin. I also think maybe we should try the old Cosgrove versus Texas and blitz EVERY down. Try to stuff Taylor and see what happens. It's our only hope.
Maybe Taylor breaks his leg in practice. I was at the Texas NU game when Cosgrove blitzed McCoy every single down. It was working until the 4th quarter when McKewon etal just ran out of gas. Jamaal Charles broke a long TD run around a linebacker who literally could not run anymore. We had zero linebacker depth to give anybody a blow.
Their whole offense could break their legs & we’d have ZERO chance to beat them.
The best we could hope for is a never ending 0-0 game.
I’m not sure that we could keep their defense from scoring on us but I’m damn sure that we won’t score a point on their defense.
I was shocked that we weren't able to take advantage of what I deem to be a fairly slow defense of Minnesota. Actually we did for a little while in the first half but we kept shooting ourselves in the foot with penalties. Then I think we just gave up.
I believe that Wisconsin's offense is leading the nation (by far) in TOP, over 36:00 per game IIRC. Steamrollers. They specialize in long scoring drives which progressively wear down a defense. MSU's defense (which is by no means "bad") was demoralized 5 minutes into the 3rd Quarter. Against Nebraska that could stretch to almost 38/39 TOP.
The absolute worst outcome when you are playing Wisconsin: having your offense go 3 & out.
Since Wisconsin is overwhelming favorite and there is zero expectation that the Huskers can win, the one thing to do differently IMO would be to attempt to convert on 4th down instead of punting.Any LOS 60 yards from the goal line or closer - don't punt, go for it.
If you convert - great, a chance to build confidence and momentum.
If you fail, they get possession of the ball, just as they would if you had punted. The bright side here is they will only need 2-3 minutes for their next potential score instead of the 6-7 minutes of ground pounding, slow grinding, back flattening punishment.
The absolute worst outcome when you are playing Wisconsin: having your offense go 3 & out.
Since Wisconsin is overwhelming favorite and there is zero expectation that the Huskers can win, the one thing to do differently IMO would be to attempt to convert on 4th down instead of punting.Any LOS 60 yards from the goal line or closer - don't punt, go for it.
If you convert - great, a chance to build confidence and momentum.
If you fail, they get possession of the ball, just as they would if you had punted. The bright side here is they will only need 2-3 minutes for their next potential score instead of the 6-7 minutes of ground pounding, slow grinding, back flattening punishment.
Yeah, but to do this we would have to be fast and talented....something that is continuously over estimated by our fan base
Take your lumps and move on. Win 6 games and call it a success. It is hard for fans to sit through it, and harder for players to play through it...put everything into beating Indiana, Purdue, and Maryland...I wondered if the "favorable" schedule was actually a curse because some of our cupcakes are on the road and we aren't beating Iowa, Wisky, and OSU at home.
Minnesota should have never have been in the "cupcake" column. Some pretty knowledgeable analysts picked them to win the west. Maybe some of that was their schedule but they're a reasonably good veteran team now.
If it's below freezing we could flood the field and play on a sheet of ice. I recall in the big 8 days Iowa state and Missouri use similar approaches of flooding their grass fields and not mowing.
Yes, and others show it routinely against us, and in other games.
games I watched this weekend- JD would be a back up at PSU and wouldnt play much, he would be a backup at Minny but play some, he would be a backup at Wisky but play, he would be a back at Iowa but play over their freshman Tracy who get a healthy dose of snaps
And probably zero points - for us that is. They will easily hang a half-hundred on us. And we'll probably have another 6 injuries in the process.
And I pray to God they don't bring in recruits to see our train wreck. Embarrasing
Yeah even our "special" players wouldn't start at the better programs. JD Spielman is nowhere in the same league as KJ Hamler at PSU, and I don't even think Hamler is considered a top 20 receiver in the nation. Maurice Washington would be just another running back at a lot of schools and probably wouldn't even play much. Wandale Robinson is good for a freshman, but he's been overhyped as well. I hate labeling players "special" or having "it" when you've only seen them in fall camp playing against our mediocre defense or that they look good in noncontact drills. We don't have an elite or special player anywhere on the roster.
I think Wandale could be really good. His main obstacle will alway be health....it’s dang rare for a mini guy to stand up in this conference, especially with heavy usage.
Afraid we're going to get slaughtered again when we play Wisconsin seeing how Minnesota just beat the living tar out of us. Sad but a likely outcome at this point. I shudder to think how our offense will score against their defense and how our defense can stop their running game. It'll take a miracle this year.
my mistake, for some reason I thought wisconson was our next game..
I had the opportunity to watch the Wisconsin-Michigan St. game on television with a bunch of locals in Wisconsin on Saturday. What was glaring to me was that they look more like the NU of old than we do (even their fans reminded me of Husker fans from yesteryear). Thanks, Barry. Secondly, they win almost every PLAY. They literally take it one play at a time, with intensity every play, and don’t make many mistakes. Honestly, it was frustrating to watch knowing we used to play like that. Would love to see that energy and excitement some day again in Lincoln, but we’ve got a lot of old baggage to shed first before we can get our mojo back. I’m not sure that old blueprint is part of Frost’s grand plan, but would love to see a gradual move back to our roots. GBR.
I put it at 1%; NW made it a game. Put in some young guys who like to play football, crazy stuff my ensue.
Oh man, you practically needed ice skates to play on Missouri's field in the early- to mid-90s. That omni-turf was slippery.
I expect a whole bevy of records to be broken. No points for Huskers and J. Taylor rushes for like 4fitty.
