It's over! Reminiscing.

[ExxHusker]

Just sharing fond memories of a simpler time. It typically happened mid to late third quarter. The Huskers had been pounding the ball all game. Then it started to happen. 2 yard runs would turn into 4 yard runs. 4 yard runs would turn into 7-8 yard runs. Then as a weary defense started anticipating, play action for 20+. I would turn to my brother and say when this starts happening it's over. Our defense would be rested and get the ball back and the pounding would start again.....memories.

 

[ssmill777]

Just sharing fond memories of a simpler time. It typically happened mid to late third quarter. The Huskers had been pounding the ball all game. Then it stated to happen. 2 yard runs would turn into 4 yard runs. 4 yard runs would turn into 7-8 yard runs. Then as a weary defense started anticipating, play action for 20+. I would turn to my brother and say when this starts happening it's over. Our defense would be rested and get the ball back and the pounding would start again.....memories.

The only way we'll ever see that again, I'm afraid, is by watching Youtube videos of the 94-7 Husker games.

 

[tithay01]

Just sharing fond memories of a simpler time. It typically happened mid to late third quarter. The Huskers had been pounding the ball all game. Then it stated to happen. 2 yard runs would turn into 4 yard runs. 4 yard runs would turn into 7-8 yard runs. Then as a weary defense started anticipating, play action for 20+. I would turn to my brother and say when this starts happening it's over. Our defense would be rested and get the ball back and the pounding would start again.....memories.

No one seems to understand that the OP had nothing to do with MR or BP but how the game of football should be played and how great we had it taking a team's will to play against our Huskers. Man, football was great back then. Until we return to power football and use what the state has to offer for high school kids, we could have a lot of long falls ahead of us.

 

[tarheelhusker]

It hasn't been the same since the Pods took over!

 

[tithay01]

Funny how half of the post are gone

 

[otismotis08]

Power football is not coming back by simply handing the ball to Janovich. It all starts up front with the OL.
RESTORE THE PIPELINE!!!

 

[leodisflowers]

Power football is not coming back by simply handing the ball to Janovich. It all starts up front with the OL.
RESTORE THE PIPELINE!!!

I agree with Restore the pipeline, but I also don't think they have been bad. Are they an elite line, no, but there are holes there.

 

[SnohomishRed]

The issue is what you want to do not what we have available to do right now

When this program decides that returning to its roots and running power football gives it the greatest chance for success - it is at that point we will have hope for the future - until then its all BS

 

[NikkiSixx]

people want the old days where you didn't have to watch too closely.. you could have fun partying, look up for the 10-15 big running plays, cheer, and go back to partying.. Saturdays used to be a way to unwind from the work week, live vicariously through the team as they beat the other teams up and enjoy watching some other poor team get pounded into submission.

now, everyone is watching every single move being made so they can be critical of every little thing.. people are learning about gap responsibility and checkdowns and formations and all this other non-sense..

I don't really want to talk about all that stuff.. it would be nice to just come on this board and hi-five everyone about the game, that awesome play here and there and congratulate ourselves and talk trash about other teams.

 

[THEMONSTER]

Ah Reality.
Not saying I wouldn't love to have a past like yours to grow old with, it's just the sooner you realize it will never be like it was the happier you'll be.

 

[dinglefritz]

The issue is what you want to do not what we have available to do right now

When this program decides that returning to its roots and running power football gives it the greatest chance for success - it is at that point we will have hope for the future - until then its all BS

Can we bring back Boyd's roids to help us "run power football"? Anybody suggesting all we need to do is to pound the rock needs to realistically analyze some of the things that made it possible to do that during Osborne's tenure. There isn't anybody today having the kind of success that NU had back in the "glory days" just running power football. You have to be able to pass the ball too....that is unless your playing a Bo Pelini defense. Then you can just run it. OSU has and have had tremendous O lines and backs and even they have had to throw the ball to move it against good opponents. IMO the days of just being able to line up and over power people are gone.

 

[redwine65]

No one seems to understand that the OP had nothing to do with MR or BP but how the game of football should be played and how great we had it taking a team's will to play against our Huskers. Man, football was great back then. Until we return to power football and use what the state has to offer for high school kids, we could have a lot of long falls ahead of us.

I still ponder from time to time why we go pass happy.
people tell me we have to go pass happy.
but to me solich or bo did'nt do the running game like Dr. Tom.
we never seemed to get the right back feild skilled positions under them.
sure we had crouch and ameer. but them were one dimensional.
nobody has convinced me that frazier pitching to phillips or gill to rozier is equall to the duel threat crouch and alexander was.
if riley's westcoast doesn't work, or when he's done…
maybe the stars will a line someday with a coach who can recruit and coach the run?

 

[chicolby]

We all remember the good times and rightfully so, but please don't forget when we were so one dimensional that we would run up against the Canes (or others) in the bowl game and simply get shut down. Many begged Dr. Tom to pass the ball.

If we got nothing on first down, it was a guaranteed punt.

Now I'm not saying I don't want a power game again along the lines of Stanford, I guess to some degree what Mich is doing now, but I also see great value in a sophisticated pass game. Take for example the Miami game this year. No way a run first offense would have been able to come back. Same vs Sparty last year.

 

[Rocky Mtn Husker]

Can we bring back Boyd's roids to help us "run power football"? Anybody suggesting all we need to do is to pound the rock needs to realistically analyze some of the things that made it possible to do that during Osborne's tenure. There isn't anybody today having the kind of success that NU had back in the "glory days" just running power football. You have to be able to pass the ball too....that is unless your playing a Bo Pelini defense. Then you can just run it. OSU has and have had tremendous O lines and backs and even they have had to throw the ball to move it against good opponents. IMO the days of just being able to line up and over power people are gone.

I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Tom about that very subject in the Summer of 2014. He didn't even flinch when I asked him if his style of offense would be successful today. He said 'absolutely' very emphatically but also said that teams can't just line up and run, you have to keep the defense guessing WHO and WHERE they're running. That was the beauty of those offenses. Tom called it a "shell game" with a football and it would still work today. A good passer would just be icing on the cake.

 

[dinglefritz]

I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Tom about that very subject in the Summer of 2014. He didn't even flinch when I asked him if his style of offense would be successful today. He said 'absolutely' very emphatically but also said that teams can't just line up and run, you have to keep the defense guessing WHO and WHERE they're running. That was the beauty of those offenses. Tom called it a "shell game" with a football and it would still work today. A good passer would just be icing on the cake.

Absolutely correct about the "shell game" and in fact Langsdorf and Riley do some of that with their motion game. Adding in the fullback to the mix just adds to the options the defense has to cover. I suspect that some of the fullback runs they have incorporated have come from old Husker film study. We had ONE running play for the fullback in Beck's offense. I'll also say that IF Osborne had a defense daring him to pass the ball the way opponents dare TA and the Huskers to, that he would have thrown the ball more than he did. I want DL to run the ball a little more, but I absolutely love the ability to pass the ball and the weapons we have in the passing game that we didn't always have with our WRs under Osborne.