***OFFICIAL 1st HALF GAME THREAD***

[headcard]

What kind of kick return was that? Jeez

 

[keilwitzg]

Kneel the ball?

 

[SoFL Husker]

On the other side of the football, damn, I love this offense a lot.

 

[HuskerWisdom]

OL, TE, WR's doing some nice blocking, but this Illini D is super soft

 

[yunginsNU2]

This offense is fun to watch...schemes lineman pulling and counters.. i love it.. defense welllll???? Not so much.. when they catch up man alive

 

[SC_'sker]

OL, TE, WR's doing some nice blocking, but this Illini D is super soft

We'll need to score on almost every drive. Our defense is even softer than theirs.

 

[Husker.Wed.]

Weak link in this staff, Jovan Dewitt. I don't think we fair caught a KO all year.

 

[HuskerWisdom]

You can't rely on relatively unathletic and smallish LBs and safeties and corners to make all the tackling/stopping the run plays in the Big 10, you have to stop em at the line of scrimmage, so keep blaming the crap that isn't relevant and I'll keep trashing Chin's 3-4, which is the real problem.

Open letter to Frost thread to follow later today from me, I suggest we start a petition to get that guy out of Lincoln in a hurry.

If our LB's Safeties and CB's can't tackle, it doesn't matter if we are in 3-4 or 4-3 the D is going to suck

 

[HuskerWisdom]

We'll need to score on almost every drive. Our defense is even softer than theirs.

we'll see. I think the strategy was to see if we could play them straight up first drive.. which didn't work.

Now we should be bringing a safety into the box and doing some zone blitzes to disrupt their running game. We're going to give up some plays that way, but we'll get more stops

 

[Husker.Wed.]

The medical tent is getting a lot of use today

 

[SoFL Husker]

This total might hit 100 points today

 

[yunginsNU2]

Nice jobO

 

[Champs 70-71-94-95-97]

Good to see space cowboy being decisive

 

[cubsker]

we found a D worse than ours

 

[SoFL Husker]

If our LB's Safeties and CB's can't tackle, it doesn't matter if we are in 3-4 or 4-3 the D is going to suck

All I am saying is the scheme is the scheme, and good teams can manhandle with single blockers a smallish front 3 all day in a 3-4, relying on stud Lbs to make plays, and you see how that goes. I don't like it.

 

[RedSea]

OKAY, here's how we'll play: First team to field a defense wins!

 

[cubsker]

Weak link in this staff, Jovan Dewitt. I don't think we fair caught a KO all year.

we did last week

 

[RedSea]

Funny kickoff return

 

[HuskerWisdom]

All I am saying is the scheme is the scheme, and good teams can manhandle with single blockers a smallish front 3 all day in a 3-4, relying on stud Lbs to make plays, and you see how that goes. I don't like it.

first drive they weren't handling the front 3. they were getting enough penetration and holding gaps quite well. The others weren't tackling

 

[SC_'sker]

Hope Mo is okay

 

[yunginsNU2]

Hey he can tackle

 

[yunginsNU2]

Hello...big Mo

 

[ThereIsNoPlace]

Young sucks.

Glad you're perfect everyday at your job & life.

Now praise Young for the 1st down tackle he made on this drive, or you suck.

 

[SC_'sker]

Of course AJ Bush looks like a Joe Montana/Michael Vick hybrid today vs this defense.

 

[cubsker]

awful

 

[Husker.Wed.]

This is disgusting

 

[HuskerWisdom]

soft play by the corner and a missed tackle by JoJo... grrr, soo many holes on this D

 

[CatColumbia]

At this point both teams are going to score 70+

 

[B1G RED RULES]

we found a D worse than ours

Not sure about that...

 

[SkerInCo]

What's the over under on total punts today? 2?

 

[Hoosker Du]

I see we brought back the defense we took to Michigan. Sigh..

 

[TravisWalker]

No clue Def.

 

[slick1979uk]

Glad you're perfect everyday at your job & life.

Now praise Young for the 1st down tackle he made on this drive, or you suck.

I am actually, so go to hell.

 

[F5Tornado]

Two good offenses, two terrible defenses. What more could you ask for?

 

[yunginsNU2]

Terrible angles.. no gap control.. this is basics not executing

 

[Iroh]

Ouch

 

[SoFL Husker]

Here's what happens when guys in the backend have to start cheating up to stop the unstoppable running game. Jesus.

 

[Harry Caray]

Good lord, this is like Callahan's last year where our offense put up crazy numbers, but our defense was so awful we still lost. Chingrove better figure it out.

 

[CatColumbia]

Wtf we look like a Diaco coached defense again.

 

[barney44]

This defense is a damn joke