The rest of the season
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I’m done looking past any opponents. We do not just show up and win.
The other problem we face in getting to six wins is that the better defenses we will face now know that we have a weak running game. No need to use safeties in run support. We really need Corcoran and Micah M. back.
I think the coaches will be talking this one over and looking at some changes, particularly scheme changes defensively and getting more production out of the running game. We get probably the weakest team in the Big 10 next outside of Northwestern, and then a bye week to get healed up and refocused.
We 100% need Micah M back. He said he's sorry. I believe him. Plug him in.
Yup, UNI created the blueprint. Friday's game reminded me of the 2001 Colorado game. The Nebraska D got sucked into so many misreads and were out of position.
If memory serves there were times last year where Tony White had us in a 4-3- alignment rather than a 3-5. If we have the bodies for it perhaps we can use the 4-3 more often.
I think our passing game is good enough to make any team respect it. Illinois couldn't stop it. Had the offense been given the ball more often we would have won comfortably.
The Illinois game may have indicated that the real strength of this team is the offense.
Crossing over into Frost territory starting true freshman on the line. Who knows though maybe they can help out.
Pull the Van Poppel redshirt if we need bodies.
Very few true freshman olinemen are ready to go. They almost universally need a year in the weight room
It did not remind me of a 30 point beating while we were #1 or 2 in the BCS. But yes they were out of position.
Rhule is not going to burn redshirts unless there is a large difference between the younger guy and the next best. It’s smart. Build a program and don’t sacrifice the future for likely incremental improvement for the current team.
I think in some places that is fine. Offensive line? It could affect the cohesion of the group. As ridiculous as it sounds, playing the young guys now would affect any potential for our oline to grow and develop throughout the year. Now, if nothing changes by the end of October, sure play the young guys. Just be prepared for the potential it could hurt us during those games.
Newsflash:
5th/6th year guys like benhardt, Corcoran and Scott are who they are and they’re not getting any better
No one said we’re redshirting guys with physical limitations. News flash, just because they redshirt, doesn’t mean they’re the same players we’re used to redshirting.
Online has been a problem for years and years.
I don’t pretend to hold out hope that the pipeline is coming back under uncle donnie
But there’s no harm in seeing if there’s a gamer or two buried on the depth chart
NU matches up with any team in the last many years when it comes to pre-snap penalties.
Being here one year or 6 years hasn't seemed to make any difference.
We lined up in a 4 man front a LOT against Illinois. The problem was that our 2 guys lined up on the edge got manhandled.
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I would move Rutgers to the win column , Indiana to the lost column and Wisconsin to a tossup.I think they will be 6-4 heading into the Wisconsin game.
Indiana looks good now but they haven't played anyone good yet either. Wisconsin has looked bad vs bad teams. Rutgers is decent this year.
There was a lot of rooting vs CU, but we all secretly cringed that they might continue owning NU with their NFL caliber skill players, as they did vs Baylor. When we soundly whomped them, it was a statement, and a good sign that the turnaround had finally, FINALLY arrived. Against UNI there were a lot of warning signs, yet just got chewed up in Hawaii. IL looked like a solid game, with their QB & D playing us well, but it ended in disaster, and even the media that was saying NU was back, quickly reversed course. It was a must win as many here have said, but that we lost, and so bad in errors and the OT collapse, its hard to believe cMR has really changed things. Suddenly, the schedule looks a lot worse. Many have posted here that UCLA as a win. Not so fast. They are struggling, but CA has a LOT of great HS players, and they are also in a hole they want to climb out of at our expense. Every game from here IS now daunting defining, and there are clearly cracks & weaknesses, & now injuries and mental errors to boot. Yeah, it was only one game, but one that said a lot about where we have been and how we may be stuck there. I will not blame the players, or the refs. Its always about coaching to me. They either fix this or we try again next year, and the the year after... Oh, its so exasperating.
This is my first Husker post....post our game. Stayed away cause i had a feelin there would be some crazy negative vibes.
..just going to say I think those of you predicting doom amd gloom for the rest of the season are wrong.
..just going to say I think those of you predicting doom amd gloom for the rest of the season are wrong.
Every game we play our deficiencies are getting more and more exposed.
I think we still have a great shot at an 8+ win season
We just have to stop pussyfooting around and take some of the load off DR’s shoulders
Run the goddamn ball and he will make winning plays when we need them. The defense will magically look a lot better, too.
I think we also HAVE to tell Dylan that sometimes you need to stick with the run play called and not get greedy with audibles to pass plays.
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