Probably won't see a lot of screens with this line. To run successfully you've got to have linemen that can move well in space & get out ahead of the play. This crew does NOT.
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Definitely the right of the oline is better at run blocking. I am curious if Teddy P is still nursing an injury i think would be upgrade from Cochran. I see him on Banhart side of the line was just curious why that is happening.
Biggest pro is that they play like a B1G team
Under Frost, it felt like you needed a score every drive to maintain momentum
Feels different this year. Obviously a td is ideal, but a drive that picks up a few first downs on the ground is positive in that it wears down the opposing teams defense and puts the opposing offense under pressure to get greedy.
This is textbook Wisconsin/Iowa ball.
Under Frost, it felt like you needed a score every drive to maintain momentum
Feels different this year. Obviously a td is ideal, but a drive that picks up a few first downs on the ground is positive in that it wears down the opposing teams defense and puts the opposing offense under pressure to get greedy.
This is textbook Wisconsin/Iowa ball.
Although I mostly agree and this is a nitpick. But Wisconsin under Bielma's peak offensive play calling (2010 - 2011 season) would try to destroy you on big pass plays once you came down to stop the run. While they lovedddd running the ball. They were not totally conservative about it.
That is 100 % correct many of these same fans pissed off about using bubble screens in last few years are now pissed that they dont
The issues fans had with Frost swing passes: 1) the QB would commonly throw the pass backwards, leading to numerous idiotic turnovers, 2) the intended receivers were commonly TEs not named Travis Kelce…
Have you seen the Washington Husky WRs? They are big, fast and physical. I think it is going to be eye opening for BIG fans when the Dawgs join the conference next year. Deboer and his OC Ryan Grubb run a very dynamic offense.
Former Husker Will Nixon playing RB has contributed to 121 yards rushing and has caught 6 passes this season for the Huskies. Casey Rogers ran for a big first down on a fake punt in Oregon's game against CU. I don't remember Frost playing Nixon at all. Besides wanting to win why did Rogers leave? Wasn't he getting playing time? Seems to me the Huskers could use both these guys.
Not defending McGuire, but the OL doesn't give HH enough time to go through his progressions. Watching game film, you could see receivers open, but HH is locked into Kemp and Fidone. Also Washington had an important throw that he dropped.
I know everyone has a different opinion of PFF grades. But they had Corcoran at a 52.1 on 68 snaps, and Teddy P at a 91.4 on 13 snaps. Teddy's grade was by far our highest on offense.
prior to our win on Saturday, La Tech was riding a 3 game winning streak over B1G opponents
none were against indiana or northwestern
they swept illinois (including scoring 54 points against them at their place) and beat mich st. one of those wins was in a bowl game.
this type of success is very common for G5 teams against our conference
our offense is measurably WORSE than the last 5 years. A lot worse. Just wanted to point that out to anyone still drinking y'all's Rhule-Aid...
Not just last game but all year, open field tackling, running to the ball and just wrapping up. Years and years of whiffs and guys going for the highlight hit and giving you big chunks was our Achilles heel. IMO the biggest improvement, Rhule said origami is going to be down to the fundamentals and is plan is underway.
we averaged 28 points/game in 2019
23.1 points/game in 2020
27.1 points/game in 2021
22.6 points/game last year
current unit behind Haarberg is averaging 31.5 points/game
....and that number will drop like a stone starting Saturday. Be surprised if we average 14 going forward.
why such a negative outlook?
you poop your pants or something?
we don't play anyone after this week
Have you seen our O-Line? There's no 'coaching them better'. Most of them have peaked from a talent standpoint.
It's Monday, our team still sucks, and we're gonna get DECIMATED in conference play. And no I have NOT pooped my pants yet today.
Will never love another football program. Always and forever. But I'm loving our fan base less and less as the years go by, because we're just too conservative to embrace the concept of buying players.
just gonna toss this in here again, for fun...
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noted.
worth mentioning that link is to "valuation", not dollars cleared by those players. there's a slight (gigantic) difference.
I look forward to rubbing your nose in this opinion not too long from now.
Hope I'm wrong, and will gladly take a good ol' fashioned nose-rubbing.
And we understand the difference, it's just that there's no better metric with which to measure who's spending what... doesn't change the fact that WE'RE NOWHERE, on that list. Zero athletes in the top 100 NIL valuations are playin football for Nebraska. Think it's pretty telling, IMHO. Name a better reason for the state of our football program?
I don't think you truly hope you're wrong
that statement goes against your very hardwiring as a human
some have said that same thing here before, and it's clear they did not, in fact, hope they were wrong
you will be the same. the goalposts will move until you can defend your stance as "right".
When did Frost ever have a Husker team ranked in the top ten rushing teams in the nation??
You're speaking without context and it's a fallacy. But continue your crusade...
According to Sam M., Benhart graded well against La Tech.
He’s graded well in every game this year. The right side of the line has been much better than the left.
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I'll own being wrong. Was wrong about Haarberg. Was wrong about our defense improving as much as they visibly have. Was wrong eating Indian food that'd been left out too long over the weekend, and am very conscious of that poor decision as we speak.
My point has been and will continue to be that if we're not at least matching the $$ being paid to elite talent that most consistently good programs currently ARE, we simply cannot expect to get THAT much better. A standard deviation maybe with better coaching, but not on the happy side of the ol' bell curve. And we'll never have Texas Money, but other programs more on-par with our spending level are making OBVIOUS progress there, while we're getting left in the dust. People keep opining that we're on the cutting edge somehow of the whole NIL initiative - look at the f*cking numbers.
wow
the pants pooping comment was oddly accurate, it seems.
I agree with you if we're going to compete for national titles we need to act like it.
Fresno State over Purdue was another example, although Fresno State blasted Arizona State as well.
Only shitstains are in my (thankfully private) office pooper, or in the states of Cali or NY. All shitstains.
Offense is not good but at least Satterfield is on board with at least trying to win games. I'm convinced Whipple was going to throw the ball even if it meant exposing the D and losing games. We are halfway to our 2022 win total.
NU is one better through 4 games than last year, on a trajectory for six wins. Keep building the run game.
I expect we might see a lot more motion this week, similar to what we did against CU. It just gives the defense more to think about and buys you a little bit more time. I think we got a punchers chance, but the margins are slim.
