[Husker] All Big XII Team

[Doug Sorensen]

--- Tommy Thompson <huskertt at charter.net> wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>
> 
> 
> > At the CU game, a guy behind me pointed out
> several times that CU "always" 
> > threw to McPherson's side of the field. Every time
> I remembered to look, 
> > that was the case. Now, it may be that this was an
> aberration, but the guy 
> > started saying it from the get-go, so he had
> apparently noticed it before. 
> > Perhaps Washington played better then he is
> credited for and is simply a 
> > victim of the team's wretched pass-defense
> numbers. Those who know more 
> > than me about d-back play (and that would be most
> of you) can probably 
> > address this better than I can.
> > Dick Karre
> 
> I certainly don't know better, but I did observe the
> same thing about 
> McPherson.  That could have a lot to do with the
> lack of picks for the 
> Bullocks and for the "drop" in performance for
> Washington.  Seems the same 
> thing happened back in the 90s.  Opponents attempted
> to pick on younger 
> players (e.g. Tyrone Williams in '93) and then
> stayed away from that person 
> the following year.  In Williams' case, as with the
> Bullocks brothers and 
> Washington last year, the Husker players stepped up
> to the challenge and 
> played like superstars.   This year, however,
> opposing coaches knew the 
> other 3 were strong and so went to McPherson.
> 
> For those of you who review game tapes, take a look
> at the D-backs, and see 
> if that is the case.  I'd be interested to know if
> that could be the real 
> reason for the decline in the defense this year over
> last.  Or possibly, 
> that coupled with a drop in play by the OLBs.  Maybe
> the coaching wasn't 
> that bad after all!
> 

Wasn't McPherson nursing a bad ankle in the CU game? 
If so, that could explain why he got picked on.

Doug