Right. I thought people used to complain that Frost never hit during practice, now we do it too much?
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so yer sying they aren't unburdened by what they haven't seen? and what has been? ..and what hasn't been seen?
I’m confident we’ll score more in the second half Friday night, but I doubt we’ll have a 3 score lead at halftime… but damn well hope so..
It’s pretty much every BiG TeN WeSt team in a nutshell. Some just do it better than others
I agree, NorthWill, but don't underestimate Fat Boy Beilema. He is going to attack the 3-5-3 with the run game, like he did at Wisconsin and Arkansas. Hit or miss, don't underestimate Illinois, as Huskers are 1-3 in last four games.
That said, I hope the Huskers lay down the hammer and win by 24 points.
PS: "Bielema coached Wisconsin to victories in 17 of his first 18 games. That represents the third-best start to a head coaching career in Big Ten history." All Barry Alvarez' recruits.
I "think" Osborne teams only did 1's v 1's about once a week, but could be mistaken. In the event this team keeps coming up empty in the 2nd halves of games this year, what would be a logical explanation?
Are we being out schemed at halftime? Are our halftime adjustments being out countered by the other team's coaches? We have to be one of the lowest 2nd half scoring teams in the country, don't we?
Watched highlights from the Kansas game. I came away not impressed with Illinois or Kansas. It was a sloppy game. They WILL turn it over against us. Kansas QB sucks, doesn’t climb the pocket and stares down receivers. We will be able to run on them. I may bet an unhealthy amount on us at least winning and some on the spread. Should be a lock of the week to win.
It's interesting that UTEP was the perfect team to play before Colorado and Northern Iowa was a good team to help us get ready for Illinois.
I think the biggest thing is that knock on wood we haven't had many significant injuries so far. Rhule has tailored his current practice philosophy after talking to Osborne and a former NFL player who played for Pete at Seattle during a Super Bowl run. One thing that many successful people do is to learn from other successful people whether it's in business or sports.
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In 2 games we put the backups in. In the colorado game it was penalties that kept 14pts off the board
This is an interesting discussion. The right answers won't probably be known until the end of the season. IF we start losing guys to practice injuries........
I’m sure that has more to do with feeling in control of the game, going conservative, and playing backups than in does with tackling during the week.
Another factor IMO is that we're getting #1 reps for some of our young backups when we're going good on good. My impression is that those same guys who rotate on D and O are getting valuable practice reps on bloody Tuesday. Hopefully we stay healthy doing it.
Interesting thoughts on that from Mike Schaeffer. Rhule does not care about style points. it’s like he was using the second half to allow more subs in to see how they would perform in game situations. He wants to know what he has. he’s had control of the first three games by the second quarter.
Letting backups play is good for preparation and morale. In the past, he said, he only wanted two backs, but he’s still letting all 4 play.
So I don’t think it was the letdown that I originally believed to be the case. Very much an NFL philosophy. Stack up more wins during the game and take home the W.
That bimbo has ruined that word for quite some time.
I could see this being a fairly boring game in the 20s. I imagine Rhule wants to keep developing the run for a tough Big Ten schedule. Dylan is coming along nicely. We don’t need hero ball. he’s playing well, but the run game makes his life so much easier.
I don't think it's that simple. This team will go as their leaders go. Their leaders are absolutely learning how to win. Any freshman that is playing is still learning how to win.
Dowdell is the exception and not the rule.
Holla
helps that one of our leaders already turned in a winning record while doing a lot of heavy lifting last year
Yeah. I hope we don't shit the bed, but Rhule seems to be pretty high on this team. The only teams that should beat us are probably USC and Ohio St. In those games, if we play clean we can have a shot as well. Rhule seemed to be trying to hide his excitement for this game as he probably thinks we will beat their ass as well.
This is true. Nelson was listed as 3rd team and he scored on the first drive. Can't remember if #55 was in the 2nd or 3rd series. He's the 3rd team NT. We are covering the spread and playing a huge amount of players, no need to win by 60 for style points.
We can say we should win x # of games BUT any team in the B1G can on a given weekend beat you. You better take every game seriously and hope you don't get more than a couple of bad breaks.
Didn’t know this till today but Illinois only had one offensive touchdown against Kansas. We roll 38-13.
