Was that the pass to Terrance Nunn? If so, the play worked as the pass was completed for a first down. But then he fumbled.
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Dumbest playcalls
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Not sure if this was mentioned already...but the fake punt against Iowa....WHEN THEY LEFT THEIR NORMAL DEFENSE ON THE FIELD.
Bo was begging to be fired and....it worked.
Bo was begging to be fired and....it worked.
Missed Baker bad that game.
Seattle Seahawks passing on the 1 yard line had to be one of the dumbest plays ever.
I mean you would expect a college QB to know that the one thing he shouldn’t do is to try an ad-lib throw in that situation.
Wasn’t this the game where we could run the ball at will but they kept having Tommy throw deep bombs into gale force winds? Probably each one of those passes was a stupid play call.
Not sure about gale force winds, but I remember Purdue had one of the worst run D's in the country and we decided to throw it around nearly 50 times without Tommy (Ryker Fyfe was QB), De'Moarnay or Alonzo at WR...
I don’t think the fake punt vs Ole miss was the actual play call though. I think the upback called an audible.
Maybe that was the game. So many bad games and bad plays and bad losses to bad teams. They all kind of blend together after a while 😖
It looks like Nebraska ran a 4-3 stack with two high safeties and mixed in some over/under fronts in that game. The safeties were tasked with diagnosing jet sweeps and coming up in run support from 10 yards back, which resulted in numerous missed tackles and poor pursuit angles. They could get away with that in 2009 team when Asante and O'hanlon routinely shut jet sweeps down.
And having DL able to hold their ground rather than getting pushed back 7+ yards.
Poor Cam Meredith had to play NT and it wasn't pretty.
This has been lost to history, but I believe Henery's miracle FG was necessitated by Ganz taking a 10-15 yard sack on 3rd down. Alex saved both Joe's and Bo's butts that day.
Punting the ball to the left side of the field against MSU when everyone went right. We absolutely dominated the second half and found yet another way to lose a game.
The Onside against Northwestern in Ireland. I was begging for them to leave Scott overseas.
The Onside against Northwestern in Ireland. I was begging for them to leave Scott overseas.
Yes I always wondered would a simple handoff not resulted in a fumble
Think we needed a 1st down to ice the game.
No 1st down and we punt the ball back to Texas with 2 minutes left.
We invented new ways to choke against that damn school. So frustrating.
Bless your heart, Miss Jeans! Wasn't that when that Defensive gentleman picked up the ball but, didn't down himself? Such a shame.
I remember both plays and was actually at the Texas Tech game. Ugh!
Le Kevin Smith was trying to be hero and could have been if he just went down. Instead that play was a zero!
I’d say under the Frost era too often at the goal line Frost would try and get cute and too often it would backfire.
His ego often got in the way and a simple up the middle run call wouldn’t do smh
His ego often got in the way and a simple up the middle run call wouldn’t do smh
Using Wandale as a goal line back when he’s literally a tiny NFL receiver. Mind melting stuff. I eventually chalked Frost up to point shaving. It was the only way I could accept it. His stuff in the red zone was simply too stupid to be real for an AP coach of the year.
Wisconsin and Illinois situations near identical and you’re mad at them for doing the opposite thing each time good grief
Situational football not his strong suit… at least his screen name is accurate.
It was a third down play Texas had 1 time out left , The play worked the player just didn’t finish. Calling this a dumb play call shows yore knowledge of the game.
These are two completely different scenarios. Against Illinois, Nebraska had the ball in Illinois territory with less than a minute left and Illinois had no timeouts. Nebraska could have taken a knee on third down and almost run the clock out. Against Wisconsin, Nebraska had the ball in their own territory and Wisconsin had three timeouts and over a minute left.
Nebraska should have flipped the play calling in both scenarios. They should have been conservative against Illinois when they needed to run clock and more aggressive against Wisconsin when they needed a first down. It was part of a broader pattern of late game mismanagement during the 2015 season.
Who won?
Keep the ball im the hands of your best player not have your 2nd rate receiver against the best dB in the conference.
You mean the timeout we didn't force them to burn they kicked the game winning field goal with?
Lmao...stick to NCAA football.
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We’ve seen this game over and over. We run it and get stuffed they go down the field in 33 seconds and kick the game winner. The reality is, there are a lot dumber play calls than this one. Terrence Nunn was one of our top receivers, so I have no problem with the play call since it was executed for a first down. I do have a problem with Nunn fumbling. But the fumble doesn’t make it a dumb play call. Just dumb execution.
I get what you’re saying, play it safe, but if there’s no fumble, the game is over. Period. And playing it safe doesn’t guarantee a victory.
I have to agree here. There was 2:23 on the clock, Nebraska on its own 35 yard line, and Texas had no timeouts. Even if you run it and punt, Texas gets the ball back with time to drive the field. I'm okay with playing to get a first down and winning the game.
We we gave them.ball.at the 45. Maybe the call wasn't dumb
But in that weather and I had faith in the defense with our fans as crazy as I have ever seen them.. I thought we could get a stop. We held them down all game..
That was a freshmen QB not the veteran he was in 2009.
That wasn't Frank's decision. That was the player(s) decision as "they saw something" and they audibled.
No argument from me, if we had run it and punted it, maybe we win. But in the pantheon of bad calls, this is pretty low on my list.
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