Wasn’t Nebraska penalized on defense against Minnesota for the same sh-t ?
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I hope your right, you have more faith in him than a lot of us. My biggest issue i don’t see the line move forward on running plays they don’t seem to be engaging more like just stand up and try pushing
They’ opened some huge holes in the run game against Illinois. On the one TD run HH didn’t get touched until the goal line.
At the tail end of his career Uncle Milty signed a huge lineman that he called "The Big Smooth" (name I do not remember, Phillips?) that was to be the next Outland winner. Anyway, The Big Smooth did not have any significant contributions on the field and the Pipeline and Nebraska Football started leaking oil and about that Frank went 7-7 gave up 62 to Colorado fired all of Tom's defensive coaches and brought Mark Pellini into Nebraska football and legend hood.
Yes, we were penalized. IMO, they didn't follow the intent of the rule. The intent is to not imitate the cadence of the offense. What Reimer was penalized for was clapping to get his teammate's attention. MN didn't use a clap in the snap count/cadence. If they didn't utilize clapping for the snap, then clapping by the defense should be allowed. If they did use clapping for the snap, then verbal commands should be allowed.
As I re-watch the IL game, I see a number of plays where the OL opened a nice hole but the TE coming across on a "trap" block completely whiffs and we get stopped for little to no gain. I counted a handful of those in just the 1st half. The other thing I noticed is that AG still seems a little hesitant to trust the OL and that hesitation destroys any blocks. Keep in mind their 2 DL are Sunday guys. Were there plays that one of the OL whiffed or missed his block? Absolutely! But as I re-watched I didn't notice as many of those as I thought. The TE misses were much more noticeable, IMO. There was one play in particular where Benhart was pushing the DE down the line because he wasn't able to be his head in front & AG should have cut back but didn't. Benhart maintained contact the whole time but his guy did end up making the tackle. At first glance you put the blame on 54 but I think he did his job by driving his guy where he could.
I agree. That Lindemeyer kid also doesn't seem to want to engage contact much. Would be nice to get the fullback back in the mix, but I think he may be injured.
grant is mr pitter patter
Johnson hit the hole much harder. I hope he gets a lot of run against NW.
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grant is mr pitter patterJohnson hit the hole much harder. I hope he gets a lot of run against NW.
Hey ‘Johnson & Johnson’ baby! Hope EJ acts like a “cancer” to the NW front seven…
Too soon?
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Just to clarify, we gave up 62 to Colorado in 2001, went 7-7 in 2002 and then fired the coaches to bring in Bo.
We have improved a lot on the OL like it or not.
We’ve seen some huge running lanes at times especially for Haarberg. That just didn’t happen because of Haarberg’s Incredible speed. My God though he really should tryout for the Olympic team.
So many O line coaching experts on this board. 🙄. I’ve never seen so much bitching and bashing after a win in which our QB and RBs gave the ball to the other team so many times. Forget about the fumble HH recovered. Never mind the balls that really should have been picked. We won. Wah Wah Wah.
This team is 3-3. They’re fighting for each other and building something together they haven’t had in a long time. They’re learning to win again. What good could possibly come from firing one of the coaches now and disrupting any kind of momentum and chemistry they are building. I mean, what is the deal with all this fire this coach crap? Honestly. Get a grip.
Some people that call themselves Nebraska fans seem to live for bitching and bashing rather than a win. If we beat Northwestern next week the bitching and bashing will really cut loose. If we run the table out they will still be bitching and bashing because we didn't lay the wood to Michigan at home.
He's completely changed how benhardt plays. I'm sure you thought he should be cut from the team altogether last season. Now he's gonna get a look from the NFL.
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Piper is another than seems vastly different. The last few years our OL was being pushed backward as a unit. This year they are holding their ground if not pushing the DL back.
Other than false starts our biggest problem is that our LT is playing out of position. Guys that constantly complain about our O line must not watch any other football.
We can’t pass protect with 5. We need 6 and 7 just to get to the top of a drop.
We can’t consistently run the ball out if any formation
Our line doesn’t allow us to do anything we see in “other football”
Whatever you think. It’s no different than Mahommes, Jackson or Burrow having to run for their lives on many pass plays. Teams know we struggle to pass so they’re more than willing to commit guys to the run and pass rush. It’s one of the reasons we need better WRs and QBs.
Got me curious so I looked up the game by game stats on Huskers.com for the first 6 games for 2022 & 2023. Here’s a few that I looked at & accumulated:
2022
Rushing yards, net: 961
Avg YPC: 3.9
TFL allowed: 31.5
Sacks allowed: 15.5
2023
Rushing yards, net: 1203
Avg YPC: 5.0
TFL allowed: 31
Sacks allowed: 14
Obviously, the TFL & Sack yards come off the rushing totals. Based on this info, it appears there hasn’t been much improvement in pass pro (fewer attempts), but there has been decent improvement in run blocking. Stats don’t always tell the whole story but do provide a measure.
biggest difference, by far:
Thompson/Purdy/Chubba in 2022, Haarberg in 2023
you want to get an idea, remove QB run stats
and before you say "the line is opening holes for HH!", keep in mind he was hit at or behind the line on many of his big runs
also with the QB run game, you're 11 on 11 instead of 10 on 11 last year in the traditional run game
Do we get to add a dude that can take the top off of NFL defenses and a qb that can get him the ball?
Also, you got a link to that stat or is that just from your best recollection from watching the game?
would make it seem an awful lot like this line has gotten worse, not better
Nope, always supported Cotton. Every coach since Cotton has been dogshit.
Why not just let history be as glory of Nebraska Football? Why continue to want to fire every Coach who was not on the staff of the Solich & Pellini era that dominated college football just like Dr Tom? I like this 2023 team.
So a change in scheme has also contributed to the improvement we’ve seen.
“We” haven’t seen improvement
I have yet to see any evidence posted that any exists, and suspect it does not
